Privacy Policy

Comments: 
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data provided in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information helps in spam detection. An anonymized string created from the visitor’s email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if the visitor is using it. After the comment is approved, the visitor’s profile picture, if available, is visible to the public in the context of the comment.

Media:
If you upload images to the website, please refrain from including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) within them. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies:
When you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year. Additionally, when you log in, temporary cookies are set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. These cookies contain no personal data and are discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, several cookies are set up to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for a year. 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. When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser, which includes no personal data and indicates the post ID of the edited article. This cookie expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from other websites. Embedded content behaves similarly to a visitor’s interaction with the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction 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:
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely for automatic follow-up comment approval instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users who register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except for their username, which cannot be changed. Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

Data Rights:
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, except for any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Data Transfer:
Visitor comments may undergo automated spam detection services.