What personal data is collected and why
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, the data submitted in the comments form is collected, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string (to help spam detection).
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
This website uses the hCaptcha tool to reduce spam. This is a more accessible and less intrusive version of Google’s reCaptcha. Spambots try to post on the site using the comment form constantly. hCaptcha will place a cookie on your machine if don’t have third party cookies blocked.
Contact forms
If you use the contact form and provide a name and email address, that information is sent via email to me. I may keep the email for an indefinite amount of time, print it out, get it tattooed on my back, etc. It’s my email, OK?
This website uses the hCaptcha tool to reduce spam. This is a more accessible and less intrusive version of Google’s reCaptcha. Spambots try to send email via the contact form constantly. hCaptcha will place a cookie on your machine if you don’t have third party cookies blocked.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on the site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again if you leave another comment. These cookies are apparently set to last for one year. Feel free to delete or block them.
This website uses the hCaptcha service to reduce spam. This service does put a cookie on your machine if you haven’t blocked third party cookies.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the 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. I recommend you block third party cookies in your browser to minimise tracking.
Analytics
I have not installed any web analytics or tracking on this website.
Who we share your data with
Nobody
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
What rights you have over your data
If you 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 to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. As mentioned, hCaptcha may set cookies via this site for the service that helps minimise comment/contact form spam.