Comments

Suggested text: If a visitor leaves a comment on the site, we collect the data specified in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent data for the purpose of spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (“hash”) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/ . Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible publicly in the context of your comment.

Media files

Suggested text: If you are a registered user and upload photos to the site, you may want to avoid uploading images with EXIF ​​metadata, as this may contain your GPS location. Visitors can obtain this information by downloading images from the site.

Cookies

Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site, you can enable the storage of your name, email address and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so that you do not have to fill in the data again when you comment again. These cookies are stored for one year.

If you have an account on the site and you log in, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser supports cookies. The cookie does not contain any personal information and is deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in to your account, we also set several cookies with your login details and screen settings. Login cookies are stored for two days, screen settings cookies for a year. If you select the “Remember me” option, your login details will be stored for two weeks. When you log out, your login cookies will be deleted.

When editing or publishing an article, an additional cookie will be saved in the browser. It does not contain personal data and contains only the ID of the entry you edited, and expires in 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Suggested text: Articles on this site may contain embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.), such content behaves the same as if the visitor had visited another site.

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

Who we share your data with

Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP will be listed in the reset email.

How long do we keep your data?

Suggested text: When you leave a comment, the comment itself and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This is done to automatically identify and approve subsequent comments, rather than placing them in a queue for approval.

For users who register on our site, we store the personal information they provide in their profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their profile information at any time (except for their username). The website administration can also view and change this information.

What rights do you have over your data?

Suggested text: If you have an account on the site, or if you have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including the data you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete this data, this does not include data that we are required to retain for administrative, legal or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Suggested text: User comments may be checked by an automated spam detection service.