What personal data do we collect and why do we collect it?
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data indicated on the feedback form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymous string created from your email address (also called a hash) can be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approving your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
MediaIf you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with built-in location data (GPS EXIF) included. Website visitors can download and extract all the location data from the images on the website.
With whom do we share your data?
If you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your contact information again when you leave another comment.
If you have an account and connect to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set several cookies to record your login information and display the options on the screen. Login cookies last two days and Display Choice cookies last one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your connection will be maintained for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be deleted.
If you modify or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data and simply indicates the identifier of the item you have just modified. It expires after 1 day. Content integrated from other websites.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Integrated content from other websites behaves exactly the same as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, integrate additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with this embedded content, including tracking your interaction with embedded content if you have an account and are connected to this site.
How long do we keep your data?
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are kept indefinitely. This is how we can automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments instead of putting them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if applicable), we also retain the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, modify or delete their personal information at any time (unless they are unable to change their user name).
Website administrators can also view and modify this information.