This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect from you through the Site and how we use and disclose such information.
How we collect information
If you choose to provide information, we may collect information, including Personal Data, directly from you. For example, when you email us, you may choose to provide us with personal information such as your name, contact information (such as your email address or telephone number), date of birth or other such details.
You may also choose to provide personally identifiable information about yourself when you participate in reviewing articles. You should be aware that any information you post may be viewed or captured by anyone visiting this site. Therefore, it is strongly recommended not to post sensitive or personal data that you do not wish to make public.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
“Cookies” are small text files placed on your device by a web server when you visit our Services. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to monitor the overall usage of our Services and the routing of web traffic, and to customize and improve our Services. Unlike persistent cookies, session cookies are deleted when you log out of the service and close your browser. Although most browsers automatically accept cookies, you can change your browser options to stop automatically accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting cookies. Please note, however, that if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to access all parts or features of the Services. Some third-party service providers we engage (including third-party advertisers) may also place their own cookies on your device.
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 with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Who 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
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), 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.
What rights 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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
third party link
As a convenience to you, we may provide links to third-party services. Any use by you of any products or services offered by any third party is at your own risk. We are not responsible for the content of any such third-party advertisements or linked sites.