Who we are
Our website address is: http://synthshine.com.
Comments
Upon the submission of comments by visitors on our website, we gather the information presented in the comments form, in addition to the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This data collection is aimed at enhancing our spam detection capabilities.
A unique, anonymized string derived from your email address, also referred to as a hash, may be shared with the Gravatar service to verify your account usage. For further details regarding the privacy policy of the Gravatar service, please refer to the following link: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Following the approval of your comment, your profile picture becomes publicly viewable in the context of your comment.
Media
Should you proceed to upload images to the website, it is advisable to refrain from including images that contain embedded location data, such as those found in the EXIF GPS format. It is important to note that visitors to the website are capable of downloading and extracting any location data embedded within images hosted on the site.
Cookies
Should you leave a comment on our website, you have the option to save your name, email address, and website in our cookies for your convenience. This feature is designed to eliminate the need for you to re-enter your details when you leave a subsequent comment. These cookies are set to expire one year from the date of their creation.
Upon visiting our login page, we will establish a temporary cookie to ascertain whether your browser permits the acceptance of cookies. This particular cookie does not contain any personal information and is deleted upon the closure of your browser.
Upon logging in, we will also establish several cookies to store your login credentials and screen display preferences. The login cookies are active for a duration of two days, whereas the screen display preferences cookies remain active for one year. Should you select the “Remember Me” option, your login session will be retained for a period of two weeks. Conversely, upon logging out of your account, the login cookies will be deactivated.
Should you make any modifications or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal information and merely serves to identify the post ID of the article you have recently edited. It is set to expire one day following its creation.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this platform may incorporate embedded content, such as videos, images, and articles from other websites. This embedded content operates as though the visitor has directly visited the originating website.
These platforms may gather data regarding you, employ cookies, embed additional third-party tracking mechanisms, and monitor your engagement with the embedded content. This includes tracking your interactions with the embedded content, should you have an account and are logged into the website hosting the content.
Who we share your data with
Should you request a password reset, your IP address will be incorporated into the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Should you choose to leave a comment, both the comment itself and its associated metadata are preserved indefinitely. This retention policy is in place to facilitate the automatic recognition and approval of subsequent comments, thereby eliminating the necessity to maintain them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (should any choose to do so), we also retain the personal information they submit in their user profiles. It is important to note that all users possess the ability to view, modify, or delete their personal information at any juncture, with the exception of the ability to alter their username. Additionally, website administrators are granted access to and the authority to modify this personal information.
What rights you have over your data
Should you possess an account on our platform or have previously contributed comments, you are entitled to request the retrieval of an exported file encompassing the personal data we maintain concerning you, inclusive of any information you have submitted to us. Additionally, you may request the deletion of any personal data we possess regarding you. It is important to note, however, that this request does not extend to any data we are mandated to retain for administrative, legal, or security-related purposes.
Where your data is sent
Comments from visitors can be reviewed utilizing an automated spam detection service.