Who We Are
At Birdspecies, accessible from https://birdspecies.online/, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of personal information we collect and how we use it.
1. Information We Collect
Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data in the comments form, including the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, to help detect spam.
Gravatar: The Gravatar service may receive an anonymized string created from your email address (hash) to check whether you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy can be viewed here.
Profile Picture: After your comment is approved, your profile picture, if available, will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
2. Media Uploads
If you upload images to the website, avoid including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from these images.
3. Cookies
Commenting Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies will last for one year.
Login Cookies: When visiting the login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded once you close your browser.
Login and Screen Options Cookies: When logged in, several cookies will be set to save your login details and screen preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies persist for one year.
Remember Me: If you select “Remember Me” during login, your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
Post-Editing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie is stored in your browser that only indicates the post ID of the article you edited. This expires after one day.
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 the same as if you had visited the external website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you’re logged into that website.
5. Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
6. Data Retention
Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to allow automatic approval of any follow-up comments.
User Registrations: We store the personal information provided by users who register on our site in their user profiles. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for changing their username). Administrators can also view and edit this information.
7. Your Data Rights
If you have an account on our 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.
You may also request that we erase your personal data, excluding data we need to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
8. Data Verification
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
9. Contact Us
For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, feel free to contact us through our Contact Page.