Who we are
Our website address is: https://caliban.co.za.
Comments
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. We do not currently permit comments on the site, nor do we collect any of this data at present (as a result of not allowing comments).
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. If future functionality permits user interactions with the site, this issue will remain a caution for these interactions. We do not permit such interactions from Visitors at this moment, and thus do transact or expose and EXIF GPS information.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our 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 about one year (360 days) and form part of the Infrastructure stack where these pages are hosted.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser, otherwise described as a per-session cookie.
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 about two weeks (10 days). If you log out of your account, the per-session login cookies will be removed.
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, or are removed based on your local browser cookie policy. We have no control over your local browser cookie settings, nor retain any of this information.
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. As policy on this site, we endeavor to not embed content. Links outwards through to other sites behave in this exact same way but pass beyond any data collection ability on this site. When your Browser lands on an external page of another website, you are in fact subject to that external site’s policy.
Thus, 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. Nothing you do on that site influences our policy with you.
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 our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile for authentication purposes while they are currently registered. All users can see, edit, or delete their own 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 this site, 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. As a policy, this site does not currently permit comments or permit user interactions from any public sources.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.