Comment

When you leave a comment on our website, the data entered in the comment form, but also your IP address and the user agent of your browser are collected to help us detect unwanted comments.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also known as a “hash”) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The privacy policies of the Gravatar service are available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After validation of your comment, your profile picture will be publicly visible next to your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, we advise you to avoid uploading images containing EXIF data containing GPS coordinates. Visitors to this website can download and extract location data from these images.

Cokkies

If you leave a comment on our site, you will be offered to store your name, email address and website in cookies. This is only to make your life easier so you don’t have to enter this information if you leave another comment later. These cokkies expire after one year.

If you visit the login page, a session cookie will be created to determine if your browser accepts cookies. It does not contain any personal data and will be deleted automatically when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set a number of cookies to record your login information and screen preferences. The lifetime of a cookie is two days, that of a screen option cookie is one year. If you check “Remember me”, your cookie will be stored for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the cookie will be deleted.

By editing or publishing an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie does not include any personal data. It simply shows the ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

Nested content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Content embedded from other sites behaves in the same way as if the visitor were visiting that other site.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, install third-party tracking tools, or track your interactions with such embedded content if you have an account and are logged into their website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long is your data kept?

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This automatically recognizes and approves subsequent comments instead of leaving them in the moderation queue.

For users who register on our site (if possible), we also store the personal data indicated in their profile. All users can view, edit or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Site managers can also view and edit this information.

What are your rights over your data?

If you have an account or if you have left comments on this site, you can request to receive a file containing all the personal data we have about you, including those you have provided to us. You can also request the deletion of personal data about you. This does not take into account data stored for administrative, legal or security purposes.

Transmission of your personal data

Visitor comments can be verified using an automated spam detection service.