Who are we
The address of our website is: https://www.hellings-flow.com.
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 combat spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service if you use it. The privacy policy page can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile photo will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images that contain GPS location data (EXIF data). Visitors to the website can download the images from your website and view this location data.
Cookies
When you leave a comment on our website you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. We do this for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies are valid for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this website, we will store a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted as soon as you close your browser.
Once you log in, we will store some cookies in connection with your login information and screen display options. Login cookies are valid for 2 days and cookies for screen display options are valid for 1 year. If you select “Remember me”, your login will be retained for 2 weeks. As soon as you log out of your account, the login cookies will be deleted.
When you edit or publish a message, an additional cookie is stored by your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply contains the post ID of the article you edited. This cookie expires after one day.
Embedded content from other websites
Posts on this website may contain embedded content. For example, videos, images, messages, etc. Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly the same as if the visitor had visited that 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.
With whom we share your data
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we keep your data
When you leave a comment, that comment and its metadata are retained forever. This way we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of having to moderate them.
For users who register on our website (if applicable), we also store personal information in their user profile. All users can view, change or delete their personal information at any time (only the username cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and change this information.
What rights do you have regarding your own data?
If you have an account on this website or have posted comments, you can request an export file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete the personal data we have about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.