Privacy Policy

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how we collect, use, and store your personal data when you use our website.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why

We collect certain types of personal data to improve your experience and ensure site security.

Comments

When visitors leave comments, we collect the following:

  • The data shown in the comments form

  • Your IP address

  • Your browser user agent string (to help with spam detection)

An anonymised string created from your email (a “hash”) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. You can view their privacy policy here: Gravatar Privacy Policy.

 

Once your comment is approved, your profile picture (if available via Gravatar) becomes publicly visible with your comment.

Media Uploads

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

Comment cookies & login cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience—so you don’t have to re-enter your details next time. These cookies last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we use a temporary cookie to see if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie doesn’t store personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in:

  • We set up cookies to save your login information and screen display settings.

  • Login cookies last for two days.

  • Screen option cookies last for one year.

  • If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks.

  • If you log out, login cookies are removed.

 

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved. It stores the post ID of the article and expires after one day. No personal data is stored.

Embedded Content from other websites

Our articles may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). This content behaves as if you visited the other website directly.

These websites may:

 

  • Collect data about you

  • Use cookies

  • Embed third-party tracking

  • Monitor your interaction with their content (especially if you’re logged in)

Analytics - Who we share your data with

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

 

We may use automated tools and spam detection services to review visitor comments.

How long we keep your data

  • Comments and metadata are kept indefinitely so we can recognise and approve future comments automatically.

  • User profiles: If you register, we store the personal data you provide. You can view, edit, or delete your data at any time (except for your username). Admins can also see and edit this data.

Your data rights

If you have an account or have left comments, you can:

  • Request an export of your personal data

  • Ask us to delete your personal data

 

This excludes any data we must keep for legal, administrative, or security reasons.

Where your data goes

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.