**Welcome to Our Store**
**Comments**
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data provided in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string for spam detection.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. After comment approval, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
**Media**
If you upload images to the website, ensure that you avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
**Cookies**
When you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for one year. A temporary cookie is set on the login page to determine if your browser accepts cookies, which is discarded when you close your browser.
Upon logging in, cookies are set to save login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” will persist your login for two weeks, and logging out removes the login cookies.
Editing or publishing an article results in an additional cookie saved in your browser, containing no personal data but indicating the post ID of the edited article. This cookie expires after one day.
**Embedded Content from Other Websites**
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) behaving as if the visitor had visited the other website directly. These websites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with embedded content, especially if you are logged in to that website.
**Data Sharing**
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
**Data Retention**
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely for automatic recognition and approval of subsequent comments.
For registered users, personal information provided in their user profile is stored. Users can view, edit, or remove their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.