Privacy Policy

Comments

When visitors post comments on our website, we collect the information entered in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This helps us detect and prevent spam. We may also create an anonymized version of your email address to check if you are using the Gravatar service. For more details, you can review the Gravatar Privacy Policy. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture (if available) will be publicly displayed next to your comment.

Media

If you upload images to our site, we ask that you avoid including any embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors may be able to download and extract location information from images uploaded to the website.

Cookies

When you leave a comment, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for future convenience. This means you won’t have to re-enter your details when leaving another comment, and these cookies will remain active for one year. When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not store personal data and is deleted when you close your browser. After logging in, several cookies are set to remember your login details and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while display preference cookies remain for one year. If you select the “Remember Me” option, your session will persist for two weeks. Logging out will clear the login cookies. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser that tracks the post ID of the article you edited, which expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Our content may include embedded media such as videos, images, or articles from third-party websites. This embedded content behaves the same way as if you visited the external site directly. These third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and include additional tracking mechanisms to monitor your interactions with the embedded content, particularly if you are logged into their platform.

Data Sharing

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email sent to you.

Data Retention

We retain comments and their associated metadata indefinitely. This enables us to recognize and automatically approve follow-up comments without the need for moderation. For registered users (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profiles. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal data at any time (except for their username). Website administrators also have access to this information and can make changes if necessary.

Your Data Rights

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you have the right to request an exported file containing the personal data we hold about you, including any information you’ve provided. You also have the right to request the deletion of your personal data. However, this does not apply to data that we need to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Data Transmission

Visitor comments may be processed through an automated spam detection service.