Privacy Policy

What personal data do we collect and why we collect it

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 anonymised string cre­ated from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar ser­vice to see if you are using it. The Gravatar ser­vice Pri­vacy Policy is avail­able here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approv­al of your com­ment, your pro­file pic­ture is vis­ible to the pub­lic in the con­text of your comment.

Media

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

Cookies

If you leave a com­ment on our site you may opt in to sav­ing your name, email address and web­site in cook­ies. These are for your con­veni­ence so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave anoth­er com­ment. These cook­ies will last for one year.

If you vis­it our login page, we will set a tem­por­ary cook­ie to determ­ine if your browser accepts cook­ies. This cook­ie con­tains no per­son­al data and is dis­carded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up sev­er­al cook­ies to save your login inform­a­tion and your screen dis­play choices. Login cook­ies last for two days, and screen options cook­ies last for a year. If you select “Remem­ber Me”, your login will per­sist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cook­ies will be removed.

If you edit or pub­lish an art­icle, an addi­tion­al cook­ie will be saved in your browser. This cook­ie includes no per­son­al data and simply indic­ates the post ID of the art­icle you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a com­ment, the com­ment and its metadata are retained indef­in­itely. This is so we can recog­nise and approve any fol­low-up com­ments auto­mat­ic­ally instead of hold­ing them in a mod­er­a­tion queue.

For users who 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 do we send your data?

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