Consumer Data Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

What personal data do we collect and why?

When visitors put comments on the site, we gather the data shown in the comments form, coupled with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to recognize spam detection. An anonymized string generated from your email id will be provided to our service agents to assess if you are using it. When your comment is approved, the public can view your profile picture in the context of your comment.

Media

When you upload images to the website, you mustn’t upload images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Website visitors can download and extract any location data from images posted on the website.

Cookies

When you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, email id, and website in cookies. It’s for your convenience so that you don’t have to fill in your details again when you post another comment. These cookies have a tenure of one year.

If you come across our login page, we will set a cookie on a temporary basis to identify if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie won’t contain any personal data and is discarded when the browser is closed.

When you log in, we will set up multiple cookies to save your login information and display choices. Login cookies exist for two days while screen options cookies last for a year. The login cookies will be removed when you log out of your account.

When you edit or publish a blog/article, an extra cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie will simply indicate the post ID of the blog/article you just edited and no personal data. After 1 day, it will automatically expire.

Embedded content from other websites

Blogs and articles posted on this site may include embedded content in the form of videos and images. Embedded content from other sites functions in the same fashion as if the visitor has visited the other site. These websites may gather data about you, implement cookies, embed third-party tracking, and check your interaction with that embedded content.

How long we retain your data?

If you type a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained for an indefinite period. This is because it enables us to recognize any follow-up comments instantly. Every user can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any point. However, users can’t alter their usernames. Website administrators also have the freedom to come across and edit that information.

What rights do you own over your information?

When you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request us to provide an exported file of your personal data, encompassing any data you have provided to us. Request can also be raised to erase any personal data we have about you. However, this doesn’t apply to data we are obliged for legal, security, and administrative purposes.