Privacy Policy for Higgomans Posts on Random Stuff
Who we are
This privacy policy explains how Higgomans Posts on Random Stuff collects, uses, and protects your information. This policy applies to https://higgoman.com/.
Comments
When you leave comments on Higgomans Posts on Random Stuff (https://higgoman.com/), we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string. This is primarily to help detect spam. An anonymized string derived from your email address may be used to check for an associated profile picture service. If your comment is approved, your profile picture (if available via this service) becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images, be aware that images may contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download images and potentially extract this data.
Cookies
We use cookies for several purposes:
- Commenting: If you opt-in when leaving a comment, cookies save your name, email address, and website for convenience so you don’t have to re-enter details. These cookies will last for one year.
- Login Page: A temporary cookie is set on the login page to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- Logging In: When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information (lasting two days) and your screen display choices (lasting 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.
- Editing/Publishing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on Higgomans Posts on Random Stuff (https://higgoman.com/) may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.) from other websites. 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.
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 are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on Higgomans Posts on Random Stuff (https://higgoman.com/) (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on Higgomans Posts on Random Stuff (https://higgoman.com/), 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 that we erase 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 your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.