Website Address: https://digitaliser.ie

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the information provided in the comments form, along with their IP address and browser user agent string for spam detection purposes.

An anonymized string generated from your email address (known as a hash) may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you have a Gravatar profile. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is accessible at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to our website, please refrain from including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the site.

Cookies

When you leave a comment on our site, you have the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience to avoid re-entering your details when leaving another comment. They have a duration of one year.

Upon visiting our login page, a temporary cookie is set to ascertain whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

Upon logging in, we establish several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies are valid for two days, while screen options cookies remain active for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” will maintain your login for two weeks, and logging out will remove the login cookies.

When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie with no personal data is stored in your browser, indicating the post ID of the edited article. This cookie expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on our site may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from other websites. This embedded content behaves the same way as if you were visiting the external website.

These external websites may collect data, employ cookies, utilize third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with their embedded content, including tracking your interactions if you have an account and are logged into their website.

Data Sharing

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

Data Retention

Comments, along with their metadata, are retained indefinitely when you leave a comment. This is done to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments, eliminating the need for moderation.

For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store their provided personal information in their user profile. All users have the ability to view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (with the exception of the username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

Your Data Rights

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you have the right to request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any information you’ve provided to us. Additionally, you can request the deletion of any personal data we hold about you. Please note that this does not include any data we are obligated to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Data Transmission

Visitor comments may undergo automated spam detection checks.