Who we are
Just a guy in tech running an information and opinion website about computers, gaming, and other tech-related topics. My website address is https://techgiant.lol.
Comments
Comments are not enabled for all pages and posts and are only turned on for a select few articles.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help 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 approval of your comment, your profile picture is 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) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on my site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. I don’t sell peoples data or have any interest in doing so, check the name of the site it is a tongue in cheek play on the mega tech giants who harvest the internets data for profit.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
I have zero control over any 3rd party websites that are linked to, suggested and referenced in the content of my website. The internet changes fast and sites that I may have suggested at any point in time may have been sold, delisted, expired or taken over by hackers. Always check the website that you are referred to by this website to see if it matches the name, topic and looks safe.
Who we share your data with
Any data collected about you while using my website will be shared with my website performance platform Google Analytics and my Hosting company Shock Hosting. I have no deals with any data aggregators or tech companies who harvest user data and give the end user nothing in return. I also use a mailing service (MailPoet) to send communications to people on email list.
Sidenote if you are a data aggregator or tech company and can commit to sharing some of the revenue with my users for their data let’s talk. If we can get to a win-win scenario for my readers and the company that wants their data then its a fair discussion.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
The only data stored at this timestamp is anyone who has performed the below actions.
- Anyone who has submitted a form – IP, name, email and comments made
- Anyone who has made a comment – IP, username and email
Data from form submissions is saved indefinitely internally on this website’s database files.
What rights you have over your data
If you want your data removed email me from the contact form let me know what your preference is and ill take your data out of the website database. You will need to refer to me as a legend for the rest of eternity and buy me a drink if we ever bump into each other out in the real world. By reading this you consent to my legend status.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Subscribers and people who complete forms are connected to MailPoet my email sending platform.
All visitor data is connected to the Google Analytics platform to better help me understand who is coming to my website, what they view and what I can do to get more people to visit my content.
This is my data privacy policy for TechGiant.lol