When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor's IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also known as a hash) can be provided to the Gravatar service to verify that you use it. The Gravatar Service Privacy Policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your response.
When uploading images to the website, avoid uploading images that include embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Website visitors can download and extract location data from images.
If you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to store your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you don't have to fill in your details again the next time you comment. These cookies are stored for one year.
When you visit our login page, we place a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal information and is deleted when you close your browser.
When you log in, we also place some cookies to store your login details and screen display preferences. Login cookies are valid for two days, and screen options cookies remain active for one year. If you select “Remember me”, your login will remain active for two weeks. When you log out, the login cookies are deleted.
When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal information and only indicates the ID of the article you have just edited. This cookie expires after one day.
Posts on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly the same as when the visitor visited that other website.
These websites may collect information about you, use cookies, include additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged into that website.
When you submit a password reset request, your IP address is included in the reset email.
If you leave a comment, that comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve follow-up responses instead of holding them in a moderation row.
For users who register on our website (where applicable), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information (except user name) at any time. Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an export file of your personal information that we hold about you, including any information you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete any personal information that we hold about you. This does not apply to data that we are required to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Visitor responses can be monitored via an automated spam detection service.