Privacy policy

What personal information is collected and why

Comment

When a visitor leaves a comment on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form and also the visitor’s IP address and the browser user’s user agent string to help detect spam.

An anonymous string generated from your email address (also known as a hash) can 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 accepting your comment, your profile picture is publicly visible in the context of your comment.

Library

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 write a comment on the website, the cookie will store your name, email address, and website address. This information is intended to help you not need to enter the information repeatedly when writing another comment. This cookie will be kept for one year.

If you go to the login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if the browser allows the use of cookies. This cookie does not contain personal information and will be removed when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set a few cookies to save your login information and display choices. The last login information is saved for two days, and the most recent display selection is saved for a year. If you select “Remember me”, the login information will be saved for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookie information will be deleted.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal information and simply includes the ID of the article you edited. It automatically expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if a visitor had visited another website.

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

How long does your data last?

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata will be retained indefinitely. This is so we can automatically recognize and accept any comments instead of keeping them in the moderation waiting area.

For users who register on our website (where applicable), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Site administrators can also view and edit that information.

What rights do you have with your data?

If you have an account on this website or have left comments, you may request to receive an export file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.

Where is your data sent?

Comments from guests (non-members) can be checked through the automatic spam detection service.