Privacy Policy

Comments
The data shown in the comments form and also the commenter’s IP address and browser user agent string are collected to help spam detection. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media
Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website. Hence, it is important that you don’t upload images with embedded location data.

Cookies

You may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies when you leave a comment on our site. 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.

There is a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies when you visit the sign in page. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

Upon signing in, many cookies will be set to save your login data and your screen display choices.

Sign in cookies last for two days and screen options cookies last for a year. When “Remember Me” is selected, your login will persist for two weeks. The login cookies will be removed when you log out.

An additional cookie will be saved in your browser upon editing or publishing an article. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited, which expires after a day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images and so on. This content behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor had 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: It is important to point out that your IP address will be included in the reset email should you request a password reset.

How long do we retain your data?
The comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely should you leave a comment on the site. This would help us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Should you register on our site, we also store the personal information you provide in your profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. However, the username chosen at the time of registration cannot be changed.

What rights do you have over your data?
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.