What personal data do we collect and why do we collect it?
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be
provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy
policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/ . After approval of your comment,
your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms, Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address,
and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in
your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one
year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser
accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close
your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and
your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies
last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you
log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This
cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just
edited. It expires after 1 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 behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor
has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party
tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking
your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to
that website.
Analytics
Who do we share your data with? How long do we retain your data?
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is
so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of
holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information
they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal
information at any time (except they cannot change their
What rights do you have over your data?
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an
exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have
provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about
you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or
security purposes.
Where do we send your data?
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
