Privacy Policy - TechDevArena

Last updated: 29 Aug ,2023

Welcome to techdevarena.com! We value your privacy and strive to provide clear information about how we collect, use, and protect your personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices and commitment to safeguarding your information. By accessing or using our website, you consent to the terms described herein.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://techdevarena.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string. This information is collected to help with 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: Gravatar Privacy Policy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please 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.

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience, so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set 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 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. Selecting “Remember Me” makes your login persist for two weeks. Logging out of your account removes the login cookies.

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.

Google Advertising Cookies

We utilize Google AdSense, Affiliate Ads, and Direct advertisements to support our services. Your web browser automatically sends certain information to these platforms. You can learn more about how Google uses your data when you visit our site. Displaying ads allows us to provide many services to our users and live visitors for free.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings.

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 the same 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 embedded content.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Data Retention

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is for recognizing and approving follow-up comments automatically.

For registered users, we store the personal information provided 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.

Your 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. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

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

Google AdSense and Data Usage

At techdevarena.com, we value your privacy and are committed to providing transparency regarding the data we collect and how it is used, especially in relation to our use of Google AdSense and other advertising practices. This section outlines the details of our data usage practices, particularly as they pertain to Google AdSense.

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We may update our privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. It’s recommended that you review our privacy policy periodically to stay informed about how we collect, use, and protect your information.

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, please feel free to contact us at techdevarena@gmail.com.