Last updated: June 10, 2025
At SMCSE, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website https://smcse.com.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://smcse.com. This site is owned and operated by SMCSE.
2. Information We Collect
a. 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 with spam detection.
An anonymized hash (or string) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you’re using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment.
b. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can potentially extract location data from images.
c. Cookies
We use cookies to improve your experience. If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we set cookies to save your login and display preferences:
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Login cookies last for 2 days (or 2 weeks if “Remember Me” is selected)
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Screen options cookies last for 1 year
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Post-edit cookies expire after 1 day
d. Embedded Content
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same way as if you visited those websites directly. These websites may collect your data, use cookies, and track your interactions.
3. How We Use Your Data
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
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To enable you to leave comments
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To improve your user experience
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To detect spam and enhance website security
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To provide support or respond to inquiries
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To maintain the functionality of login and profile features
4. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not share your data with third parties except as required to operate our site (e.g. automated spam detection services). If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
5. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to help us recognize and approve future comments automatically.
For users who register on our site (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal data at any time (except for changing their username). Administrators can also view and edit that information.
6. Your Rights
You have the right to:
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Request an export of your personal data stored on our website
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Request deletion of your personal data
This does not include any data we are required to retain for legal, administrative, or security purposes.
To make a request, please contact us via our contact page or email.
7. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this policy or how your data is handled, please reach out through our contact page at https://smcse.com/contact or email us directly at [email protected].
