Who we are, and what we are not.
Our website address is: www.philintheblank.co
Our physical address is elsewhere.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it.
We may collect your comments from time to time, if only to determine if they’re worth considering.
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. If you spam us we will take photographs of your personal effects and post them on Craigslist with absurdly low asking prices tied back to your personal and home phone numbers and email addresses.
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. To be honest I don’t know what any of that means but I’ll leave it here because neither do you.
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 and will be more easily able to find out where your 2015 Honda Odyssey that you’re only asking $800 for is parked.
Contact forms
Cookies. Yes, please.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and embarrassing comments 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 given that they’re filled with GMOs.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie (read delicious) 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, a cookie stack if you will, 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, because who doesn’t like a free cookie. 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. So don’t be sloppy.
Analytics
Who we share your data with, hint: it’s not Russia
How long we retain your data, hint: it’s forever
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. Nobody likes lines.
For users that register on our website (winners), 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 (just pick a good username ‘cuz you can’t change it later on. Real ones never change). 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. We promise to only blackmail you if it’s for a good cause
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service, similar to the one pictured below.
