Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data displayed in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s browser IP address and user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your e-mail address (also known as a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment has been approved, your profile photo is 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 (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the site.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, e-mail address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so 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 whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set several cookies to record your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days and screen options cookies last one year. If you select “Remember me”, your connection will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be deleted.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the publication ID of the article you have just modified. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: Articles on this site 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 site.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, integrate additional third-party tracking and monitor your interaction with such embedded content, including tracking your interaction with embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
With whom we share your data
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we keep your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are kept indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of keeping them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (where applicable), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, modify or delete their personal information at any time (unless they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and modify this information.
What rights do you have over your data?
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site or have 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 may also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data that we are obliged to retain for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitors’ comments can be checked via an automated spam detection service.
