Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.stateofmania.com.au.
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 spam detection… because we know, the only people that leave comments are spammers and those of a negative persuasion (aka Cranky, grumpy and and those that dislike us cheerful inhabitants of planet Earth!).
An anonymised 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 and anything with your children…. seriously, that”s what Facebook is for!!! Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
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… who knows, we’re not in control of the technology!
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 (note: This may not be true… it’s a template!). If you select “Remember Me”, We probably will!
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 (apparently).
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. We have no control over this, it’s the internet!
Analytics
Who we share your data with
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment (assuming we allow you to), 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… and in case we (or the Cops) need to track you down.
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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
If you tell us, we have to keep it and exploit in any way we can. Welcome to planet Earth.
Additional information
How we protect your data
We don’t. It’s expensive and we’re not getting paid to do so!
What data breach procedures we have in place
None. It’s a free web site… you get what you pay for!
What third parties we receive data from
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
None. We generally ponder things over several beers and form an uninformed opinion.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
I think one of us has an ‘0’ level in Art… but I don’t know (or care) if ‘0’ levels are recognised in Tasweigia
