Comments
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data described in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and the user’s browser proxy string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string generated 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’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After you approve your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data embedded (EXIF GPS). Site visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the site.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site, you can opt-in to have your name, email address and website saved in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, 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 screen display options. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will last for two weeks. If you log out of your account, your login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie does not include any personal data and simply refers to the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded content from other sites
Suggested text: Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor had 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 embedded content if you have an account and are logged into that site.
With whom we share your data
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the email reset.
How long do we keep your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata will be kept indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of keeping them in a moderation queue.
For users who have registered 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 that they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.
What rights do you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this website. or 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 ask us to erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Where to send your data
Suggested text: Visitor comments can be checked with an automatic spam detection service
