Privacy Policy

By accessing and using this website, you accept and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of any changes to our Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes and updates.

What information we collect and how we use it

The term “personal data” in data protection law means all information relating to a specific or identifiable person. IP addresses may also be considered personal data. Internet service providers assign each device connected to the Internet an IP address so that it can send and receive data. When you use the website, we collect data that you provide yourself. In addition, when you use the site, we automatically collect certain information about your use of the site.

storage period

Unless otherwise stated in the following sections, we will only store data for as long as is necessary to fulfill the processing purposes or to fulfill our contractual or statutory obligations.

data transmission

Unless otherwise stated in the following sections, the data will be processed on the servers of a technical service provider commissioned by us for this purpose. These service providers will only process data after receiving explicit instructions, and they are contractually bound to ensure that appropriate technical and organizational measures are in place to protect the data.

Insofar as we refer to the comprehensive services of other suppliers in this data protection declaration, it can be assumed that personal data will be transferred to the designated headquarters of these suppliers. These suppliers may be located in so-called third countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area. More information can be found in the sections describing each service.

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

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

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.

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.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Links to Third Party Websites

This website contains links to other websites. These links are provided as a convenience for you to provide additional information. They do not imply our endorsement of the site. We are not responsible for the content of linked sites. It is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with the terms and conditions and privacy policies of those sites.