Privacy Policy
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors write comments on the website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and user agent string (used to identify the browser) to support recognition of spam.
An anonymized character string (also known as a hash) can be created from your e-mail address and passed to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is publicly visible in the context of your comment.
Web Cookies
If you leave a comment on our website, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. This is a convenience feature so that when you write another comment you don’t have to re-enter all of this data. These cookies are stored for one year.
When you log in, we will set up some cookies to remember your login information and viewing options. Login cookies expire after two days and display options cookies after one year. If you select “Keep me signed in” when registering, your registration will be kept for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be deleted.
How long we save your data
If you write a comment, it will be stored indefinitely, including metadata. This way we can automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can view, change or delete their personal information at any time (the username cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
What rights you have regarding your data
If you have an account on this website or have written comments, you can request an export of your personal data from us, including any data that you have shared with us. In addition, you can request the deletion of all personal data that we have stored about you. This does not include data that we are required to keep for administrative, legal or security reasons.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.