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Comments
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To check if you are utilizing the Gravatar service, it may be given a string derived from your email address in an encrypted form (a hash). Privacy information for the Gravatar service can be found at https://articleweb.me/privacy/. Once your remark has been approved, your profile image will appear alongside it.
Media
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Cookies
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We use a session cookie to remember if your browser is set to accept cookies when you visit our login page. When you shut your browser, this cookie along with any personal information it contained will be deleted.
In addition to saving your login details and display preferences in cookies, several cookies will be set up when you log in. There is a two-day cookie lifespan for logins, and a year-long cookie lifespan for user preferences. Your login information will be saved for two weeks if you check the “Remember Me” box. When a user logs out, the login cookies are deleted.
An extra cookie will be recorded in your browser if you go back and modify or publish the content. This cookie contains no personally identifiable information and merely provides the ID of the post you just updated. After 1 day, it will no longer work.
Embedded content from other websites
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If you have an account on one of these sites and are logged in, it is possible that the site will gather information about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your engagement with the embedded material.
Who we share your data with
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How long we retain your data
Suggested text: The remark and associated metadata will be stored indefinitely if you leave one. This way, any subsequent comments will be instantly approved upon detection, eliminating the need for a moderation queue.
We also collect and keep the personal information users supply in their user profile if they want to register on our website. Personal information is completely viewable, editable, and deleteable by all users at any time (username changes are the only exception). Website administrators also have access to and can make changes to this data.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: An exported file of the personal data we possess about you, including any data you have submitted to us, can be requested if you have an account on our site or have left comments. You have the right to request that we delete all of your personal information. Not included are records which we are required to maintain for reasons of administration, law, or security.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Comments left by site visitors could be screened for spam using an automated program.