Comments When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, to aid in spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also known as a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service is available here: https://elevateqasolutions.com/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media If you upload images to the website, please refrain from including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) in the images. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies If you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

When 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.

Upon logging in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and 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. Logging out of your account will remove the login cookies.

Editing or publishing an article will save an additional cookie in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the edited article. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites Articles on this site may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same manner as if the visitor had 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.

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 metadata are retained indefinitely. This is done to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

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, which cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

Your data rights If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. However, this does not include any data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.