Cookie Policy
What cookies are
Website cookies are small text files that are commonly used by websites to store information on a user’s computer or other device. These files are created and maintained by the website’s server and are sent to the user’s device when they visit the site. Cookies serve various purposes, including:
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Session Management: Cookies can store session information to enable the proper functioning of a website during a user’s visit. They help maintain continuity as users navigate different pages.
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Authentication: Cookies are often used to manage user authentication, keeping users logged in as they move from one page to another.
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Personalization: Cookies can store user preferences and settings, allowing websites to offer a more personalized experience. This includes remembering language preferences, layout choices, and other customizable features.
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Tracking and Analytics: Websites use cookies for tracking user behavior and collecting analytical data. This information helps website owners understand how users interact with their site, allowing for improvements and optimizations.
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Advertising: Cookies are used in online advertising to track user interests and behavior, enabling the delivery of targeted ads. This is often done through third-party cookies managed by advertising networks.
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
Functional
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, chatting and other third-party features.
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
How long we retain your data
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.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides individuals with certain rights regarding their personal data that is collected, processed, and stored by websites. These rights empower users to have more control over their personal information. Here are the key rights granted to users under GDPR:
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Right to Access (Article 15): Users have the right to obtain confirmation from the data controller (the entity collecting and processing the data) about whether or not their personal data is being processed. If it is, users can request access to that data.
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Right to Rectification (Article 16): Users have the right to rectify inaccurate personal data and to have incomplete data completed.
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Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten) (Article 17): Users can request the deletion of their personal data under certain circumstances, such as when the data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or if the user withdraws consent.
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Right to Restriction of Processing (Article 18): Users have the right to restrict the processing of their personal data under certain conditions. This means that the data can be stored but not processed further.
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Right to Data Portability (Article 20): Users can receive their personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit that data to another controller.
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Right to Object (Article 21): Users can object to the processing of their personal data for specific reasons, including direct marketing. The data controller must then cease processing the data unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing.
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Rights in Relation to Automated Decision Making and Profiling (Article 22): Users have the right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which significantly affects them.
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Right to Withdraw Consent (Article 7): If the processing of personal data is based on the user’s consent, they have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How can I control my cookie concent
Most web browsers accept cookies, but you can usually change these settings yourself and prevent the storage of new cookies, delete existing cookies, or request notification of new cookie storage.
If you want your browser to block the use of cookies, configure the settings according to your browser’s manufacturer instructions (usually found in the Help, Tools, or Edit menu).
If you block or disable cookie storage, some features on our website may not work properly. Disabling the use of a cookie or a cookie category does not automatically remove the cookie from your browser; you need to do this yourself through your browser settings. You can find instructions for this from your browser provider.