Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy outlines how Mark Oglesby (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit https://markoglesby.net (“the Site”).

Information We Collect

Comments

When you leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to aid in spam detection. If you use Gravatar, an anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service.

Media

We recommend avoiding uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) to the Site. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the Site.

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience:

Comment cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for one year.
Login cookies: When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. These last for two days to two weeks, depending on your selections.
Post editing cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser, expiring after one day.

Embedded Content

Articles on the Site may include embedded content from other websites, which may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.

How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information to:

Improve the Site’s functionality and user experience
Detect and prevent spam
Manage user accounts and comments

Data Sharing and Retention

We do not share your personal data with third parties, except when required by law. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to facilitate comment approval and follow-ups. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user profile.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

Request an exported file of your personal data
Request erasure of your personal data
Edit your personal information in your user profile

Data Protection

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. The latest version will always be posted on this page with the effective date.

Contact Us

For any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@markoglesby.net.

Last updated: December 16, 2024