comments
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymous string generated from your email address (also called a hash) may be made available to Gravatar to see if you use it. The Gravatar Service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
The media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from the images on the website.
cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you can opt in to having your name, email address and website saved in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is ignored when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set several cookies to save your login information and screen display options. Login cookies last for two days, screen options cookies last for a year. If you select Remember Me, you will continue to be logged in for two weeks. If you log out of your account, your login 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 any personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded content from other sites
Articles on this site include embedded content (eg videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with such embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into this website.
Who do we share your data with?
If you request a password reset, 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 will be preserved indefinitely. This is so that we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of keeping them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our site (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, modify or delete their personal information at any time (except that they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see 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 ask us to erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data that we are obligated to maintain for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Where do we send your data?
Visitor comments can be checked through an automatic spam detection service.
