Effective Date: November 24, 2025

1. Who We Are

At Rabbit Community, we are dedicated to being your trusted resource for bunnies, providing care tips, health insights, and a supportive environment for rabbit owners. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data.

Our website address is: https://rabbitcommunity.org

2. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect specific data to help us manage interactions and maintain the security of our community.

  • Data We Collect: We collect the data shown in the comments form (such as your name, email address, and the content of your comment).
  • Spam Detection: We also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection.
  • Gravatar Service: An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it.
  • Visibility: After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

3. Media

If you choose to upload images to Rabbit Community, please be mindful of the embedded data contained within your files.

  • EXIF GPS Data: You should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included.
  • Risk: Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website, which could potentially compromise your privacy.

4. Cookies

To enhance your experience on our site, we use cookies to streamline your interactions.

  • Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
  • Login Cookies:
    • If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
    • When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year.
    • If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks.
    • If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed immediately.
  • Editing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on Rabbit Community may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.) to provide you with richer information.

  • Behavior: Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.
  • Data Collection by Third Parties: These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content. This includes tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that specific third-party website.

6. Who We Share Your Data With

We are committed to keeping your data private. However, there are specific administrative instances where data must be shared:

  • Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email to ensure the security of the request.

7. GDPR Compliance (For European Users)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have specific data protection rights. Rabbit Community aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

We process your personal data under the following legal bases:

  • Consent: You have given us permission to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., subscribing to a newsletter or leaving a comment).
  • Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (e.g., preventing spam, improving website security, and analyzing site performance) and does not override your data protection interests.
  • Contractual Necessity: Processing is necessary to fulfill a contract with you (if applicable).

Your Data Protection Rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights:

  • The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions (also known as the “Right to be Forgotten”).
  • The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

Data Controller

For the purposes of the GDPR, Rabbit Community is the Data Controller of your personal data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you or if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us at: [email protected]

8. How Long We Retain Your Data?

We retain data for different periods depending on its nature and purpose:

  • Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
  • Registered Users: For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile.
    • All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username).
    • Website administrators can also see and edit that information to provide support and maintenance.

9. What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you have specific rights regarding your personal information:

  • Export Data: You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
  • Erase Data: You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
    • Note: This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

10. Where Your Data Is Sent

Spam Checks: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service to protect the community from harmful content.