Privacy Policy
Personal Data Collection and Purpose:
When you interact with our website, we collect certain personal data and use it for specific purposes. Below, we outline the types of data we collect and why we collect it:
Comments:
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the following data:
– Data provided in the comments form.
– IP address and browser user agent string for spam detection.
Additionally, an anonymized hash of your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to display your profile picture alongside your comment. For Gravatar’s privacy policy
Media:
If you upload images to our website, please refrain from including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Users can potentially extract location data from images on the website.
Contact Forms:
When you use our contact forms, we may collect your name, email address, and website to enhance your convenience for future interactions on our site. These cookies are designed to save your information for up to one year.
Cookies:
Upon leaving a comment, you have the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are used to remember your details for future comments and remain valid for one year.
For users visiting our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check your browser’s cookie acceptance. This temporary cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
When you log in, we use several cookies to remember your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies remain valid for a year. If you choose “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out of your account will remove these login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser, which contains no personal data and indicates the post ID of the edited article. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content:
Our articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from other websites. This embedded content operates similarly to visiting the other website directly. These external websites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content. If you have an account and are logged in to those websites, they may track your interaction with their content.
Analytics:
Sharing of Data:
Data Retention:
– Comments and metadata from comments are retained indefinitely to facilitate automatic approval of follow-up comments.
– Registered users’ personal information is stored in their user profiles, and users can view, edit, or delete their data at any time (excluding username changes). Website administrators can also access and modify this information.
User Rights:
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any information you provided. You also have the right to request the deletion of your personal data, with exceptions for data required for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Transmission:
Visitor comments may be screened through automated spam detection services.
Contact Information:
Additional Information:
– We take measures to protect your data.
– We have data breach procedures in place.
– We do not receive data from third parties.
– We do not engage in automated decision making or profiling with user data.
– We comply with industry regulatory disclosure requirements.
If you have any concerns or questions regarding your personal data or our privacy practices, please contact us. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to safeguarding your information.