Who we are
Our website address is: https://blog.hotteapot.eu.
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 submitted to the Gravatar service to check if it is being used. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture is publicly visible in the context of your comment.
Media
If you are a registered user and upload images to the site, you should avoid uploading images with EXIF location tags. Visitors to the site can download and read full location data from images on the site.
Cookies
If you comment on something on the site, you will be able to choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies, so that the above information will be conveniently completed when you leave further comments. Cookies expire after one year. If you visit the login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. It does not contain any personal data and will be deleted when the browser is closed. When you log in, we will also create several cookies to save your login information and selected screen options. Login cookies expire after two days, and screen options cookies expire after a year. If you check “Remember me”, your login will expire after two weeks. If you log out of your account, your login cookies will be deleted. If you modify 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 post you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Google Analytics 4 uses cookies, including the _ga and _gid cookies, to analyze website traffic. These cookies store anonymous information such as how visitors interact with our site, which helps us improve the user experience.
Embedded content from other sites
Articles on this site may contain embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the user has visited that website directly. 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 data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the message sent.
Google Analytics 4 may collect information such as IP addresses, device type, browser information, user interactions with our site (page views, clicks, etc.), referral sources, and approximate location data.
How long we keep your data
If you leave a comment, the content and metadata are retained indefinitely. Thanks to this, we are able to recognize and approve subsequent comments automatically, without sending them to moderation each time. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Each user can view, correct or delete their personal information at any time (except for the username, which cannot be changed). Site administrators can also view and modify this information.
Data collected via Google Analytics 4 is retained for up to 14 months, after which it is automatically deleted. You can adjust the retention period in your browser settings or through our cookie consent management tool.
What rights do you have to your data?
If you have a user account or have left comments on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request that we delete all your personal data in our possession. This does not apply to any data that we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal or security reasons.
Where will we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.