Privacy Policy

Information We Collect

When you interact with our website, we may collect the following types of information:

Comments: When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, helping us with spam detection.

Media: If you upload images to our website, please avoid including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from these images.

Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. Cookies expire after one year. Login cookies last for two days, while screen option cookies last for one year.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in the following ways:

To improve our website and enhance user experience.

To respond to comments and inquiries.

To moderate and manage user-generated content.

To send newsletters and promotional content (you can opt-out at any time).

Data Retention

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically. For registered users, personal data provided in user profiles is stored and can be edited or deleted at any time, except for the username.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. However, your visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your Rights

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request the erasure of your personal data, excluding data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on our website may include embedded content from other sites (e.g., videos, images). This embedded content behaves as if you have visited the other website and may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interactions with that content.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. All changes will be posted on this page, and you are encouraged to review this policy periodically for any updates.