Comments:
When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the information provided in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to aid in spam detection.
An anonymized string generated from your email address (also known as a hash) may be shared with the Gravatar service to determine if you have a Gravatar account. The Gravatar service’s Privacy Policy can be found here: Gravatar Privacy Policy. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible alongside your comment.
Media:
If you upload images to our website, please refrain from including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as these details can be downloaded and extracted by visitors to the website.
Cookies:
When you leave a comment on our site, you have the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are provided for your convenience, eliminating the need to re-enter your details when leaving subsequent comments. These cookies have a duration of one year.
Visiting our login page results in the setting of a temporary cookie to determine your browser’s acceptance of cookies. This cookie contains no personal information and is discarded when your browser is closed.
Upon logging in, we establish several cookies to retain your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies persist for two days, while screen options cookies have a one-year duration. Choosing “Remember Me” will maintain your login status for two weeks. Logging out of your account will remove the login cookies.
Editing or publishing an article creates an additional cookie stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain personal information and solely indicates the article’s post ID, expiring after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites:
Our articles may feature embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from other websites. This embedded content operates in the same manner as if you had visited the external website.
These external websites may collect data about you, employ cookies, incorporate additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their embedded content. This includes tracking your engagement with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into their website.
Who We Share Your Data With:
In the event of a password reset request, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data:
If you leave a comment, the comment and its associated metadata are retained indefinitely. This enables us to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments instead of holding them for moderation.
For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users have the ability to view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, excluding the inability to alter their username. Website administrators also possess the capacity to view and modify this information.