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When a visitor leaves a comment, we collect the data displayed in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and the browser’s User Agent string to help check for spam comments.

The anonymized string (also known as a hash) generated from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify that you are using the service. Them services privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be displayed publicly next to your comment.

The media

If you upload images to this site, you should avoid uploading images with embedded geolocation information (EXIF GPS). Visitors to this site will be able to download and extract location information from images on this site.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, email address and website address with cookies. This is a convenience for you by letting you not have to fill it out again in the comments. These cookies stay for a year.

When you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to confirm that your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal data and will be discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set multiple cookies to save your login information and screen display options. Login cookies are retained for two days, while on-screen option cookies are retained for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” you will remain logged in for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the cookies used for login will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, we will save an additional cookie in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only records the ID of the article you just edited. This cookie stays for a day.

Embedded content from other sites

Articles on this site may contain embedded content (such as videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other sites behaves the same as if you were visiting those other sites directly.

These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party trackers, and monitor your interactions with these embedded content, including tracking your interactions with embedded content when you have an account with and log into these sites.

Who we share your information with

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

How long do we keep your information

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are saved indefinitely. We do this so that we can identify and automatically approve any subsequent comments without adding them to the pending queue.

For registered users of this website, we will also save the personal information provided in the user’s profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (with the exception of not changing the username), and the site administrator can also view and edit that information

What rights do you have to your information

If you have an account on this site, or have ever left a comment, you can request that we provide an export file of your personal data in our possession, which also includes all the data you provide to us. You can also ask us to erase all personal data about you. This does not include data that we must retain for regulatory, regulatory or security purposes.

Where do we send your information

Guest comments may be checked by an automated spam comment monitoring service.