Who are we: Our website address is: https://partizzipate.com.

Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, the visitor’s IP address, and the browser user agent to help detect spam.

An anonymized string, created from your email address (also called a hash), may be sent to the Gravatar service if you use it. You can find the privacy policy page of the Gravatar service here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After 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 GPS location data. Visitors to the site can download and view the location data from the images.

Cookies: When you leave a comment on our site, you can opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies are valid for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies are valid for 2 days, and screen display option cookies are valid for 1 year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will be saved for 2 weeks. When you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

When you edit or publish a post, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited. This cookie will expire after one day.

Embedded content from other websites: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the 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 the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

With whom we share your data: Nobody and if you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data: When you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This way, we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Site administrators can also view and edit this information.

Your rights regarding your data: If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your 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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.