1. Data Collection

1.1 Comments

When customers leave comments on our website, we gather the information displayed in the comment form, the visitor's IP address, and browser information to assist with spam detection.

1.2 Profile Pictures

If you use Gravatar, an anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service. Following approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public within the context of your comment.

1.3 Media

We encourage you to avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other visitors can download and extract this data from our website.

2. Cookies

2.1 Commenting

Opt-in to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience, lasting one year.

2.2 Login

Temporary cookies are used to determine browser compatibility and are discarded when closed.

2.3 Login Information

Several cookies save your login information and screen options for two days to a year, depending on your choices.

2.4 Article Editing

A cookie indicating the post ID of the article you edited is saved for 1 day.

3. Embedded Content

Embedded content from other sites behaves as if the visitor has accessed the other site, potentially collecting data, using cookies, and tracking interactions.

4. Data Sharing

4.1 Password Reset

Your IP address may be included in the reset email.

5. Data Retention

5.1 General Data

All collected data, except comments and user profiles, is retained for 30 days.

5.2 Comments

Comments and metadata are kept indefinitely for follow-up comments.

5.3 User Profiles

Registered users' personal information is stored, viewable, and editable by the user and administrators.

6. Rights over Your Data

You can request an exported file of the personal data we hold or request erasure, excluding data required for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

7. Data Transmission

Comments may undergo automated spam detection.