Privacy Policy

Who is Trenches of IT

Trenches of IT website address is: https://www.trenchesofit.com.

What personal data Trenches of IT collects and why

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.

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 one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, Trenches of IT 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, Trenches of IT 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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

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), Trenches of IT 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 Trenches of IT hold about you, including any data you have provided to Trenches of IT. You can also request that Trenches of IT erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data Trenches of IT 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

Email: support@trenchesofit.com

Additional information

Affiliate Links

trenchesofit.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com

Refer to amazon.com for additional details: https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/operating/policies?ac-ms-src=ac-nav

How we protect your data

Personal data shall be subject to additional safeguards to ensure this data is processed securely.

Trenches of IT will take all steps necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy within reason. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although Trenches of IT will do my best to protect your personal data, Trenches of IT cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted; any transmission is at your own risk. Once Trenches of IT have received your information, Trenches of IT will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access. Trenches of IT use least privilege for account creation and management.