Who we are
Our website address is: https://area15.org
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://area15.org/privacy-policy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your 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. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we 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.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
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 additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise 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
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Information logged automatically:
Web servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your web browser.
Our website also uses third party services, such as Google Analytics and Facebook, who may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect or receive non-personally identifiable information from our website and use that information to further help us analyse how visitors use our site and target ads appropriately.
The generic information generated about your use of our website (including your IP address) may therefore be transmitted to and stored by third parties, such as Google and Facebook, on servers in the United States.
This information may be used by us for the purpose of analysing the popularity and use of our site and of individual pages, and to enable us to appropriately target and measure the effectiveness of our advertising. By using our website, you consent to the processing of this generic data about your visit for the purposes set out above. No personally identifiable information is stored.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website.
You can also customise, hide or opt out from seeing customised advertising via your Google Account and Facebook Account.
Information requested from you:
It is not possible for any personal information to be obtained automatically. You may choose to provide us with your contact details via this site. This information will be used only for the purpose of responding to communication from you or fulfilling a service on the site and is not shared with Google or any other third party.
Email policy:
We hate spam as much as you do and we only ever send emails with permission. Visitors may choose to opt in to our newsletters or mailing lists. All our mailing lists require you to confirm your email address (verified opt in) before we will send you any ongoing emails. We also provide an unsubscribe option in every email so you can easily opt out at any time.