who are we

Recommended text: Our site address is: http://onecarbide.com.

Comment

Recommended text: 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.

An anonymized 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 here: http://onecarbide.com. After approval of your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

media

Recommended text: If you upload images to this site, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to this site will be able to download and extract location data from images on this site.

Cookies

Recommended text: If you leave a comment on our site you may 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 these details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last 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 will last for two days, and screen options cookies will last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login status will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply records the ID of the article you just edited. It lasts for one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Recommended text: Articles 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 you have visited the other website directly.

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.

Who we share your information with

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

How long we retain your information

Recommended text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For registered users of this website, we also store the personal information that users provide in their profiles. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username), and site administrators can also view and edit that information.

What rights you have over your information

Recommended text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, 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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Recommended text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.