Privacy policy

Data protection provisions
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Site, we collect the data displayed in the comment form, as well as the visitor's IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string (also known as a hash) created from your email address may be made available to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.

Media
When uploading images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Biscuits
If you leave a comment on our website, you can choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to enter your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies last for a year.

If you have an account and log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up multiple cookies to store your login information and screen display options. Login cookies last two days and display options cookies last one year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will remain valid for two weeks, and if you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data and only displays the post ID of the article you have just edited. It expires after one day.

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

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to this website.

Analytical
Who we share your data with
When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data and only displays the post ID of the article you have just edited. It expires after one day.

How long we keep your data
When you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically detect and approve follow-up comments instead of keeping them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit or delete their personal data at any time (unless they cannot change their username). Site administrators can also view and edit this information.

What rights you have to your data
If you have an account on this website 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 can 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 reasons.

Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked by an automated spam detection service.

Additional information
When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data and only displays the post ID of the article you have just edited. It expires after one day.