When visitors post a comment on this site, the information displayed in the comment form is collected, as well as the visitor’s IP address and the user agent string defining the browser, which helps to detect spam.
The Gravatar service may be provided with an anonymous string made from your email address (also called a hash) that can be used to determine if you are using the service. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to this site, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and view arbitrary location data from images on the site.
If you post a comment on our site, you can allow your name, email address and website to be stored in cookies. In this way we try to increase your convenience, when you post a new comment you will then not have to fill in this information again. These cookies will have a lifetime of one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set temporary cookies to verify that your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and will be discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set several cookies to store your login details and for screen display settings. The login cookies have a lifetime of two days and the display settings cookies have a lifetime of one year. If you confirm the „Remember me“ option, your login will last for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, another cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data and simply indicates the ID of the post you have just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Posts on this site may contain embedded content (such as videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited another website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking from third parties, and track your interaction with this embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into that website.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be provided in the password reset email.
If you post a comment, the comment and its metadata will be retained indefinitely. The data is retained for the purpose of automatically recognizing and approving all subsequent comments, rather than holding them in the moderation queue.
For users who register on this site (if they have the option), we also store the personal data they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit or delete their personal information at any time (except that they cannot change their username). Site administrators can also view and edit this information.
If you have an account on this site or have posted comments here, you can request to receive an export file of the personal information we hold about you, including any information you have provided to us. You can also request that we remove any personal data we hold about you. This option does not include data that we are required to keep for administrative, legal or security reasons.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service which may be located offshore.