Who we are

Our website address is: https://pcplanet.ca.

Comments

When users submit comments on the site, the information that is shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and the browser user agent string, are collected by us so that we can better identify and eliminate spam.

Whether you make use of the Gravatar service, the Gravatar service may check to determine if it already has an anonymized string derived from your email address, which is also known as a hash. The privacy policy for the Gravatar service may be seen at this location: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your remark has been reviewed and approved, your profile image will be made available to the public within the context of your comment.

Media

Images containing integrated location data (EXIF GPS) should not be uploaded to a website. Visitors to the website may download and extract any location data from the website’s photographs.

Cookies

You may choose to have your name, email address, and website saved in cookies if you post a comment on our website. These are provided for your convenience so that you do not have to re-enter your information each time you post a comment. These cookies have a one-year shelf life.

Whether you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be created to determine if your browser supports cookies. This cookie includes no personal information and is deleted when the browser is closed.

When you log in, we’ll also set up a number of cookies to save your login information and display preferences. The duration of login cookies is two days, whereas screen options cookies are one year. If “Remember Me” is selected, your login will survive for two weeks. When you exit your account, the login cookies are deleted.

If you update or publish an article, your browser will store an extra cookie. This cookie contains no personally identifiable information and just reflects the post ID of the article you just updated. It expires in one day.

Embedded content from other websites

There may be embedded material in these articles (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). The behaviour of embedded material from other websites is identical to that of a visitor who has actually visited the other site.

These websites may gather information about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party monitoring, and monitor your engagement with embedded material, including tracking your activity if you have an account and are signed in to the website.

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

If you leave a comment, the comment and its associated information are preserved in indefinitely. This is done so that any subsequent comments will be recognised and approved automatically, rather than being held in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we additionally keep their personal information in their user profiles. At any moment, all users may view, modify, or remove their personal data (except they cannot change their username). This information is also viewable by and editable by website administrators.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have posted comments, you may request to get a file containing the personal information we possess on you, including any information you have supplied to us. You may also request that we delete your personal information. This excludes any information we are compelled to store for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Where your data is sent

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