Who we are

Our website address is: https://aflamy.org

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 anonymized 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://automattic.com/privacy/. 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

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 yea

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

Who we share your data with

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

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

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