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.
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.
When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies and when you close your browser, it discards this cookie, which contains no personal data. If you log in, we 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”, the system keeps your login active for two weeks, and when you log out of your account, it removes the login cookies. When you edit or publish an article your browser saves an additional cookies. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
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 have the capability to collect data about you, utilize cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with embedded content, including if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
If you request a password reset, the reset email will include your IP address.
The system retains the comment and meta data indefinitely if you leave a comment. 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 profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
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. We do not have any obligation to keep any data for administrative, legal or security purpose.
An automated spam detection service may check visitor comments.
