Who are we?

Suggested text: The address of our site is: https://www.barternext.com.

Comments

Suggested text: When you leave a comment on our site, the data entered in the comment form, but also your IP address and your browser's user agent are collected to help us detect unwanted comments.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) can be sent to the Gravatar service to verify your use of the service. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After validation of your comment, your profile picture will be publicly visible next to your comment.

Media

Suggested text: If you upload images to the site, we recommend that you avoid uploading images that contain EXIF data of GPS coordinates. People visiting your site can download and extract location data from these images.

Cookies

Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site, you will be asked to save your name, email address, and site in cookies. This is only for your convenience so that you do not have to enter this information if you leave another comment later. These cookies expire after one year.

If you go to the login page, a temporary cookie will be created to determine if your browser accepts cookies. It does not contain any personal data and will be deleted automatically when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set a number of cookies to record your login information and screen preferences. The lifetime of a login cookie is two days, and the lifetime of a screen preference cookie is one year. If you check "Remember me", your login cookie will be retained for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookie will be deleted.

By editing or publishing a publication, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie does not include any personal information. It simply indicates the ID of the publication you just edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded content from other sites

Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles...). Embedded content from other sites behaves in the same way as if the visitor were on that other site.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking tools, track your interactions with these embedded contents if you have an account logged on their website.

Use and transmission of your personal data

Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long your data is stored

Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are kept indefinitely. This allows subsequent comments to be automatically recognized and approved instead of being left in the moderation queue.

For accounts that register on our site (if any), we also store the personal information listed in their profile. All accounts can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their user ID). Site managers can also view and edit this information.

The rights you have over your data

Suggested text: If you have an account or have left comments on the site, you may request to receive a file containing all the personal data we have about you, including the data you have provided to us. You may also request the deletion of your personal data. This does not include data stored for administrative, legal or security purposes.

Transmission of your personal data

Suggested text: Visitor comments can be checked with an automated comment detection service.