This Privacy policy was published on January 12, 2023.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://cosmosmagazines.com
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
We gather the information provided in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and the user agent string from their browser when they leave comments on our site in order to assist stop spam.
To check if you’re using Gravatar, you may give the service an anonymized string made from your email address. You can access the Gravatar service’s privacy statement at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment has been approved, the whole public can see your profile image next to it.
Media
Avoid uploading photos with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) if you plan to submit them to the website. Any location data from photographs on the website can be downloaded and extracted by website visitors.
Cookies
You can choose whether or not to have your name, email address, and website saved in cookies whenever you leave a comment on our website. These are provided for your convenience so that you won’t have to re-enter your information each time you post a remark. The shelf life of these cookies is one year.
If you go to our login page, we’ll temporarily store a cookie to see if your browser permits them. This cookie is deleted when your browser is closed and does not contain any personal information.
We will also create a number of cookies when you log in to save your login details and screen display preferences. Screen option cookies last a year, whereas login cookies are only valid for two days. For two weeks, your login will be persistent if you choose “Remember Me.” The cookies for your login will be deleted after you log out of your account.
In your browser, a new cookie will be saved if you edit or publish an article. This cookie just contains the post ID of the article you just edited and contains no personal information. It runs out after a day.
Embedded content from other websites
This website’s articles can have embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). When another website’s content is embedded, it operates exactly as if the visitor had really visited the other website.
These websites may track your interaction with the embedded content, gather information about you, utilize cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your activity. This includes tracking your activity if you have an account and are logged in to the website.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, both the comment and any associated metadata are kept forever. This allows us to recognize and approve any subsequent comments without having to manually moderate them.
In the event that any users register on our website, we also store the personal data they supply in their user profile. Except for their username, which they cannot change, all users may view, edit, or delete any of their personal information at any time. Administrators of the website can also access and modify that data.
What rights you have over your data
You have the option to request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, along with any data you have given us, if you have an account on this website or have left comments. You can also ask us to delete any personal information we may have about you. This does not apply to any information that we must maintain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Additional information
How we protect your data
What data breach procedures we have in place
What third parties we receive data from
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
