Understanding Comments and Cookie Usage in Our Blog

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.fs-architecture.com.au/blog. We are GJ Finn @ DW Wong, a partnership trading as Sydney Access Consultants, in Australia and Malaysia.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form. We also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

Your email address is used to create an anonymised string, also called a hash. This 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.

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.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save your information in cookies. This includes your name, email address, and website. This is for your convenience. You do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

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.

We will set up several cookies when you log in. These cookies save your login information. They also save 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 two weeks. If you log out of your account, the 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.

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 the same way. It acts as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you. They use cookies and embed additional third-party tracking. They also monitor your interaction with that embedded content. This includes tracking your interaction 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

Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

We store the personal information that users provide in their user profile if they register on our website. 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 this site, you can request to receive an exported file of your personal data. This includes 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 can be checked through an automated spam detection service.

We use our Akismet Anti-spam service. The information sent to them typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL. Other information directly provided by the commenter includes their name, username, email address, and the comment itself.

We do not share, sell, or distribute personal content collected by us through this web site.