Privacy Policy

User Interaction and Data Collection

Revised text: As users engage on our site, specifically through the comment section, we gather the details presented in the comment form. Additionally, we acquire the user’s IP address and the browser’s user agent string for the purpose of mitigating spam.

We may utilize an anonymized string, or a hash, derived from your email address and provide it to the Gravatar service, if you are a user of this service. The Gravatar’s privacy policy is accessible here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Following the approval of your comment, your profile picture becomes publicly visible within the context of your comment.

User-Submitted Media

Revised text: If you contribute images to our site, we recommend not including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and retrieve any location data from images available on the site.

Cookies and Personal Information Storage

Revised text: If you interact through our comment section, you have the option to allow us to store your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience, preventing you from needing to re-enter these details in future comments. These cookies are stored for one year.

When accessing our login page, we implement a temporary cookie to confirm if your browser is compatible with cookies. This cookie doesn’t contain personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

During your login, we set several cookies to preserve your login details and display preferences. Login cookies last two days, while screen option cookies last one year. If you choose “Remember Me,” your login details will be remembered for two weeks. Logging out will remove the login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an extra cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie, void of personal data, simply notes the post ID of the article you’ve interacted with and expires after 1 day.

Content Embedded from Other Sites

Revised text: Our site may feature embedded content such as videos, images, articles, etc. This embedded content behaves as if you were directly visiting the source website.

Such sites may collect your data, implement cookies, insert additional third-party tracking, and monitor your engagement with the embedded content. This could include tracking interactions with the embedded content if you are logged into an account on their site.

Data Sharing Policy

Revised text: Should you request a password reset, your IP address will be incorporated in the reset email.

Data Retention Policy

Revised text: When you leave a comment, the comment and its associated metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve any subsequent comments, avoiding a moderation queue.

For registered users, we retain the personal information they share in their user profile. All users have the ability to view, modify, or delete their personal information at any point, barring username changes. Website administrators also have access to this information.

User Rights Over Personal Data

Revised text: If you hold an account with us or have left comments, you can request an export of the personal data we maintain about you, encompassing any data you’ve provided us. You can also ask us to erase any personal data we have about you, excluding data we need to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Data Transmission

Revised text: The comments of site visitors may be verified through an automated spam detection service.