Privacy Policy

What personal data we collect and why

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor's IP address and browser data, to help detect spam.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be sent to Gravatar to verify that you use the service. Gravatar's privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture is publicly viewable alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download these images from the website and extract their location data from them.

contact forms

Cookies

When leaving a comment on the site, you can choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies. This is for your comfort, so you don't have to fill in your details again when you make another comment. These cookies last for one year.

If you have an account and access this site, a temporary cookie will be created to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. It does not contain any personal data and will be discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in to your account on the website, we also set several cookies to save your account details and your screen display choices. Login cookies are kept for two days and screen option cookies for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your access will be maintained for two weeks. If you log out of your account, login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie does not include any personal data and simply indicates the post ID referring to the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded media from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, articles, etc. Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor were visiting the other website.

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

Analyzes

With whom we share your data

How long do we keep your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. We do this so that we can automatically recognize and approve any further comments rather than holding them for moderation.

For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information you provide in your user profile. All users can view, edit or delete their personal information at any time (it's just not possible to change your username). Site administrators can also view and edit this information.

What are your rights over your data

If you have an account on this site or if you have left comments, you can request 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 remove any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data that we are required to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Guest comments may be flagged by an automatic spam detection service.

Your contact information

Additional Information

How we protect your data What are our data breach procedures What third parties do we receive data from What automated decision-making or profiling we do with user data Mandatory disclosure requirements for your professional category