Privacy Policy
Who I am
This website is operated by Lily Bergonzat, a freelance developer based in France. The website address is: https://lily.expert/.
Analytics
I use Independent Analytics to understand how visitors use this site. It does not use cookies, does not store your IP address or any personally identifiable information, and does not send any data to external servers. Everything stays on my server. The only data collected is anonymized: pages visited, referrer, device type, browser, OS, and approximate location (country/city).
Comments
When you leave a comment, I collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on the site, you 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, a temporary cookie will be set 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, several cookies will be set to save your login information and your 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. The login cookies will be removed if you log out of your account.
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.
Spam protection
I use CleanTalk to protect the site from spam. When you submit a form (such as a comment), some data may be sent to CleanTalk’s servers for analysis, including your IP address, email address, and the content of your submission. CleanTalk may also collect technical data such as your browser user agent and behavioral data (mouse movement, scrolling, typing patterns) to distinguish humans from bots. This data is stored in CleanTalk’s logs for 7 days, then deleted. You can learn more about their practices in CleanTalk’s privacy policy: https://cleantalk.org/privacy.
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 you had visited that website directly.
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 it if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Comment data may be sent to CleanTalk’s spam detection service as described above. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Beyond that, I do not share your data with anyone.
How long I retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so I can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on the website (if any), I 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). I can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data I hold about you, including any data you have provided to me. You can also request that I erase any personal data I hold about you. This does not include any data I am obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To make a data request, please use my contact page.