We gather the data from the comment form, the visitor’s IP address, and the user agent string of their browser to help with spam detection when people post comments on websites.
In order to determine whether you are using Gravatar, you could give the service an encrypted string (also known as a hash) made from your email address. We gather the data from the comment form, the visitor’s IP address, and the user agent string of their browser to help with spam detection when people post comments on websites.
Media -
Avoid uploading photos with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) if you want to submit them to the website. Any location data from photographs on the website can be downloaded and extracted by website visitors.
Cookies -
You may choose whether or not to have your name, email address, and website saved in cookies whenever you leave a comment on our website. These are provided for your convenience so that you won’t have to re-enter your information each time you post a remark. The shelf life of these cookies is one year.
If you go to our login page, we’ll temporarily store a cookie to see if your browser permits them. This cookie is deleted when your browser is closed and does not contain any personal information.
We will also create a number of cookies when you log in to preserve your login details and screen display preferences. Screen option cookies last a year, whereas login cookies are only valid for two days.
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.
How long we retain your data -
If you post a remark, both the comment and any associated information are kept forever. This allows us to detect and approve any subsequent comments without having to manually moderate them.
In the event that any users register on our website, we additionally retain the personal data they supply in their user profile. Anytime, any user may access, amend, or delete their personal information (except they cannot change their username). Administrators of the website can also access and modify that data.
What rights you have over your data -
You have the option to request to obtain an exported file of the personal data we possess on you, along with any data you have given us, if you have an account on our website or have left comments. You can also ask us to delete any personal information we may have on you. This does not apply to any information that we must maintain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.