Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the information they enter in the comments form, along with their IP address and browser user agent string, to help detect spam. If you have a Gravatar account, an anonymized hash created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media: If you upload images to the website, please avoid including location data (EXIF GPS) in the images. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies will last for one year. When you log in to our site, temporary cookies are set to determine if your browser accepts cookies, and login cookies are set to remember your login information and screen display choices. These cookies last for two days for login cookies and a year for screen options cookies. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Editing or publishing an article will result in an additional cookie being saved in your browser, which expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites: Articles on this site may contain embedded content such as videos, images, or articles from other websites. This embedded content behaves in the 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 the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who do we share your data with: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically. For users who register on our website, their personal information provided in their user profile is stored. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

What rights do 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, excluding 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.