The GRAVATAR service privacy policy is available here

After approval of your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment

Suggested media text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included

.Visitors to the site can download and extract any site data from the images on the site

cookies

Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies.

This is 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 the browser is closed.

When you log in, we will also set various cookies to save your login information and screen display choices.

Last login cookies for two days, Last cookies options screen for one year.

If you choose “Remember me”, your login will last for two weeks..

If you log out of your account, your login cookies will be deleted.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser.

This cookie does not contain any personal data and simply indicates the mail ID of the article you just edited.

It expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, articles, etc.).

Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.

How long we keep your data؟

Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are preserved indefinitely.

This is so that we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of keeping them pending review.

For users registered on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile.

All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username).

Website administrators can also view and modify this information.

What rights you have in your data Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to have an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.

You can also ask us to erase any personal data we hold about you.

This does not include any data that we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.

Where to send your data Suggested text: Visitor comments can be checked by an automatic SPAM detection service.