Effective Date: May 2025

At Slate Rides, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy outlines what data we collect, why we collect it, and how it’s used.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://slaterides.com

Slate Rides is an independent platform for news, media, and community engagement related to vehicle customization, EV trends, and aftermarket innovation. We are not affiliated with any automaker and operate as a standalone media and commerce ecosystem.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval, your profile picture will be visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, we recommend removing embedded location data (EXIF GPS) before uploading. Visitors to the site may be able to download and extract location information from images posted.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last one year.

If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check your browser’s cookie support. It contains no personal data and is discarded upon closing your browser.

Upon logging in, we set up cookies to save login information and display preferences:

  • Login cookies last 2 days
  • Display settings last 1 year
  • “Remember Me” extends login to 2 weeks
    Logging out removes login cookies.

If you edit or publish content, an additional cookie stores the post ID of the article edited and expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles. This content behaves as if you visited the originating website directly.

Such external sites may:

  • Collect data about you
  • Use cookies
  • Include third-party tracking
  • Monitor your interaction with the embedded content (especially if you’re logged in)

Who we share your data with

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

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, it and its metadata are stored indefinitely to streamline approval of follow-up comments.

For registered users, we store the personal information provided in user profiles. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (username excluded). Administrators can also access and modify this data.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request:

  • An exported file of your personal data we retain
  • Erasure of any personal data (excluding data retained for legal, administrative, or security reasons)

Please contact us for data access or deletion requests.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be screened using an automated spam detection service.