Our website address is https://ashvinay.com.
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comment form. Additionally, we gather the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
To verify if you’re using Gravatar, an anonymized string created from your email address (also known as a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service. You can review the Gravatar service privacy policy here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public alongside your comment.
When uploading images to the website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the website.
Leaving a comment on our site? You may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This convenient option saves you time when you leave another comment. Cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and will be discarded once you close your browser.
Upon logging in, several cookies will save your login information and screen display preferences. 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. Logging out of your account will remove the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will save in your browser. This cookie doesn’t contain personal data; it merely indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It will expire after one day.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). This embedded content behaves similarly to if the visitor has visited the other website directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. This monitoring includes tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into that website.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This retention allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except changing their username). Website administrators can also access and edit this information.
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you’ve provided. Additionally, you can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This request does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.