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.

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.

Personal information

The types of personal information we may collect about you include:

  • Your name.
  • Images of you.
  • Your contact details, including email address, postal address, postal address and telephone number.
  • Your age and date of birth.
  • Your demographic information, such as zip code.
  • Your preferences and opinions.
  • Information you provide to us through customer surveys.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

We may collect, store, use and disclose personal information for the following purposes:

  • To allow you to access and use our Site, associated applications and associated social media platforms.
  • To contact and communicate with you.
  • For internal archiving and administrative purposes.
  • For analysis, market research and business development, including operating and improving our Site, associated applications and associated social media platforms.
  • To conduct competitions and provide you with additional benefits.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose personal information to:

  • Third party service providers to enable them to provide their services, including service providers, providers of data storage, web hosting and servers, collection agencies, maintenance or troubleshooting providers, providers of marketing or advertising, professional advisers and payment system operators .
  • Our employees, contractors and related entities.
  • Our existing or potential agents or business partners. Sponsors or promoters of a contest we run.