Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 03-06-2023
Welcome to LinuxCandy, your trusted source for news and updates on software.
We recognize the importance of privacy and are committed to maintaining and using your information responsibly. This Privacy Policy describes how LinuxCandy collects, uses, and discloses your information when you use our website (the “Service”).
Information We Collect
We collect personal information such as your name, contact information, and details about your device when you interact with our Service. This includes information you provide when you subscribe to our newsletter, leave comments, or contact us with queries. If you upload images to the website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) in your images, as visitors can download and extract this data.
Comments: When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user 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. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://linuxcandy.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Use of Information
We use your information to deliver the services you request, send you updates, and improve our Service. We may also use your information to communicate with you about your account and to comply with our legal obligations.
Sharing of Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information with service providers who perform functions on our behalf, as required by law, or in connection with a business transfer.
Cookies
Our Service uses cookies to enhance user experience. 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 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 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.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 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 in to that website.
How long we retain your data
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.
Your Rights
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive 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. 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.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us