Privacy Policy
Who we are
Collection of Personal Information and Its Purpose: What Data We Gather and Why
Comments
When visitors post comments on the website, we gather the information provided in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This assists us in identifying and preventing spam.
A hashed and anonymized string generated from your email address might be used with the Gravatar service to check for its usage. Review the Gravatar service privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile image becomes publicly visible within the scope of your comment.
Media
When uploading images to the website, it’s advisable to refrain from including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) within the images. This is because individuals visiting the site have the capability to download and extract location information from these images.
Contact forms
Cookies
When you post a comment on our website, you have the option to allow us to store your name, email address, and website using cookies. These cookies enhance your convenience by eliminating the need to re-enter your information when you decide to leave another comment in the future. These cookies will remain active for a duration of one year.
Upon logging in to this website with your account, a transient cookie will be placed on your browser to assess its cookie acceptance. This cookie holds no personal information and is discarded once you shut down your browser.
Upon logging in, we utilize cookies to retain your login credentials and screen preferences. These login cookies remain active for a 48-hour period, while screen option cookies persist for one year. Opting for the “Remember Me” feature extends your login duration to two weeks. Logging out will result in the removal of these login cookies.
When you make edits or publish an article, a supplementary cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie doesn’t contain any personal information; it only displays the post ID of the recently edited article. This cookie is set to expire after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
This website features articles that might incorporate embedded content like videos, images, and articles. Such embedded elements sourced from external websites function identically to when a visitor directly access the respective external site.
These websites gather information from you, utilize cookies, incorporate external third-party tracking, and observe how you engage with the included content. This includes monitoring your interactions even when youre logged into an account on the respective website.
Analytics
How long we retain your data
Leaving a comment entails permanent retention of both the comment and its associated metadata. This approach facilitates the automatic recognition and approval of subsequent comments, eliminating the need to store them in a moderation queue.
We retain the personal information provided by registered users on our website, if applicable. Users have the ability to access, modify, or remove their personal data from their user profiles, with the exception of their usernames which cannot be changed. Additionally, website administrators have the capability to view and make changes to this information as well.
What rights you have over your data
If you possess an account on our platform or have posted comments, you have the option to ask for an exported file containing your personal data held by us. This encompasses the information you’ve shared with us. Additionally, you can request the removal of your personal data from our records. However, please note that this does not cover data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.