FDW (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website located at / (the “Website”).
Information We Collect
We collect information from you in a variety of ways when you use our Website, including:
- Comments: When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, such as your name, email address, and comment content. Additionally, we collect your IP address and browser user agent string to help us detect spam.
- Gravatar: An anonymized string created from your email address (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using a Gravatar profile picture. You can find the Gravatar service privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
- Media: If you upload images to the Website, we recommend you avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the Website can download and extract any location data from images on the Website.
- Cookies: We use cookies to store user preferences and improve your browsing experience. These cookies may include, but are not limited to, saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience when leaving a comment. Login cookies and screen options cookies also may be used. You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings, but this may affect your ability to use certain features of the Website.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Improve our Website and services
- Respond to your comments and inquiries
- Prevent spam and enhance security
- Analyze website traffic and user behavior (aggregated data)
Data Sharing and Third-Party Access
We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties, except as required by law or for spam detection purposes (e.g., Gravatar service).
Embedded Content
Articles on our Website may include embedded content from other websites (e.g., videos, social media posts). These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. Your interaction with such embedded content is governed by the privacy policy of the website that created it.
Data Retention
We retain comments and their metadata indefinitely to facilitate automatic approval of follow-up comments. For registered users, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile.
Your Rights
You have the right to request access to your personal information and request its correction or deletion. However, this excludes data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page and encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about updates.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.
By using our Website, you consent to this Privacy Policy.