When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser User-Agent string, to help detect and prevent spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also known as a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using that service. The privacy policy for the Gravatar service is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly displayed alongside your comment.
If you upload images to this website, you should avoid uploading images that contain embedded location information (EXIF GPS data). Visitors to this website may download and extract location information from images on the site.
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt to save your name, email address, and website address in cookies. These cookies are set to provide convenience by eliminating the need for you to re-enter your details when leaving subsequent comments. These cookies will remain active for one year.
When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if 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 several cookies to store your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies remain valid for two days, while screen display preference cookies remain valid for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login status will be retained for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies 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 only records the ID of the article you just edited. This cookie expires after one day.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited those other websites directly.
These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking tools, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content—including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account on those sites and are logged in.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the password reset email.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata will be retained indefinitely. We do this to allow us to recognize and automatically approve any follow-up comments, without placing them in a moderation queue.
For registered users of this website, we also retain the personal information provided in their user profiles. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username), and site administrators can also view and edit this information.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, which includes any data you have provided to us. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
