Privacy Policy

Comments

When you leave a comment on the site, we collect the information you provide in the comment form, your IP address, and your browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be used to see if you are using the Gravatar service. You can find the Gravatar service privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public next to your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid including any embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you don't have to fill in your information again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

We also use other cookies to track things like whether your browser accepts cookies, your login information, and your screen display preferences. These cookies typically last for a day or two, or up to two weeks or one year depending on the specific cookie.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content from other websites, such as videos, images, articles, etc. This content behaves in the same way as if you had visited the other website directly.

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

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

If you leave a comment, the comment and its information are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments you leave instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if applicable), 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 for their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.