Our website address is: https://smartitnetwork.com/

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

The Gravatar service may get an encrypted string (also known as a hash) made from your email address in order to determine whether you are utilising it. You can access the Gravatar service’s privacy statement at https://smartitnetwork.com/privacy/. Once your comment has been approved, the whole public can see your profile image next to it.

Media

Avoid uploading photos with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) if you plan to submit them to the website. Any location data from photographs on the website can be downloaded and extracted by website visitors.

Cookies

You can choose whether or not to have your name, email address, and website saved in cookies whenever you leave a comment on our website. These are provided for your convenience so that you won’t have to re-enter your information each time you post a remark. The shelf life of these cookies is one year.

If you go to our login page, we’ll temporarily store a cookie to see if your browser permits them. This cookie is deleted when your browser is closed and does not contain any personal information.

We will also create a number of cookies when you log in to save your login details and screen display preferences. Screen option cookies last a year, whereas login cookies are only valid for two days. Choosing “Remember Me” will keep your login active for two weeks. The cookies for your login will be deleted after you log out of your account.

In your browser, a new cookie will be saved if you edit or publish an article. This cookie just contains the post ID of the article you just edited and contains no personal information. It runs out after a day.

Embedded content from other websites

This website’s articles can have embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). When another website’s content is embedded, it operates exactly as if the visitor had really visited the other website.

These websites may track your interaction with the embedded content, gather information about you, utilise cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your activity. This includes tracking your activity if you have an account and are logged in to the website.

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

How long we retain your data

If you post a comment, both the comment and any associated information are kept forever. This allows us to detect and approve any subsequent comments without having to manually moderate them.

In the event that any users register on our website, we additionally retain the personal data they supply in their user profile. Whenever, any user may access, amend, or delete their personal information (except they cannot change their username). Administrators of the website can also access and modify that data.

In the event that any users register on our website, we additionally retain the personal data they supply in their user profile. Whenever, any user may access, amend, or delete their personal information (except they cannot change their username). Administrators of the website can also access and modify that data.

Where your data is sent

It is possible to use an automated spam detection service to review visitor comments.