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When visitors write comments on the site, we collect the information provided in the comment form as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent register to help detect spam.
An anonymized string generated from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you use it. The Gravatar Services privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible in the text of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you must not upload images with geo-location data (EXIF GPS). Website visitors can download and extract any location information from images on the website.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you register your comment on our site, you may decide to save your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so that you don’t have to fill in your details again when you post another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain your personal information and is deleted when your browser is closed.
When you log in, we will also set cookies to save your login information and screen preferences. Login cookies are for the last two days and screen options cookies are for the last one year. If you select “Remember me”, your login will last for two weeks. Login cookies will be deleted if you log out of your account.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain personal information and simply indicates that your article post ID has only been edited. Expires after one day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may contain embedded content (eg videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited another website.
These websites may collect information about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with embedded content, including tracking your interaction with embedded content if you have an account and Log in to that website.
Who we share your information with
Suggested text: If you requested a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long do we keep your information?
Suggested text: If you post a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This means we can automatically detect and approve subsequent comments instead of queuing them up.
For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information we provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit or delete their personal information at any time (except those who cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
Your rights to your data
If you have an account or have submitted a comment on this site, you may request to receive an output file of the personal information we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete any personal information we hold about you. This does not include information that we are required to retain for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Where was your data sent?
Visitor comments may be screened through an automated spam detection service.