Privacy Policy

Comments

When visitors add a comment to this website, the data displayed in the comment form, as well as the visitor's IP address and the user agent string defining the browser, are collected to help detect spam.

Gravatar may be provided with an anonymous string created from your email address (also called a hash) to determine if you are using the service. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

Recommended text: If you upload images to this site, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Website visitors can download and view any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you add a comment to our site, you can allow your name, email address and website to be stored in cookies. In this way, we try to increase your comfort, when you write a new comment, you will not have to fill in this information again. These cookies will have a lifetime of one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set temporary cookies to verify that your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set several cookies for you to save your login data and to set the screen display. Login cookies have a lifetime of two days and cookies for display settings have a lifetime of one year. If you confirm the "Remember me" option, your login will last for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be deleted.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data and simply indicates the ID of the post you just edited. It will expire after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Posts on this site may contain embedded content (such as videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor visited another website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed other third-party tracking, and track your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Recommended text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the password reset email.

How long we keep your data

If you add a comment, the comment and its metadata will be retained indefinitely. The data is kept to automatically recognize and approve all subsequent comments, rather than holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on this site (if they have this option), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit or delete their personal information at any time (except that they cannot change their username). Site administrators can also view and edit this information.

What are your rights?

If you have an account or have commented on this site, you can request to receive an export file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request the deletion of any personal data we hold about you. This option does not include data that we are required to retain for administrative, legal or security reasons.

Where do we send your data?

Visitor comments may be screened by an automated spam detection service that may be located abroad.