The types of personal data we collect and why we do so

Comments

As a visitor when you leave a comment on our website, we collect data that is shown in comments form. Besides that, we also collect your IP address as well as browser user agent string. This latter helps us detect spam.

Media

In case you upload images to our site, we recommend you to restrain yourself from uploading those images that have embedded location data. Visitors to our site can download as well as extract location data from images uploaded on the site.

Contact forms

If you opt-in to our mailing list, we will collect your email. This helps us effectively manage as well as maintain the mailing list. Also, we retain data shared in the contact form as that helps us ensure our records are appropriate.

Cookies

In case you publish a comment on the website, you might opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. Such cookies are only for your convenience as they obviate the need to fill your details every time you leave us a comment. Such cookies will last for 12 months.

In case you have an account with our website and use it to logging into the site, we are going to set a temporary cookie in order to determine whether your internet browser accepts cookies. This type of cookie does not contain any personal data whatsoever and is immediately discarded the moment you close the browser.

Whenever you log into our website, we set up a few cookies in order to save your login information as well as screen display choices made by you earlier. Login cookies last for no more than two days, while screen option cookies can last for 12 months. In case you choose the “Remember Me” option, the login cookies will last for 2 weeks. The login cookies, however, are removed the moment you log out of your account.

In case you publish or edit an article, additional cookies will be saved in your internet browser. This type of cookie does not contain any personal data. Instead, it only indicates the post ID of the article that you have recently edited. This type of cookie perishes after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Some articles on the website can include embedded content (such as articles, images, videos, etc.). Embedded content from other sites behave pretty much in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other site.

These sites might collect data pertaining to you, make use of cookies, embed third-party tracking, as well as monitor how you interact with the embedded content, which includes tracking the interaction of yours with embedded content if you posses an account and are logged into that site.

The time period for which we hold on to your data

In case you leave us a comment, we will retain the comment as well as its metadata indefinitely. This helps us recognize and approve any further comments automatically rather than hold them in the moderation queue.

If you register on our site, we will also store personal data provided by you in the user profile. Every user can not only see their personal data at any time but can also edit and delete it. The only exception is the username, which you cannot change. Keep in mind that website administrators could also see that information and edit it.

Your rights over your data

In case you have an account on our website or have posted a comment, you could request the exported file containing the personal information we retain about you. This includes any information that you have provided. Additionally, you could request the removal of any personal information we have saved about you. Upon your request, we will erase your personal data. However, keep in mind that this does not apply to any data that we are obliged to retain for legal, security, or administrative purposes.

Where do we send your data?

You can check visitor comments through an automated spam detection service.

Questions

If you have any questions, kindly get in touch with us at contact@hindenburgmedia.com.