Who we are
Our website address is: https://cowbellsandchocolate.com. This Website is operated by Lisa Bonauer. The address is: Lengnau, Switzerland. We can be contacted at l.bonauer@bonauer.ch.
If you have any questions or comments, or if you want to update, delete, or change any personal information we might hold, or you have a concern about the way in which we have handled any privacy matter, you are more than welcome to contact us.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We only collect information about you if we have a reason to do so; for example to provide our services, to communicate with you, or to make our services better.
Blog Subscription Form
In this case only your email and IP address are collected for the purpose of managing the subscription list and sending email notifications of new posts. Our blog subscription is managed by WordPress.com (Automattic Inc., you can get more info at https://automattic.com/privacy/).
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
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. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
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.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Blog Subscriptions: Subscriptions to our blog are managed through our WordPress.com account by Automattic Inc. (more info at https://wordpress.com).
How long we retain your data
When you submit a comment, its metadata is retained until (if) you tell us to remove it. We use this data so that we can recognize you and approve your comments.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise any of your rights as described above, please contact us at l.bonauer@bonauer.ch. We will attempt to resolve any complaints regarding the use of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Update Information
This document was last updated on March 26, 2026.
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