What personal data is collected and why

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, data as shown in the comments form is collected, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Contact forms

When visitors submit the contact form, the data as shown in the form is collected and sent as requested.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on the 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.

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.

How long your data is retained

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.

Where the data may be sent

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