Welcome to our Privacy Policy page.
This page outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you interact with our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is used in a responsible and transparent manner. By using our website, you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. Please take a moment to read and understand our policies, and contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://torque.digital.
Comments
We collect visitors’ comment data, IP address, and browser user agent string to detect spam. Anonymized email address string may be provided to Gravatar service to check if you use it. Your profile picture will be public after comment approval. See Gravatar service privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Media
To protect your privacy, refrain from uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) to the website. Visitors may download and extract location data from such images on the site.
Cookies
When commenting on our site, you may opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for a year. If you log in, login info and screen display cookies are stored. Login cookies last two days or two weeks with “Remember Me”, while screen options cookies last for a year. After logging out, login cookies are removed. Editing/publishing an article will save an additional cookie with the post ID, which expires after one day. A temporary cookie is set when visiting the login page, containing no personal data and discarded when the browser is closed.
Who we share your data with
When requesting a password reset, your reset email will include your IP address.
How long we retain your data
Comments and metadata are stored indefinitely to allow automatic recognition and approval of follow-up comments, instead of holding them for moderation. Registered users’ personal information is stored in their user profile, visible to all users and editable or deletable by the user. Website administrators can also view and modify the information.
What rights you have over your data
Users with accounts or comments on this site can request an exported file of their personal data, including provided data, or request erasure of their data, with exceptions for legally required or security-related data retention.
Where your data is sent
Automated spam detection service may verify visitor comments.