What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form in addition to the visitor’s IP address and the browser user agent string to facilitate spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (otherwise called a hash) can be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images that include embedded position data (EXIF GPS). Website visitors can download and extract any location data from the images on the website.
Contact form
Cookie
If you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies. They are used for your convenience so that you don’t have to re-enter your details when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit the login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal data and is deleted when you close the browser.
When you log in, several cookies will be set to save your login information and your screen display options. Access cookies last two days while cookies for screen options last one year. If you select “Remember me”, your access will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the access cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie does not include personal data, but simply indicates the ID of the article just modified. Expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
The articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Content embedded from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites can collect data about you, use cookies, integrate additional third-party tracking and monitor interaction with them, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are connected to those websites.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
No one.
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 any subsequent comments instead of keeping them in a moderation queue. What rights do you have on your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file from the site with the personal data we have about you, including the data you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete all personal data concerning you. This does not include the data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments can be checked through an automatic spam detection service.