Information We Collect
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to improve our website and to provide you with a better user experience.
- Personal Data: We may collect personal data, such as your name and email address, when you subscribe to our newsletter or leave a comment on an article.
- Non-Personal Data: We may also collect non-personal data, such as your browsing habits, IP address, and device type. This information is collected through cookies and other tracking technologies.
Use of Collected Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Personalize your experience on the Website.
- Send you newsletters and promotional materials.
- Respond to your inquiries and requests.
- Improve the overall quality of our Website.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store non-personal data. Cookies are small data files stored on your device by a website. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not 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 if 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 several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Comments
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 (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has 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 that website.
Children’s Privacy
Our Website is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. We will take steps to remove the information from our servers.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
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 can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Changes to This Policy
We may update our Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Policy on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us by email: [email protected]