Privacy Policy

We value your privacy and are committed to safeguarding your personal information. Below is an overview of how we collect and use your data:

Comments

When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user-agent string to help with spam detection.

A hashed string created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at: [Link]. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in connection with your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please 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

When you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill in your details again when leaving 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 discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set cookies to save your login details and display preferences. The login cookie lasts for two days, and the display preferences cookie lasts for one year. If you select “Remember me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookie 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 simply tracks the ID of the post you just edited. It will expire in one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., 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 services, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that site.

Who We Share Your Data With

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

How Long We Keep Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This helps us recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding 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 view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (unless they cannot change their username). Site administrators can also view and edit that information.

Your Rights Regarding 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 delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.