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://en.gravatar.com/support/data-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
We may use the tools described below (the “Analytics Services”) to collect information about the use of our site and app, such as how often users visit us, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to visiting us. We may also use other tools in the future to collect similar information for the same purposes. We use the information we collect from the Analytics Services to maintain and improve our service.
The Analytics Services we may use include:
- Mixpanel: Any use or sharing of your information by about your visits to and use of our App or website is restricted by Mixpanel’s Terms of Use, available at https://mixpanel.com/terms/, and Mixpanel’s Privacy Policy, available at https://mixpanel.com/privacy/. You can opt-out of Mixpanel at https://mixpanel.com/optout/. To track opt-outs, Mixpanel will place a persistent opt-out cookie on your computer. If you get a new computer, install a new browser, erase or otherwise alter your browser’s cookie file (including upgrading certain browsers), you might also clear the Mixpanel opt-out cookie.
- Customer.io: Any use or sharing of your information by about your visits to and use of our App or website is restricted by Customer.io’s Terms of Use, available at https://customer.io/legal/terms-of-service/, and Mixpanel’s Privacy Policy, available at https://customer.io/legal/privacy-policy/.
- FullStory: Any use or sharing of your information by about your visits to our App or website is restricted by FullStory’s Terms & Conditions, available at https://fullstory.com/legal/terms-and-conditions, and FullStory’s Privacy Policy, available at https://www.fullstory.com/legal/privacy-policy. You can opt-out of FullStory at https://www.fullstory.com/optout/. To track opt-outs, FullStory will place a persistent opt-out cookie on your computer. If you get a new computer, install a new browser, erase or otherwise alter your browser’s cookie file (including upgrading certain browsers), you might also clear the FullStory opt-out cookie.
- HotJar: Any use or sharing of your information by about your visits to and use of our App or website is restricted by HotJar’s Terms of Service, available at https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/terms-of-service/, and HotJar’s Privacy Policy, available at https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/. If you do not want HotJar to track your data, you can visit https://www.hotjar.com/privacy/do-not-track/. If you get a new computer, install a new browser, erase or otherwise alter your browser’s cookie file (including upgrading certain browsers), the block will no longer be effective and you will have to visit the link again.
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.