When you leave a comment on our website, the data entered in the comment form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent, are collected to help us detect spam comments.
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.
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.
We keep form submissions for a certain period for customer service purposes, but we do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes.
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.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the 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.
By using our services, you agree to the storage and use of cookies. These files are downloaded to your computer and allow access to certain features such as polls. They also enable the display of advertisements and allow us to have statistics on your visits (frequency, type of browser, pages visited).
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google uses the collected data to track and analyze the use of this site, prepare reports on its activities, and share them with other Google services. Google may use the data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can find more information on their privacy policy on this page. You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking using this module.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows for the automatic recognition and approval of subsequent comments instead of leaving them in the moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if possible), we also store the personal data indicated in their profile. All users can see, modify or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Site managers can also view and modify this information.
If you have an account or if you have left comments on the site, you can request to receive a file containing all the personal data we hold about you, including the data you have provided to us. You can also request the deletion of personal data about you. This does not include data stored for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Visitor comments may be checked using an automated unwanted comment detection service.
Please use our contact form for any questions related to your personal data.
We strive to ensure the security of your data by regularly updating our software and monitoring suspicious activities. In accordance with the GDPR, we will inform you through our various information channels in case of a security problem that has affected the security of your data.
In case of security problems, we will contact affected providers, partners, and users within 72 hours.