Who we are
Suggested text: Our website address is: https://www.lightninstik.com.
Comments
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user the agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized 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 may be visible to the public in the context of your comment and is not erasable.
Media
Suggested text: If you upload images or documents to our website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data. Visitors to our website can download and extract any location data from images you upload to our website. Certain terms and conditions may change in the future and you agree now that your uploads and any changes in the future will hold Lightnin’ Stik Productions harmless and not liable for any civil or criminal fines and penalties resulting from your uploads and maintenance of your permission space and that you are, in fact, chargeable for all actions or other financial and criminal penalties may appear due to your upload(s) or other updates and edits you cause to be made on our website now and into the future.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience and so you do not have to fill in your details again and again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year and your information attached to these cookies will not be shared or sold.
If you visit our log-in page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies that 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 last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the log-in cookies will be removed instantly and forever.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser that includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just posted and again if edited that expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.) that are embedded content from other websites that behave in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website and the visitor may experience technical difficulties beyond our control. Even where data and resources are under our control, the demand from multiple downloads at once may delay other downloads, which is outside of our control as authorized by our host.
Any data collected about you is purely due to the needs of the third-party tracking, and monitor requirements used to detect and expose unlawful use or interaction of our services or website, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content you have posted to counter spam and unlawful content on our website.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email, otherwise, no one. Period.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site or have left comments that your want removed, you can request to have this data and any other data we hold about you erased. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.