Dealing with Spam: To tackle spam on our website, we collect specific information from the comment form every time you engage with us. After you submit a comment, it undergoes a moderation process before becoming visible.
At this point, your profile picture appears next to your comment. It’s crucial to note that we don’t allow comments with hyperlinks to protect our readers from potential harm. Any comment with a hyperlink is promptly removed.
Uploading Images: If you upload images, please ensure they don’t have location data. We intentionally disable this feature to prevent extracting location information from hosted images.
Handling Cookies: When you comment, you can choose to save your details as cookies, like your name and email, making it easier for future comments. These cookies last for a year.
Additionally, we use a temporary cookie to check your browser’s support for cookies when you visit the login page. This cookie has no identifying information and is deleted when you close your browser.
For a smoother user experience, we use cookies to save your login information and screen preferences. Screen option cookies last for a year, login cookies expire after two days, and if you select “Remember Me” during login, your information is stored for two weeks but deleted once you log out.
Embedded Content: Sometimes, our articles may have embedded content from other websites such as images and videos. Be informed that interacting with or engaging in embedded content works the same as if you visited those sites directly. Note that these external sites might use cookies and third-party tracking mechanisms. If you are logged in on those sites, your interactions with embedded content could be tracked.
Information Sharing: If you request a password reset, the email with the reset link will include your IP address.
Information Storage Duration: Every comment and its associated information are kept indefinitely, allowing automatic approval of follow-up comments without moderation.
Your Data Rights: You have the right to request an exported file containing all your personal information we have. This includes data provided during account registration or when submitting comments.
You can also request the removal of personally identifiable information, excluding data needed for administrative, legal or security purposes.