Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://scalopa.com.

We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard the information you provide while using our website.


Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This helps us detect and prevent spam.

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 your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.


Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images.


Cookies

  • If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies last for one year for convenience.

  • Visiting our login page sets 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 set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days; screen options cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends login cookies to two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.

  • If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved to indicate the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.


Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the other website.

These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking if you are logged in.


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

  • Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments.

  • Registered users’ personal information is stored in their user profile. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames). Website administrators can also access and edit this information.


What Rights You Have 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.

  • Erasure of any personal data we hold about you (except data we are required to retain for legal, administrative, or security purposes).


Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.