Who we are
Our website address is: https://top-gears.net.
Comments
We gather the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam identification when a remark is left on the site.
To check if you are utilizing the Gravatar service, your email address may be hashed and then presented as an anonymous string.
To read Gravatar’s privacy policies, visit https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After your remark has been reviewed and approved, your profile image will appear beside it.
Media
Avoid adding photos to the site that have embedded location data (EXIF GPS) if at all possible.
Site visitors have full access to any of the photographs on the site and can save or extract any geotagged data they like.
Cookies
By leaving a comment on our site, you consent to having your name, email address, and website stored in cookies. Please use them so that you won’t have to re-enter your information every time you want to post a comment. You may keep these cookies for a whole year.
We use a session cookie to remember if your browser is set to accept cookies when you visit our login page. To protect your privacy, this cookie does not save any personally identifiable information and is deleted from your computer when you quit browsing.
Several cookies will be created when you log in; they will be used to remember things like your login information and the customization you’ve made to the way the site looks. It takes a cookie two days to remember your login information, but it may remember your screen preferences for an entire year. If you check the box labelled “Remember Me,” your login information will be saved for 14 days. Once you log out, any login cookies will be deleted.
A new cookie will be saved in your browser if you go back and make changes to an article or hit the “Publish” button. Besides the post ID of the article you just updated, this cookie contains no personally identifying information. Within 24 hours it will no longer be valid.
Embedded content from other websites
Embedded materials are sometimes used in the articles on this site (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.).
When a user visits a website that has embedded material, they experience the same functionality as if they themselves had visited the other website.
If you have an account on one of these sites and are signed in, it is possible that the site will gather information about you, utilize cookies, embed additional third-party monitoring, and monitor your engagement with the embedded material.
Who we share your data with
Resetting your password will send you an email that contains your IP address.
How long we retain your data
Comments and their associated metadata are stored forever after they are posted.
This way, any subsequent comments will be instantly approved upon detection, eliminating the need for a moderation queue.
Personal details provided by users who choose to create an account on our website are kept in a secure user profile.
Every user has the option to review, amend, or remove their profile details at any time (except they cannot change their username).
That data is also accessible to the website’s administrators, who may make changes as needed.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account here or have posted comments, and would want to get an exported file containing the personal data we possess about you, including any data you have contributed to us, you may do so by sending us a request using the contact information in our about section.
All of the information we have stored on you can be deleted at your request.
We will not delete your information if we are required by law, regulation, or security concerns to maintain it.
Where we send your data
A spam detection bot might be used to examine visitor comments.