we are committed to protecting your privacy policy and respecting the personal information you share with us. This policy outlines the types of information we collect and how we use it.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why?
Comments:
When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the data you provide in the comment form, including your IP address and browser user agent string, which helps us detect spam.
Additionally, an anonymized version of your email address (called a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. You can read the Gravatar service privacy policy here. After your comment is approved, your profile picture may appear alongside your comment publicly.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site may be able to download and extract location data from these images.
Contact Forms and Cookies:
When you leave a comment, you have the option to save your name, email, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter your details the next time you leave a comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we’ll set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and will be discarded once you close your browser.
When you log in, we set several cookies to remember your login details and display preferences. These login cookies last for two days, and screen option cookies last for a year. If you choose “Remember Me,” your login will remain for two weeks. Logging out of your account will remove the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie does not contain personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites:
Articles on our site may include embedded content like videos, images, or articles from other websites. This content behaves exactly as if you visited the other website directly. These external sites may collect data about you, use cookies, or include third-party tracking systems that monitor your interactions with the embedded content.
Analytics:
We use analytics tools to gather information about how visitors interact with our site. This helps us improve your experience and optimize the website’s performance.
How Long we Retain your Data?
If you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically approve any follow-up comments without needing to hold them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. You can view, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except for your username). Website administrators also have the ability to view and edit this information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data?
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request a file containing the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold, though this does not include data we need to retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.
Google Adsense:
We may serve ads using Google’s AdSense program. Google uses the DART cookie to display ads based on your visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. The DART cookie collects “non-personally identifiable information” and does not track personal details like your name or email address. You can opt out of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
Security?
We value your trust in sharing your personal information with us, and we use commercially acceptable means to protect it. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Links to Other Sites:
Our site may contain links to third-party websites. If you click on a link, you’ll be directed to that site. Please note that we do not control these external sites, and we recommend reviewing their Privacy Policies. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of third-party websites or services.
Children’s Privacy:
Our services are not intended for anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we discover that we have inadvertently collected such information, we will immediately delete it from our systems. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can take the necessary steps.
Changes to This Privacy Policy:
We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally, so we encourage you to review this page periodically for any changes. Any updates will be posted here, and the changes will take effect immediately once they are published.