ere at High Tech Trader (http://hightechtrader.co.uk), we take your privacy seriously. We want you to feel comfortable browsing our website and engaging with our content. This page explains how we collect, use, and protect your information.
Sharing Your Thoughts:
When you leave a comment on our site, we capture the information you provide in the comment form. This includes your name, comment content, IP address, and browser information. This helps us fight spam and ensure a positive experience for everyone.
Gravatar and You:
We use a service called Gravatar to display your profile picture next to your comments (if you have one). Gravatar creates a unique identifier from your email address.
Media Uploads:
If you upload images to our site, be mindful of embedded location data (EXIF GPS). This information can be extracted by anyone visiting the website.
Keeping Things Convenient:
To save you time, we use cookies on our website. These small files remember your details like name, email, and website (if you choose) so you don’t need to re-enter them for future comments. These cookies typically expire after a year.
Login Features:
If you visit our login page, we use temporary cookies to check if your browser accepts them. These don’t store any personal data and disappear when you close your browser.
Once logged in, we set additional cookies to remember your login details and display preferences. These have varying expiration times depending on your choices (e.g., “Remember Me”).
Editing and Publishing:
When you edit or publish an article, a temporary cookie is stored to identify the specific post you’re working on. It doesn’t contain any personal information and expires after a day.
Content from Other Websites:
Sometimes, our articles might include content from other websites, like videos or images. These embedded elements behave similarly to how they would on those original sites. They might collect data about you, use their own cookies, track your interaction, and even monitor your activity if you’re logged in to their platform.
Sharing Your Information:
We only share your IP address with others if you request a password reset.
How Long Do We Keep Your Data?
Comments and their details are stored indefinitely on our site. This helps us automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments, saving you time.
If you register as a user, we store your profile information. You have complete control over this information – you can view, edit, or even delete it at any time (except your username). We, as website administrators, can also access and edit this data if needed.
Controlling Your Information:
If you have an account or have left comments on our site, you can request a file containing all your stored personal data, including information you’ve provided to us. Additionally, you can request the deletion of any data we hold about you, with some exceptions for legal or administrative purposes.
Spam Detection:
Visitor comments may be scanned through an automated spam detection service to keep our site clean and user-friendly.
We hope this explanation clarifies how we handle your information. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us!