Privacy Policy

WHO IS MICHAELCDEANE.COM

MICHAELCDEANE.COM is a news and blog website (known herein as the Service) that provides breaking news, curated articles, and insights in various media forms covering innovation and technological advancements in the architectural, engineering and construction sector.

The information provided on this website is factual, fair and unbiased, and is derived from numerous sources. All the media and articles on this site are original works of their respective authors, including that of authors representing MICHAELCDEANE.COM. All material published on this website respects the copyrights of the original authors and provides both credits and links to the media source.

COMMENTS POLICY

Comments require approval from the site administrator. When Visitors leave comments on the site, the data entered into the comment form is saved on the site’s server. The Visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string is also collected to help with automated spam detection. This data is not shared with third parties.

An anonymity 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 will be visible to the public in the context of your comment if you have one registered at Gravatar.

MEDIA

If a Visitor uploads an images to the website, they 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.

COOKIE POLICY

Visitors who leave a comment on our site 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 visit the login page, 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 are retained for two days, and screen option cookies are retained 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 into that website.

SHARING YOUR DATA

If a Visitor requests a password reset, their IP address will be included in the reset email.

RETENTION OF VISITOR’S DATA

Metadata from Visitors who leave a comment, is retained indefinitely. This is to facilitate the recognition of return Visitors who leave follow-up comments, and allows the automatic approval of comments instead of holding these comments in the moderation queue.

Visitors who register as Users on the website are required to provide personal information during the registration process. This information is stored as a profile by the Service. Users can view, edit, and delete their personal information at any time. (Note that Users will not be able to change their username once they have completed the registration process).

Website administrators can also see and edit that information, but cannot view and edit passwords. To update a username, a User may submit an email request to the website administrator to change their username. Emails can be sent to: [email protected]. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

WHAT RIGHTS DO VISITORS AND USERS HAVE OVER THEIR DATA

Users may at any time submit an email to the site administrator and request an exported file containing a full list of the personal data that’s being stored by the Service, including any data provided by the User whilst on the site.

A User has the right to submit a request to the site administrator to permanently delete their personal data from the Service. This does not include any data that the Service is obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. The Service is not liable for the deletion of personal information collected and stored by third party applications.

WHERE YOUR DATA IS SENT

Visitor’s and User’s comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service such as Askimet.