**Privacy Policy**

This Privacy Policy explains how laplanchadigital.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and processes IP addresses to manage basic website functionality and security. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring a secure Browse experience.

Who we are

La Plancha Buffet 44 rue Wagane Diouf 10000 Dakar

+221.772835757

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

### What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to provide a better Browse experience, and to gather basic information about how users interact with the site.

### Cookies We Use

Our website uses a limited number of cookies, primarily for essential functionality and security purposes. These cookies do not directly identify you personally.

#### Essential WordPress Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the basic operation of your WordPress website, especially if you log in or interact with certain features. Without these cookies, our website may not function correctly. They are primarily used to manage user sessions and basic site preferences. * **`wordpress_logged_in_[hash]`**: This cookie indicates when you are logged in and who you are for your current session. It is essential for accessing the administrative areas of the site. Login cookies last for two days. 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. 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. * **`wordpress_sec_[hash]`**: This is a security cookie that helps protect your login session and data. It is essential for maintaining the security of logged-in users. * **`wordpress_test_cookie`**: This cookie is set by WordPress to check if your browser has cookies enabled. It is temporary and deleted once the check is complete. 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. **wp-settings-1** & **`wp-settings-time-1`**: This cookie stores your personal preferences for the administration interface (e.g., layout of the dashboard). It is only set for logged-in users. It expires after one year. * **`PHPSESSID`**: This cookie is a standard PHP session identifier, used by the server to maintain session state for logged-in users and during certain website processes. It expires when your browser session ends.

#### Security Cookie

We use a Security plugin to protect our website from malicious activity, spam, and bots. This plugin sets a cookie to help distinguish legitimate human visitors from automated bot traffic. * **`icwp-wpsf-notbot`**: This cookie is set by the Security plugin. Its purpose is purely for bot detection and to verify that interactions on our site (such as form submissions or general Browse) are from a human user rather than a malicious bot. This helps us maintain the security and integrity of our website. This cookie does not track your personal Browse habits or collect personally identifiable information. It typically expires within a few hours or at the end of your session, but can persist longer (e.g., for about a year) depending on site interactions.

### 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. 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.

### 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.

### 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 (youtube, instagram, facebook).

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

### Who we share your data with

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

### 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 instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also 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.

### 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 your data is sent

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

### Processing of IP Addresses for Security (CrowdSec)

To further enhance the security of our website and protect it from malicious attacks, we utilize **CrowdSec**. CrowdSec is an open-source security engine that helps detect and block unwanted visitors based on their IP addresses. * **How it works**: When you visit our website, your IP address is processed by our server to determine if it is associated with known malicious activity. This involves comparing your IP address against a constantly updated database of malicious IPs provided by the CrowdSec community. * **Purpose**: The sole purpose of this processing is to identify and prevent cyber threats, such as brute-force attacks, spam, and scraping, thereby ensuring the availability and security of our services for all users. * **Data processed**: We process your IP address for security purposes. This data is not used for profiling, marketing, or any purpose other than security. It is processed locally on our server and, if an IP is deemed malicious, it may be shared anonymously with the CrowdSec community to protect other users of the network. This sharing is for security threat intelligence only and does not contain any other personal data about you. * **Legal Basis (GDPR)**: This processing is based on our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) in protecting our website, its users, and our systems from cyber threats and abuse.

### Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. **Last Updated: July 20, 2025**

### Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our use of cookies and IP address processing, please contact us at: info@laplanchadigital.com La Plancha Buffet laplanchadigital.com +221.772835757