Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site:
We collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. Gravatar Privacy Policy.
Upon approval, your profile picture may become publicly visible with your comment.
Media
If you upload images:
Please avoid uploading files with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract location information from website images.
Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience:
Comment cookies: When you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last one year.
Login cookies: If you log in, temporary cookies store your login status and display preferences.
Login cookies last 2 days.
Screen display cookies last 1 year.
Selecting “Remember Me” extends your login for 2 weeks.
Post cookies: Editing or publishing an article sets a cookie containing the post ID. It expires in 1 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 the same as if you visited that site directly. These sites may:
Collect your data
Use cookies
Employ third-party tracking
Monitor your interaction with their content (especially if you’re logged in to their services)
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely.
User data from registrations is stored in user profiles.
Users may view, edit, or delete their personal data (except usernames).
Admins can access and manage all user data.
What rights you have over your data
You may request:
An export of the personal data we hold about you.
Deletion of any data we hold (except data we are required to retain for legal, administrative, or security purposes).
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be screened using an automated spam detection service.
