When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also known as a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public within the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please refrain from including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
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 you don’t have to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
For users with accounts on our site, a temporary cookie is set when logging in to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded upon closing your browser.
When logging in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps your login persistent for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the edited article, expiring after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) behaving similarly to 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 embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely for automatic approval of follow-up comments.
For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for the username). Website administrators can also see and edit that 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 the personal data we hold about you, including any provided data. You can also request the erasure of any personal data we hold about you, excluding data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.