Terms & Conditions
Comments
We collect the data shown in the comment form when visitors leave comments on the site, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string generated from your email address (also called a hash) may 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 approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to everyone in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with 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 can choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for convenience so that you do not need to re-enter your details when you leave another comment. These cookies will be valid for one year.
If you visit our home page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set a few cookies to save your login details and screen display preferences. Login cookies will be valid for two days and screen options cookies will be valid for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will be valid for two weeks.
If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the article you are editing. Expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may contain embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites acts as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, place additional third-party tracking and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to this website.
Who do we share your data with?
If you request to reset your password, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long do we keep your data?
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This is so that we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of keeping them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit or delete their personal information at any time (they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
What rights do you have over your data?
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 delete the personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data that we are obliged to retain for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Where is your data sent?
Visitor comments can be checked through an automated spam detection service.