Privacy Policy

💬 Comments & Media

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service (privacy policy). After approval, your profile picture is visible publicly in the context of your comment.

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included, as visitors can download and extract this location data.

🍪 Cookies Usage

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for 1 year for your convenience.

Temporary login cookies are set when visiting our login page to check browser compatibility. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year (or two weeks if “Remember Me” is selected).

Editing or publishing an article saves an additional cookie in your browser for 1 day indicating the post ID.

🗂️ Data & Retention

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments.

For registered users, we store the personal profile information they provide. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal info anytime (except their username).

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

🛡️ Your Rights & Embeds

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data or request data erasure, excluding any data kept for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the source website, which may collect data, use cookies, and monitor your interaction.