What personal data is collected

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, the data shown in the comments form and the visitor’s IP address is collected to assist with spam detection. This information is not distributed to third-parties.

Cookies

Please review the Privacy Policy for WordPress.org regarding cookies.

Who we are

Our website address is: mybirdingworld.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. Comments are subject to manual approval in order to prevent spam.

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.

Contact forms

Please review the Privacy Policy for Contact Form 7.

Cookies

You may opt out of the use of cookies that are not strictly necessary.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. images, videos, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has 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 your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long we retain your data

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

What rights you have over your data

If you have left comments, you can 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 we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact information

You can contact the website administrator by using the contact form.