Privacy Policy
Updated
This policy describes the relaunched edition of Full Stack Gardener, a read-only garden journal.
Browsing the journal
There are no accounts, comment forms or contact forms. Our website code does not include advertising, analytics scripts, tracking pixels or third-party embeds. Fonts and photographs are served with the site.
Email correspondence
If you email us at cyjohns@hotmail.com, we receive your email address and any information you include in your message. We use this correspondence to respond to your questions and requests.
Preferences stored on your device
Your appearance preference and saved stories are stored locally in your browser. These choices are not sent to us. You can remove them by clearing this website’s data in your browser settings.
Our website code does not set tracking cookies. The historical policy below describes features of the former WordPress site, including comments and Gravatar, that are not part of this edition.
Hosting and technical requests
When you visit the public website, our hosting provider, Vercel, may process technical request data such as your IP address, the requested address, browser information and timestamps to deliver and protect the site. This is separate from the preferences stored on your device. See Vercel’s privacy notice for its data practices.
External links
If you follow a link to another website, that website’s privacy practices apply. We do not embed its content or services in the journal.
Historical record from the 2018 website
This is the former website’s wording, preserved for reference. It does not describe the current edition. First published .
Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.fullstackgardener.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, 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 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 is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should 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.
Cookies
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
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 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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.