Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data displayed in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to assist in spam detection. We may also generate an anonymized hash of your email address to check for an existing profile with the Gravatar service, whose privacy policy you can review at Automattic’s Privacy Page. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes publicly visible alongside your comment.
Media
For your privacy, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) to our site. Visitors can potentially download and access any location data from images shared on our website.
Cookies
- Comments: By leaving a comment, you can choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience, lasting up to one year.
- Login Page: We set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is removed when you close your browser.
- User Login: When logging in, we save several cookies to remember your login and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, screen preferences for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends login cookies for two weeks. Upon logging out, login cookies are deleted.
- Article Edits: Editing or publishing an article stores an additional cookie with no personal data, simply marking the post ID of the edited content, expiring after a day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Content embedded from external sites (such as videos, images, or articles) functions as if you visited the original site, which may gather data about you, use cookies, track your interactions, and monitor your activity if logged into their site.
Data Sharing
For security and verification purposes, if you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the reset email.
Data Retention
- Comments: We retain comments and their metadata indefinitely to streamline the approval of follow-up comments.
- Registered Users: For users who register, personal data is saved within their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete this information at any time (except for their username). Site administrators can also access and edit this data.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account or have left comments on our site, you may request an export of the personal data we hold about you. You can also ask us to delete any personal data we hold, except for data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Transfers
Visitor comments may be processed through automated spam detection services to ensure site integrity.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us. We are committed to safeguarding your data and ensuring that our practices are transparent, respectful, and secure.