Privacy Policy

Who we are
Our website address is: https://gotalky.net/.

Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with 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 available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies 

If you leave a comment on our website, you can enable the saving of your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year. When you visit our login page, we 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 also set multiple cookies to store your login information and screen display options. Login cookies last for two days, while screen display option cookies last for a year. If you choose “Remember me,” your login will persist for two weeks, and if you log out of your account, the login cookies will be deleted. An additional cookie will be saved in your browser if you edit or publish an article. This cookie does not include any personal data; it simply refers to the article ID you edited. It will expire after one day. 

Embedded Content from Other Websites 

Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g., video clips, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and embed additional tracking – a third-party external tracking – and monitor your interaction with this 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 Data 

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

How Long We Retain Your Data 

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata will be retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and automatically approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue for approval. For users who have registered on our website (if applicable), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data 

If you have an account on this website, 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 erasure of 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 We Send Your Data 

Visitor comments are checked automatically through an anti-spam service.