Personal Data Collection and Reasons
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the information provided in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also known as a hash) might be shared with the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract any location data from the images on the site.
Contact Forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
When visiting our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is discarded once you close your browser.
When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and display options cookies last for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” will keep your login active for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies are removed.
If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be saved in your browser, containing no personal data but indicating the post ID of the article you edited. This cookie expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites functions the same way as if you visited those websites directly.
These websites might collect your data, use cookies, include third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to those websites.
Analytics
Data Sharing
Data Retention Duration
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments instead of holding them for moderation.
For registered users on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profiles. 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.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including the data you’ve provided. You can also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Transfers
Visitor comments might be checked through an automated spam detection service.
