1. Introduction Welcome to Life with Lola and Mabel (lolaandmabel.com). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This policy informs you how we look after your data when you visit our website.

2. The Data We Collect

• Comments: When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, plus the visitor’s IP address and browser string to help spam detection.
• Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included.
• Contact Forms: If you use our “Contact Us” page, we collect your name and email address solely to respond to your inquiry.

3. Cookies & Tracking We use cookies to enhance your experience. These include:

• Functional Cookies: Necessary for the “Like” button and user login functionality.
• Analytical Cookies: We use these to understand how many people are reading about our pug adventures.
• Affiliate Tracking Cookies: We partner with brands. When you click an affiliate link, a cookie is placed to track any potential sales so we can receive a small commission. This does not change the price you pay.

4. Embedded Content from Other Websites Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website (e.g., Instagram or YouTube). These websites may collect data about you.

5. How Long We Retain Your Data If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.

6. Your Rights Under UK GDPR, you have the right to access, delete, or correct your personal data. You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you at any time.