Who are Macrodyl
Macrodyl (“The Company”, “we”, “us”, “macrodyl.com”) is committed to protecting your privacy when you visit the website, macrodyl.com. You are able to access macrodyl.com and browse the site without disclosing any personal data. macrodyl.com does not collect personal information about individuals, such as names and addresses unless it is knowingly provided by the individual and he or she has agreed to the terms under which we will use it.
Please read the Privacy Policy carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to our terms of use, you accept and agree to be bound by and abide by the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the Privacy Policy, you must not use or access macrodyl.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 with spam detection.
An anonymized 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.
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.
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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 personal 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
macrodyl.com uses Google Analytics to track user activity on the website. This data is anonymised and not personally identifiable. We use this data to help understand trends and activity so that we can better serve our users which relevant and informative content.
Google Analytics tracks your activity using cookies. If you wish to, you can use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to remain untracked.
We do not use paid search such as Google Adwords, and we do not utilise remarketing. However, if you wish to remain untracked, you can amend your settings here.
Who we share your data with
Your data is not shared with anyone outside of macrodyl.com, however, it may be held with our web host outside of the EU, and Third Parties which provide plugins for the website may also have access to your data. You can request a list of the plugins that are used on this website using the contact details below. We cannot control what Third Parties do with your data. Currently the only Third Parties which can access your data are Google and Akismet.
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.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Information submitted via comments will be stored with the web hosting company which may be located outside of the EU. You can view the web host’s privacy policy here.
Contact details
If you have any concerns regarding your privacy whilst using macrodyl.com, or if you would like to enquire about any of your personal information which may be held on the site, please contact me at the following: