Privacy Policy
About Us
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Comments
When you leave comments on our site, we collect the information you provide in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help us detect spam.
An anonymized string generated from your email address (known as a hash) might be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you have a profile picture associated with it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Upon approval of your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our website, please refrain from including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) within them. Visitors to the site can extract and download any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
When you leave a comment on our site, you have the option to consent to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience, eliminating the need to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies remain valid for one year.
Upon visiting our login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is discarded once you close your browser.
Upon logging in, several cookies are set to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies persist for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will be saved for two weeks. Logging out of your account removes the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from other websites. Embedded content behaves in the same manner as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their embedded content, particularly if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Data Retention
Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely if you leave a comment. This enables us to recognize and automatically approve any subsequent comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if any), the personal information they provide in their user profile is stored. All users have the ability to view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (with the exception of their username). Website administrators also have access to and can edit this information.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file containing 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. However, this does not include any data we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Transmission
Visitor comments may undergo automated spam detection.