Privacy Policy (GDPR-Compliant)
1. Who we are
Website address: bernshtein.phd
2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam. An anonymised string (hash) generated from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes publicly visible alongside the comment.
3. Media uploads
If you are a registered user and upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other visitors may download and extract location data from these files.
4. Cookie
- If you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save your name, email and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so that you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
- If you have an account and log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- When logging in, we will also set up several cookies to store your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. When you log out, login cookies will be removed.
- If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only stores the post ID of the edited article. It expires after one day.
5. Embedded content from other websites
- Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.
- These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with embedded content — especially if you have an account and are logged in to those websites. .
6. Data sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email..
7. How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely for spam detection and moderation purposes. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for the username). Website administrators can also access and modify this information.
8. Your rights over your data
If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you provided. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you — this does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
9. Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
10. Policy Updates
We reserve the right to update this Policy at any time. The current version is published on this page. It is the User’s responsibility to review the Policy regularly. Continued use of the website after the publication of changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy.