Privacy Policy

Global Privacy Notice

Website Address: https://jayjohl.com

Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect data from the comments form, including the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, to aid in spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check for its usage. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. Upon comment approval, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media: If you upload images to the website, avoid images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as visitors can download and extract location data from these images.

Cookies: When you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience, lasting for one year. A temporary cookie is set on the login page to determine your browser’s cookie acceptance, discarded when you close your browser. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” retains your login for two weeks. Editing or publishing an article sets an additional cookie with no personal data, expiring after 1 day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites: Articles on this site may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, images) that behaves similarly to visiting the source website. These websites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

Data Sharing: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Data Retention: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. For registered users, personal information provided in user profiles is stored. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for the username). Website administrators also have access to and can edit this information.

Your Data Rights: If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data or request the erasure of your data, excluding data obliged for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Data Transmission: Visitor comments may undergo automated spam detection.

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29/01/2024