Here at Barracuda Tools Blogging site, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled with the utmost care and respect. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information. By using our site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. We prioritize your privacy and are dedicated to safeguarding your data to ensure a safe and secure browsing experience.
What we Collect
2.1 Personal Data
We collect various types of personal data from users and site visitors, including:
- Personal Identification Information: This includes data such as your name and email address, which you provide when leaving comments or registering on our site.
- Account Preferences: Information related to your account preferences, such as notification settings and display choices.
- Transactional Data: If applicable, we may collect data related to transactions, such as purchase information, though our site primarily does not handle financial transactions directly.
- Technical Data: This includes information about cookies, your IP address, browser type, and other technical details collected through your interaction with our site.
2.2 Sensitive Personal Data
Our site does not intentionally collect sensitive personal data such as information concerning health. Any collection of such data would be accidental and should be avoided.
2.3 Collection and Retention
- Comments: When you leave a comment, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy can be reviewed here: Gravatar Privacy Policy. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
- Media Uploads: If you upload images, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as visitors can extract this information.
- Cookies: We use cookies to enhance your experience on our site. Cookies help remember your details for future interactions, such as leaving comments and logging in.
- Embedded Content: Articles may include embedded content from other websites, which may collect data and use cookies.
2.4 Legal Basis and Consent
We collect personal data based on either your consent or our legitimate interests. For example:
- Consent: When you voluntarily provide personal data through comments or registration, you consent to its collection and use.
- Legitimate Interests: We may use technical data such as IP addresses and cookies to improve user experience and site functionality, which are considered legitimate interests.
2.5 Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site may download and extract location data from images on the website.
Cookies
3.1 Comment Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience so you don’t have to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
3.2 Login Cookies
When you visit our login page, we 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.
When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies are removed. An additional cookie is saved in your browser if you edit or publish an article. This cookie includes no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same way as if the visitor had 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 if you are logged into that website.
Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Data Retention
If you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically, rather than holding them in a moderation queue. For users who register on our site, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for changing their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on our 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 may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, although this does not include data we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our website.