TLDR
If you choose to interact with this site, the information you provide or submit, and data exposed to us by your device and browser/applications, may be captured and/or stored. This site and its administrators and contributors have no intentions to utilize such information and data for any purposes beyond the context in which they were captured or to extend features, functionality, and value provided by the site.
This data may be accessible by the administrators and content editors of the site, our hosting provider, and 3rd-parties that we interact with to provide site services and functionality. We provide no guarantees on the usage or potential leakage, or exposure of this data.
Who we are
You’re reading Cybersecurity Shawn, Your Personal Cybersecurity Architect. Our website address is: http://cybersecurityshawn.com.
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.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a 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.
Form Submissions & 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.
Form submissions should not include any sensitive, private, or confidential data.
If you provide personal information, such as your name, email address, or contact information, we will not share these with others nor use them for purposes beyond the reason why they were submitted or improving our site’s content and features. While these are personal details, we do not consider them private or protected details. Do not interact with this site if you have concerns with any content submitted being shared.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that 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.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and 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 private 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 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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, or submit a form on the site, your IP address and potentially content you provided may be included in confirmation emails sent back to you.
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.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. 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, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including 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, nor comments, postings, or form submissions you may have done.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Submitted forms may include automation which leverages external services and services providers. Do not submit any information to this site that you may not want to be shared with such services and providers.