Privacy Policy
Overview
At our website, we prioritize your privacy and are committed to ensuring that your personal information is protected. This privacy policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect the data you provide, as well as your rights regarding your data. By interacting with our website, you agree to the practices outlined in this policy.
1. Comment Data Collection
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data provided in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This helps us detect and prevent spam. An anonymized string (also called a hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. For more information, you can review Gravatar’s privacy policy here
. After your comment is approved, your profile picture, if available, will be visible publicly alongside your comment.
2. Image Uploads and Location Data
If you upload images to our site, please ensure they do not contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site may download and extract location data from these images.
3. Cookies
Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you can opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. This means you won’t need to fill in your details again for future comments. These cookies will last for one year.
Login Cookies: When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Persistent Login Cookies: Upon logging in, several cookies are set to remember your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for one year. If you choose the “Remember Me” option, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, these cookies will be removed.
Post-Editing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser to indicate the post ID of the article you just edited. This cookie expires after one day.
4. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on our site may contain embedded content, such as videos, images, or other media. This content behaves in the same way as if you had visited the other website directly. These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you are logged into an account on that site.
5. Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We do not share your personal information with third parties unless required by law or as described in this policy.
6. Data Retention and Your Rights
Data Retention: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments. For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in your profile. You can view, edit, or delete this information at any time, except for your username.
Data Access and Deletion: If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You also have the right to request that we erase any personal data we hold, excluding data that we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.