Who we are
Our website address is: https://hortusnaturalis.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 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 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 personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
We may allow third-party service providers to place persistent identifiers such as cookies, pixel tags, and web beacons on the Site.
Cookies, pixel tags, and web beacons are used for the following purposes:
- Analytical Purposes: We use cookies and web beacons to analyze user activity in order to improve the Site. For example, we use this information to determine the number of visitors to the Site, the pages viewed per visit, and the time spent on particular pages. Collecting this information helps us provide you with a better online experience.
- User Preferences: We may use cookies, pixel tags, and web beacons to store preferences you demonstrate on the Site. For instance, we may use a cookie to store your email address so that you do not need to re-enter it every time you visit MyAccount or Mode.
- Marketing: We may use cookies and web beacons from third-party service providers for marketing purposes to place advertisements on nonaffiliated websites. We may also use service providers who use tracking devices such as cookies, pixel tags, and web beacons to collect anonymized information about consumers’ activities on nonaffiliated websites. The information they collect typically includes things like browser type, IP address, pages visited, and time visited. We may use this information to provide relevant marketing content to you.
One of the third-party services that we use is Google Analytics, which is a web analysis service provided by Google. Google utilizes the data collected to track and examine the use of the Site and may share this data with other Google services. We also use the Google AdWords marketing service to advertise on third-party websites. Google may show our advertisements on websites across the internet and may use cookies to serve advertisements based on your past visits to the Site. You can find information about how to opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
The Site may also include social media features, such as the Facebook “Like” button, and other widgets, such as the “Share” button or interactive miniprograms provided by third parties. These third parties may use cookies or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use the Site. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services.
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, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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.