Privacy policy
Who we are
The address of our website is: http://ergomac.ca.
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Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data displayed in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and the browser’s user agent chain to help detect spam.
An anonymous string created from your email address (also called hash) can be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
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Media
If you upload images to the website, you must avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Website visitors can download and extract all location data from website images.
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Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your contact details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last a year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and display choices on the screen. Login cookies last two days and screen option cookies last one year. If you select “Remember me”, your connection will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be deleted.
If you modify or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie does not include any personal data and simply indicates the publication ID of the article you have just modified. It expires after 1 day.
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Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (for example, videos, images, articles, etc.). The embedded content of other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, integrate additional third-party tracking and monitor your interaction with this embedded content, including tracking your interaction with embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to this website.
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With whom do we share your data?
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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How long do we keep your data?
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are kept indefinitely. This is how we can automatically recognize and approve all follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if applicable), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, modify or delete their personal information at any time (unless they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and modify this information.
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What rights do you have over your data?
If you have an account on this site, or if you 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 ask us to delete all personal data we hold about you. This does not include data that we are required to retain for administrative, legal or security purposes.
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Where your data is sent
Visitors’ comments can be verified through an automated spam detection service.
