Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 17, 2024

Who We Are
Our website address is: https://thetechcapsule.com (referred to as “TheTechCapsule”). This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website.

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, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check 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, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms
If you fill out a contact form on our site, we collect the information you provide (e.g., name, email address) for communication purposes.

Cookies

• If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience, allowing you to avoid re-entering your details for future comments. 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 set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. 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, the login cookies will be removed.
• If you edit or publish an article, a 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 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 the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics
We may use analytics services to collect information on how visitors interact with our site, helping us improve its functionality and user experience.

Who We Share Your Data With
We do not share your personal information with third parties, except when required by law or for operational purposes such as automated spam detection services.

How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, excluding data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect data from children under the age of 13. If we discover such data has been collected, it will be deleted immediately.

How We Protect Your Data
We use industry-standard security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

What Data Breach Procedures We Have in Place
In the event of a data breach, we will notify affected users and the relevant authorities as required by applicable law.

What Third Parties We Receive Data From
We may receive non-personal data from third-party services, such as analytics and spam detection tools, to improve the functionality and security of our site.

What Automated Decision Making and/or Profiling We Do With User Data
We do not perform automated decision-making or profiling with your personal data.

Industry Regulatory Disclosure Requirements
We comply with any relevant legal and regulatory requirements applicable to our industry.

Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If any changes are made, we will notify you via email.

Contact Us
For questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].

Last updated: October 17, 2024