🌸 Privacy Policy – Blooming Flowers Addis

At Blooming Flowers Addis (https://addisflowershop.com), we deeply value the trust you place in us. Whether you’re here to explore floral beauty or place an order for a meaningful gift, we are committed to protecting your personal information and ensuring a safe, transparent experience.

🌐 Who We Are

Our website address is: https://addisflowershop.com
This is the official online home of Blooming Flowers Addis, your trusted source for fresh flowers, curated arrangements, and floral advice—rooted in Ethiopian heritage.

💬 Comments & Community Interaction

When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the information shown in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser details. This helps us prevent spam and maintain a safe space for our community.

If you use the Gravatar service (a global profile image tool), an anonymized string from your email may be used to check for an existing profile. After your comment is approved, your profile photo—if available—will be visible next to your comment. You can learn more about Gravatar’s privacy practices here: Automattic Privacy Policy.

📸 Media Uploads

If you upload images to our website (for reviews, testimonials, or custom orders), please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other users could potentially download and extract that data.

🍪 Cookies & Your Experience

To enhance your visit, our site uses cookies—small text files stored on your device.

  • Commenting? You may choose to save your name, email, and website in a cookie. This makes it easier to comment again in the future. These cookies last one year.
  • Logging in? We set temporary cookies to check if your browser accepts cookies, and others to remember your login and display preferences. Login cookies last 2 days; display preferences last 1 year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps you logged in for 2 weeks.
  • Editing or Publishing? A cookie will remember which post you edited. It contains no personal data and expires after 1 day.

You can always clear or block cookies through your browser settings.

Read more: Privacy Policy

📎 Embedded Content

Some pages may include content (like videos or articles) from other websites. These third-party websites may collect data, use cookies, and track your interaction with their content—just as if you visited them directly.

🔄 Data Sharing

We do not sell or rent your personal data—ever.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the email for security verification purposes.

📆 How Long We Keep Your Data

  • Comments and their metadata are kept indefinitely to help us recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
  • If you create an account (if applicable), your personal data is stored in your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete this information at any time (except your username). Website admins can also manage this data.

✅ Your Rights Over Your Data

At any time, you can request:

  • An exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Deletion of any personal data, unless it’s required for legal, administrative, or security purposes.

To make a request, simply contact us through our website or email us at info@addisflowershop.com.

🛡️ Spam Protection & Data Security

To protect our site and users, visitor comments may be automatically scanned by trusted anti-spam services. We take reasonable steps to secure your data and prevent unauthorized access.

🌷 Questions or Concerns?

We’re committed to respecting your privacy. If you have any questions about how your data is used, feel free to contact our team directly.

Thank you for being part of the Blooming Flowers Addis community. Your trust helps us grow and bloom together.