Privacy Policy

Cookie Consent

When you access our website for the first time, you will see a cookie consent notice. We use cookies to improve your experience, analyze site traffic, and personalize content and ads. You can accept, refuse, or manage your cookie preferences at any time. Essential cookies are necessary for the website to function, while analytics and marketing cookies will only be activated with your consent.

Data Collection and Use

When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. The legal basis for this processing is the user’s consent and our legitimate interest in maintaining site security.

An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as other visitors can download and extract this information.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving 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.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

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 if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

If we use third-party tools such as Google Analytics, Google Ads, Facebook Pixel, or social plugins, your data may be shared with these platforms for analysis, advertising, and personalization purposes, according to their own privacy policies.

Data Sharing

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Data may be shared with automated spam detection services and, if integrated, with platforms such as Google or Facebook for analytics and advertising purposes, always respecting your consent.

Data Retention

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically. For users who register on our website, 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.

Your Rights

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, except for data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Children’s Data

Our website is not directed to children under 16 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect data from children. If we become aware of any inadvertent collection of data from minors, we will take immediate steps to remove such information.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Data shared with third parties follows the privacy policies of those platforms.