Which personal information do we collect?
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, the visitor’s IP address, and the browser user agent to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your e-mail address (also called a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service if you use it. The privacy policy page can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is publicly visible in the context of your comment.
Media
If you are a registered user and upload images to the site, you should avoid uploading images containing EXIF GPS location data. Visitors to the site can download the images from the site and view the location data.
Cookies
When you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to have your name, email address and website stored in a cookie. We do this for your convenience so that you do not have to re-enter this information for a new comment. These cookies are valid for one year.
If you have an account and you log into this site, we store a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted as soon as you close your browser.
Once you log in, we will store some cookies related to your login information and screen display options. Login cookies are valid for 2 days and cookies for screen display options are valid for 1 year. If you select “Remember me”, your login will be saved for 2 weeks. Once you log out of your account, login cookies are deleted.
When you edit or publish a post, an additional cookie is stored by your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only holds the post ID of the article you edited. This cookie expires after one day.
Embedded content from other websites
Posts on this site may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, images, messages, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor visited this other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed tracking from third parties, and monitor your interaction with this embedded content, including interaction with embedded content if you have an account and are logged into that website.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
How long we keep your data:
When you leave a comment, that comment and its metadata is stored forever. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of having to moderate them.
For users registered on our website (if applicable), we also store personal information in their user profile. All users can view, change or delete their personal information at any time (username cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and change this information.
What rights you have over your data:
If you have an account on this site or you have left comments, you may request an export file of your personal information that we have on you, including any information you have provided to us. You may also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data that we are required to retain for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Comments from visitors may be routed through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Additional Information
How we secure your data
What data breach procedures we have implemented
From which third parties we receive data
What automated decisions we make and profiling we do with user data
Industry disclosure obligations