Privacy Policy
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the information provided in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect and prevent spam.
An anonymized string (also called a hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. You can view Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy.
Once your comment is approved, your profile picture associated with Gravatar will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to our website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS information).
Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location information from images uploaded to the site. To protect your privacy, we recommend removing any such data before uploading.
When you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will expire after one year.
If you have an account and log in, we set a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we also set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last one year. Selecting “Remember Me” will keep you logged in for two weeks. Logging out will remove the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie does not contain personal data and simply identifies the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited the external website directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your activity if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
When you leave a comment on our site, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments without holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website, we also store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except for their username, which cannot be changed. Website administrators also have access to view and edit this information as needed.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you may request an exported copy of the personal data we hold about you, including any information you have provided.
You may also request the deletion of any personal data we hold about you. Please note that this does not include data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Visitor comments on our site may be reviewed using an automated spam detection service to help maintain the quality and security of the site.