Effective Date: March 28, 2025
Website: https://zulfekar.me

At zulfekar.me, your privacy is important. This Privacy Policy explains how your personal information is collected, used, and protected when you interact with this website.

1. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

An anonymized hash of your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture (if available via Gravatar) may appear next to your comment.

2. Media Uploads

If you upload images to the site, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can potentially download and extract location data from images displayed on the site.

3. Cookies

• If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies will last for one year.
• When you visit the 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.
• Upon logging in, several cookies will be set to save your login information and screen preferences. Login cookies last for two days; display preference cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
• When editing or publishing an article, a cookie will be stored in your browser to indicate the post ID of the article you just edited. This cookie expires after one day and does not contain personal data.

4. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves just as if you visited that site directly. These websites may collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content.

5. Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email to help ensure security.

6. Data Retention

• Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments.
• For registered users (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.

7. Your Data Rights

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request:

• An exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
• That we erase any personal data we hold about you, excluding any data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

8. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be screened through an automated spam detection service to ensure website security and reduce spam.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, feel free to contact me through the contact form available on https://zulfekar.me.