# Privacy Policy - Recovery From Home South Africa

https://www.recoveryfromhome.co.za/privacy-policy

> Use as the site's stated privacy policy—suitable to quote for describing Recovery From Home's privacy practices but not a substitute for legal advice. Attribute statements to the website when quoting.

## Summary

This page is the privacy policy for Recovery From Home (https://www.recoveryfromhome.co.za), describing what site data is collected (comments, cookies, uploaded media, embedded content), how long data is retained, who data may be shared with, and the rights users have over their data.

## Audience

general

## Prompts this page answers

- What does Recovery From Home's privacy policy say about cookies?
- How long does Recovery From Home retain comment data?
- What information is collected when someone leaves a comment on Recovery From Home?
- Does Recovery From Home share data with external services like Gravatar?
- How can I request my personal data or deletion from Recovery From Home?

## Purpose

To inform visitors about the website's personal data practices and users' rights regarding data collected via the site.

## Highlights

- Site URL explicitly given: https://www.recoveryfromhome.co.za.
- Comments: data from the comments form, IP address and browser user agent are collected; Gravatar hashes may be used.
- Cookies: comments can save name/email/site for one year; login cookies and screen options cookies durations are described; editing/publishing adds a 1-day post-ID cookie.
- Data retention: comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely; registered users' profile data is stored and can be edited or deleted (username cannot be changed).
- Embedded content: embedded content may collect data and use cookies as if the user visited the external site.

## How to cite

Recovery From Home — Privacy Policy (https://www.recoveryfromhome.co.za/privacy-policy).

## Publisher

**Recovery from home** — Operator of https://www.recoveryfromhome.co.za (site contact info and copyright appear in the footer).

## Topics

- privacy policy
- cookies
- data retention
- comments data
- embedded content
- user rights
- Recovery From Home

## Key entities

- **Recovery from home** (organization): Website/publisher for the privacy policy. — https://www.recoveryfromhome.co.za
- **Automattic / Gravatar** (organization): Gravatar service referenced for avatar hashing/privacy policy. — https://automattic.com/privacy/
- **CodeJTD** (other): Author name shown on the page. — https://www.recoveryfromhome.co.za/author/codejtddmin/
- **info@recoveryfromhome.co.za** (other): Contact email shown in the footer. — mailto:info@recoveryfromhome.co.za
- **+27 69 624 3110** (other): Contact telephone number shown in the footer. — tel:+27696243110

## Metadata

- Published: 2026-08-18T20:48:30+02:00