What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, to assist in spam detection.
An anonymized string generated from your email address (a hash) may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes publicly visible alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the site, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from such images.
Contact Forms
Information submitted through contact forms is collected to respond to your inquiries.
Cookies
- Comments: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies last for one year.
- Login Page: When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- Logged-in Users: If you log in, cookies are used to save your login details and screen preferences:
- Login cookies last for two days.
- Screen options cookies last for one year.
- Selecting “Remember Me” keeps you logged in for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
- Editing or Publishing Articles: A cookie is saved in your browser when you edit or publish an article. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same as if you visited those websites directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors interact with our website to improve the user experience.
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
- Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- Registered Users: For users who register on our site, we store the personal information they provide in their profile. Registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username). Website administrators can also access and edit this information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments on this site, you can request:
- An exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including data you’ve provided.
- Deletion of any personal data we hold, excluding data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact us via our website.