Privacy Policy

Comments

Your IP address gets saved when you leave a comment here. We also collect your browser user agent string. The comment form stores the data you type in. This data helps us fight spam.

An anonymized hash from your email goes to Gravatar. This checks whether you have a Gravatar account. The privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. We approve your comment first. After that, your profile picture appears next to it. The public can see this picture.

Media

Suggested text: Images with EXIF GPS data should not be uploaded to your site. Any visitor has the ability to download these files. Location information can be extracted from them easily. Sensitive data sits embedded in such images. This creates a privacy concern for you.

Cookies

You have an option to store your name, email, and website in cookies after you leave a comment. These cookies last for one year. They exist so you don’t need to fill in your details each time you want to comment again.

Your browser receives a temporary cookie once you visit the login page. This cookie checks if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal information. Your browser deletes it when you close the window.

We set up multiple cookies after you complete the login process. These store your login credentials and your screen preferences. The cookies for login work for two days. Your screen preferences stay saved for a year. If you tick “Remember Me,” your login stays valid for two weeks. We remove the login cookies when you log out.

Your browser gets one more cookie when you modify or publish an article. The cookie contains only the post ID of what you just worked on. It stores no personal information. This cookie disappears after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content like videos, images, and other articles. Embedded content from external sites behaves exactly as a direct visit to those sites would.

These external sites may collect data about you. They can use cookies. Third-party trackers can be added by them. Your interaction with embedded content can be monitored. They can track how you interact with the embedded material if you hold an account on their site and remain logged in.

How long we retain your data

Suggested text: We keep your comment forever when you leave one on our site. The metadata stays with us too. This helps us spot your next comments. We approve them right away without delay. No moderation queue holds them back.

Website registration lets users add personal details to their profile. They choose what to share. Users can look at this data anytime they want. They can edit it. They can delete it as well. The username is different though. It cannot be changed once set. Website administrators see this information. They have the option to edit it when necessary.

What rights you have over your data

Suggested text: If you left comments on this site, you can request an exported file. An account holder can also ask for this file. The file contains all personal data we store about you. Any data you gave us will be in there. You can also ask us to delete your personal data. We will remove all personal data we have. Some exceptions apply to this rule. Certain data must stay with us for administrative reasons. Legal purposes require us to hold some data. We keep certain information for security reasons too.

Where we send your data

An automated system checks visitor comments for spam. This service reviews the data you submit through the comment form. It happens automatically when you post a comment.