Who We Are:

Information We Collect:

  • Comments: When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, including your name, email address, website (optional), IP address, and browser user agent string (to help with spam detection).
  • Gravatar: An anonymized string created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to see if you have a profile picture. You can find the Gravatar service privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Your profile picture will be publicly visible next to your comment if you have a Gravatar account.
  • Media: We recommend avoiding uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) when uploading photos to the website. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies:

  • Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you don’t have to refill the information every time you comment. These cookies expire after one year.
  • Session Cookies: A temporary cookie is used to determine if your browser accepts cookies when you visit our login page. This cookie doesn’t contain any personal data and disappears when you close your browser.
  • Login Cookies: When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. Choosing “Remember Me” extends your login for two weeks. Login cookies are removed when you log out of your account.
  • Post Editing Cookie: An additional cookie is stored in your browser if you edit or publish an article. This cookie only contains the post ID of the article you edited and expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content:

Our website may include embedded content from other websites (e.g., videos, images, articles). This embedded content behaves the same way as if you visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Sharing Your Data:

  • We will only share your IP address if you request a password reset. This will be included in the reset email.

Data Retention:

  • If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows for automatic recognition and approval of follow-up comments instead of holding them in moderation.
  • For registered users, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Users can access, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

Your Rights Over Your Data:

  • If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data, including any data you provided. You can also request the erasure of any personal data we hold about you, except for data required for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data is Sent:

  • Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy:

We reserve the right to update this privacy policy at any time. We will notify visitors of any changes by posting the revised policy on this page.

Contact Us:

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us.

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