Here's a breakdown of the data we gather. Why we collect it.

When you share your thoughts on our articles and interact with us through comments we gather your feedback along, with your IP address and browser information to assist in preventing spam messages from reaching our platform.

Once your comment has been accepted for posting on the platform. If your email is linked to Gravatar service; it may be displayed publicly along, with your Gravatar image information in compliance with Gravatar’s privacy policy, at https;//automattic.com.

When you share pictures on our website or platform make sure to remove any location data (EXIF GPS ) to prevent visitors from accessing that information.

If you decide to leave a comment and choose to save your username and email in cookies, on the website platforms system for visits up, to a year of time so that you won't have to input it again during subsequent visits.

When you access our login page for the time we will create a cookie to see if your browser allows cookies. This cookie does not store any information. Will be deleted once you close your browser.

If you choose the 'Remember Me' option when logging in you will stay logged in for a period of two weeks before needing to log in with your credentials, for another two days. Adjust your display settings within a year or until you log out manually.

When you make or modify a post in our system the system keeps the post ID for a day without storing any information.

Some pages contain embedded media, such, as videos that might gather data on your interaction with content.

Third party websites have the ability to monitor your engagement with their integrated content, through cookies; this is particularly true if you are an user and currently logged in to your account.

We keep comments, for a period to make the moderation process smoother and ensure that approved comments can be posted promptly without any delays.

When you sign up for an account, on the platform your information is saved for edits except for your username and administrators have the ability to make changes, to your details if necessary.

If you have an account. Have left any comments, on our platform and wish to receive a copy of your data or request its deletion. Except, in cases where we are required to retain it for legitimate purposes.

Prior, to displaying visitor comments on the website or platform and making them visible, to others users they are checked by spam filters to ensure they adhere to quality criteria.

Lets explain any automated decision making processes or profiling that could affect user data.