At HogoFlow, located at https:/hogoflow.com, we prioritize the privacy of our users. This section outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information when you interact with our website.
Comments
When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data you provide in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string. This information helps us detect and prevent spam.
To display your profile picture alongside your comment, an anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service. You can review Gravatar’s privacy policy at automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes publicly visible.
Media
If you upload images to our website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download images from our site and extract this data if it’s present.
Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your experience:
- Commenting Convenience: If you leave a comment, you can opt-in to save your name, email, and website in cookies for a year. This saves you from re-entering your details for future comments.
- Login Functionality: When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
- Session and Display Preferences: Upon logging in, we set several cookies to store your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, while screen option cookies last for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” will keep you logged in for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
- Article Editing/Publishing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie, which expires after one day, contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on HogoFlow may include embedded content such as videos, images, or other articles. This embedded content behaves as if you were directly visiting the originating website.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their embedded content. This includes tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that particular website.
Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Data Retention
- Comments: If you leave a comment, we retain the comment and its metadata indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments without them being held for moderation.
- Registered Users: For any users who register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, with the exception of their username. Website administrators can also see and edit this information.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you have the right to:
- Request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
- Request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. Please note this right does not apply to any data we are legally or administratively obligated to keep for security purposes.
Data Transfers
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.