You can find our Privacy Policy at:
https://www.privacypolicies.com/privacy/view/00128e09ac5333911d81aec20bf549b9
IMPORTANT UPDATE: We use Google Analytics to monitor and analyse the use of our Service. For more information refer to Analytics section below.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
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 anonymized 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.
Contact forms
Contact forms are used for collecting your name, surname and email address. With the exception of certain automated features (eg subscription confirmation process) we will never intentionally email you unless you specifically request we do so.
Should you be receiving any emails outside of the above conditions, something needs fixing on our side. Please contact us at [email protected] and we will endeavor to fix this as soon as possible.
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has 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.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. You can read their Privacy Policy page here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US
To the best of our knowledge we have not opted into ads or participation nor partnered into website affiliation. None-the-less we wish to inform that Google uses cookies to help serve the ads it displays on the websites of its partners. When users visit a Google partner’s website, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser.
- Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on user visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. For third-party vendor’s use of cookies visit www.aboutads.info.
Matomo
Matomo is a web analytics service. You can visit their Privacy Policy page here: https://matomo.org/privacy-policy
Clicky
Clicky is a web analytics service. Read the Privacy Policy for Clicky here: https://clicky.com/terms
Statcounter
Statcounter is a web traffic analysis tool. You can read the Privacy Policy for Statcounter here: https://statcounter.com/about/legal/
Who we share your data with
Aside from some automated functions (see Cookies), no intentional sharing of any of your data will ever be entered into without your consent.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that 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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.