Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Comments

  • When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect data visible in the comment form, including the visitor’s IP address and browser signature to help detect spam.
  • An anonymized string created from your email address (also known as a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if it is being used. The privacy policy of Gravatar is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once approved, your profile picture is publicly visible in the context of your comment.

Media

  • If you are a registered user and upload images to the site, you should avoid uploading images with EXIF location tags. Visitors can download and read full location data from images on the site.

Cookies

  • If you comment on the site, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies, making it convenient for future comments. Cookies expire after one year.
  • If you visit the login page, we will create a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and will be deleted when the browser is closed.
  • During login, we create additional cookies needed to save your login information and selected screen options. Login cookies expire after two days, while screen options cookies expire after one year. If you check the “Remember Me” option, login will expire after 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 saved in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data and simply indicates the ID of the recently edited article. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Sites

  • Articles on this site may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other sites behaves the same as if the user has visited that specific site directly.
  • These sites may collect information about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking systems, and monitor your interactions with the embedded material, including tracking your interactions if you have an account and are logged in to that site.

Who We Share Data With

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

How Long We Retain Your Data

  • If you leave a comment, its content and metadata will be retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and automatically approve subsequent comments without sending them for moderation each time.
  • For users who register on our website (if any), we also retain personal information entered in the profile. Each user can view, correct, or delete their personal information at any time (except for the username, which cannot be changed). Administrators of the site can also review and modify this information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

  • If you have a user account or have left comments on this site, you can request to receive a file of your personal data we hold, including all the data you have provided. You can also request the deletion of all your personal data we hold. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Where We Send Your Data

  • Guest comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.