Privacy Policy

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. . After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They help enhance your browsing experience by remembering your preferences and providing information about how you use the site.

Types of Cookies We Use

1. Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They allow you to navigate the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas.
2. Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our site, such as which pages are visited most often. This data helps us improve the functionality of our website.
3. Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
4. Marketing Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for various purposes, including:

• To analyze user behavior and improve our website.
• To remember user preferences and settings.
• To deliver personalized content and advertisements.
• To monitor the effectiveness of our marketing efforts.

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 in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor 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

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 metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), 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 they cannot change 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 obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

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