Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 18 October, 2024.

Welcome to our website. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and share information about you when you use our services. 

By using this website, you agree to our terms outlined in this privacy policy page, ensuring a transparent and customer-friendly process.

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

1. What Information We Collect and Why

Comments:
When you leave comments on our website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent string to help detect and prevent spam. 

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. 

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

Media:
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). 

Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies:
We store cookies on your device if you leave a comment on our site—these cookies remember your details so you won’t need to re-enter them each time you comment. 

These cookies last for one year. Additionally, cookies are set when you login or edit your profile, with specifics provided in the respective sections below.

2. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website. 

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with embedded content.

3. Use of Cookies

Session Cookies:
We use session cookies to determine if your browser accepts cookies. These do not contain personal data and are discarded when you close your browser.

Persistent Cookies:
If you log in to our site, we will set up cookies to manage the login process and general administration. These cookies will last for two days to a year, depending on your choices.

Comment Cookies:
If you opt-in to save your name, email, and website, these cookies will facilitate future comments. These are kept for one year.

4. Who We Share Your Data With

Your data may be shared with third parties like spam detection services to ensure the security and integrity of our service. 

For instance, IP addresses may be included in reset emails if you request a password reset.

5. How Long We Retain Your Data

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

For users that register on our site, we store the personal information provided in their user profiles. Users can manage their personal data anytime (except changing usernames).

6. Visitors’ Rights Over Their Data

You can request 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 erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to retain for legal, administrative, or security purposes.

7. Where Your Data is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services which helps ensure the quality and safety of the site.

8. Contact Information

For any privacy-specific inquiry, please contact us at [email protected]..