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Comments

Together with the data entered in the comments form, we additionally log the IP address and browser user agent string of website visitors who leave comments, in order to assist with the identification of spam.

Furthermore, to find out if you are using Gravatar, the service may receive an anonymized string (sometimes called a hash) produced from your email address. In addition, you can view the Gravatar service’s privacy statement. Once this process is complete, your profile image is shown to the public within the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should, therefore, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Furthermore, visitors to the website can easily download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

You have the option to allow cookies to store your name, email address, and website when you leave a comment on our website. In addition, these are for your convenience so that when you write another comment, you won’t have to enter your information again. However, there will be cookies left over after a year.

To begin with, to find out if your browser accepts cookies, we will set a temporary cookie when you visit our login page. Notably, this cookie is deleted when your browser is closed and doesn’t contain any personal information.

Furthermore, we will also set up a few cookies when you join in to store your screen display preferences and login details. Specifically, screen settings cookies expire after a year, but login cookies are only good for two days. Additionally, selecting “Remember Me” will make your login last for a period of two weeks. Consequently, your account’s login cookies will be deleted once you log out.

Moreover, your browser will save an extra cookie if you modify or publish an article. Importantly, this cookie only contains the post ID of the article you just changed; it contains no personal information. Ultimately, it runs out in a day.

Embedded content from other websites

This website’s articles may contain embedded content (pictures, videos, articles, etc.). Specifically when another website’s content is embedded, it acts exactly like the user would have if they had visited the other website.

Furthermore, these websites have the potential to gather personal information about you, employ cookies, incorporate extra third-party tracking, and keep track of how you engage with the embedded material. Additionally, if you have an account and are logged in, they may also track how you interact with the embedded content.

Who we share your data with

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

How long we retain your data

In the event that you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are kept forever. This is so that, rather than keeping them in a moderation queue, we can, therefore, instantly identify and approve any follow-up comments.

Furthermore, we also keep the personal data that users enter in their user profiles when they register on our website, if any. Specifically, all users are able to view, modify, or remove their personal data at any moment; however, they are unable to modify their username. Additionally, administrators of the website can view and change that data as well.

What rights you have over your data

Should you be an account holder or have posted comments on this website, you have the option, furthermore, to ask for an exported file including all of the personal information we currently have on file, including any information you have uploaded. Additionally, requests to have any personal information we may have about you deleted are also available. However, nothing here refers to information that we are required to retain for security, legal, or administrative purposes.

Where your data is sent

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