Who we are is really important.
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In this section, we’ll look at how we gather personal data and why we gather it.

Comments
We also gather the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent information in order to help combat spam.

A hash value produced from your email address may be used to check if you are utilising the Gravatar service. Visit this page for more information on Gravatar privacy: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Your profile photo is publicly shown with your remark when it has been approved.

Media
It is important to avoid submitting pictures with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) when submitting photos to the website. Anyone who comes to the website can get location data from the photos on the page and save it to their computer.

referral forms

Cookies
You will be able to save your name, email address, and website if you post a comment on our site. These are to save you the trouble of re-entering your information the next time you post a remark. They will last for a year.

We’ll establish a temporary cookie whenever you visit our login page. There are no data saved on this cookie, and when your browser is closed, it is completely deleted.

We’ll also create numerous cookies when you log in so that you may save your login information and screen settings. Two-day login cookies and one-year screen option cookies. You’ll keep your credentials logged in for two weeks if you select “Remember Me”. The login cookies will be deleted if you log out of your account.

A cookie is kept in your browser when you modify or publish an article. There is no identifying information in this cookie, only the ID of the article you just modified. After one day, it expires.

interactive media embedded on other websites
Embedded material may be included on this site (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). When other websites embed information on their own websites, it seems just as if the user had visited the other page.

On these websites, data may be collected about you, and cookies may be used, with the addition of other third-party tracking. Additionally, your interactions with the embedded content may be tracked, including if you have an account and are signed in to that website.

Analytics
with whom do we share your data
How long your data remains with us
Comments are maintained permanently, even after you leave them. We’ve designed this so we can detect and accept any further comments with just a single click.

We also keep the personal information registered users submit in their user profile. Personal information is available to all users and can be changed, edited, or deleted at any time (except they cannot change their username). Administrators on the website can see and change that information as well.

The extent of your data rights
You will be able to obtain an exported file of the personal data we possess on you, including any data you have given us, by making a request via your account or previous comments. If you would want to be removed from our records, please request this. This excludes any data that we are legally required to maintain.

Where your personal info is sent
In case of unsolicited remarks, the automatic spam detection service can be used.

name, address, phone number
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What we do to safeguard your data
We have established data breach procedures.
We gather information from third parties, and perform automated decision making and/or profiling on the data that we gather.
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