Privacy policy

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. You can view the Gravatar service privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be publicly displayed in connection with your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract any location data from images.

Contact Forms & Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so you do not need to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded once you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen preferences cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies will be removed.

When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on our site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has directly visited those websites.

These external sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We may use analytics tools to better understand how visitors use our site and improve our services.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not share your data with third parties except as described in this policy.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to help us recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically, without requiring moderation.

For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you may request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.