Privacy Notice
I invite all readers to post comments keeping in mind the rights to privacy for all. I also expect that everyone who visits this site is an adult who understands the complexity of privacy issues in social media and on the internet in the 21st century. My intent is to provide a safe place for the candid sharing of views on the topics I post. I also expect that the golden rule of due onto others as you would have them do onto you is in effect on all pages of this website. Specifically, name calling and shaming will not be tolerated on this site and will get the contributer banned. Course language and swearing will not be appreciated. I urge all contributors to strive for efficient and effective language that gets your point across. If you cannot contribute something new to the discussion, then silence is the better course of action as you listen to others and strive to find your own best words. I attempt to use up to date spam and virus controls to ensure the safety of this website.
HOw personal data is collected and used
I am commited to respecting your personal data and keeping it safe. When visitors leave comments on this site, the data shown in the comments is collected as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to Gravator service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is located here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
In general, you are not allowed to upload images to the website, especially images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on this website. Most photos are stock images from pixabay.com. Some photos are my property from my personal photo library.
Contact forms
If you leave a comment on this site you may opt-in to saving you 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. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
If you visit a login page, the site 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.
You will not have access to edit or publish an article on this site. The purpose of this site is to empower you to comment on the blogs for the general edification of the community reading them.
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. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed addtional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the enbedded content, if you have an account and are logged into that website.
Analytics
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained infefinitely. This is so the site can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users who register on this website (if any) the site also stores the personal information they provide in their users profile. All users can see, edit and delete their personal data at any time (except they cannot change their user name). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
I did not start blogging to make money and do not expect financial gain from this site. With that focus in mind, analytics will be kept to a minium so I can focus on writing the blog. I have not used links to social media sites on purpose. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about prvacy issues on the website.
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data being held about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request the erasure of any personal data held about you. This does not include any data that I am obligated to keep for adminisrative, legal, or security purposes.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.