What Personal Data We Collect and Why

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the information shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help detect spam.

An anonymized hash of your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. You can review their privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy.

Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media Uploads

If you upload images to the website, please avoid including location data (EXIF GPS) in the files. Other visitors may be able to download and extract this data from images displayed on the site.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies will last for one year.

If you log in to your account, we’ll set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is deleted once you close your browser.

When you log in, we’ll create cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences:

Login cookies last for 2 days.

Screen preference cookies last for 1 year.

If you select "Remember Me", your login persists for 2 weeks.

Logging out will remove the login cookies.

If you edit or publish content, an extra cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain personal data and simply stores the post ID of the edited article. It expires in 1 day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Our articles may include embedded content (such as videos, images, or articles) from other websites. This embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the external website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content—especially if you are logged in to those platforms.

Data Retention

Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its associated metadata are stored indefinitely to help us recognize and approve future comments without delay.

User Accounts: For users who register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their information at any time (except for the username). Site administrators can also access and modify user data.

Your Data Rights

If you have an account or have posted comments, you may request:

A copy (export) of the personal data we hold about you.

Deletion of your personal data.

Note: This does not include data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be reviewed through an automated spam detection system to maintain the integrity of the website.