Privacy Police

Who we are

The address of our website is: https://sensorisierte-chirurgie.de.

Comments

When visitors post comments on the website, we collect the data displayed in the comment form, the visitor’s IP address and the user agent string (which identifies the browser) to help detect spam.

An anonymized character string (also known as a hash) can be created from the email address and passed to the Gravatar service to check whether it is being used. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once the comment has been approved, the profile picture is publicly visible in the context of the comment.

Media

As a registered user, it is possible to upload photos to this website, it should be avoided to upload photos with an EXIF GPS location. Visitors to this website could download photos stored on this website and extract their location information.

Cookies

Writing a comment on our website may constitute consent to store your name, e-mail address and website in cookies. This is a convenience function so that you do not have to enter the data again for further comments. These cookies are stored for one year.

When you log in to this website using an account, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether the browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is discarded when the browser is closed.

When you log in, some cookies are set up to save your login information and display options. Login cookies expire after two days and cookies for the display options after one year. If “Stay logged in” was selected during registration, the registration will be maintained for two weeks. When you log out of the account, the login cookies are deleted.

When an article is edited or published, an additional cookie is stored in the browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data and only refers to the post ID of the article that has just been edited. The cookie expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Posts on this website may contain embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the other website.

The website may collect data about the user, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking services and record interaction with this embedded content, including interaction with the embedded content if an account exists and is logged in to the website.

Who we share your data with

When requesting a password reset, the IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long will the data be stored?

If a comment is posted, it is saved indefinitely, including metadata. In this way, the follow-up comment is automatically recognized and approved instead of being held in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website, the personal information entered in the user profile is also stored. All users can view, change or delete their personal information at any time (the user name cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and change this information.

What rights do users have to their data?

Users who have an account on the website or have written comments can request the export of personal data, including all data that has been provided. In addition, the deletion of all personal data that has been stored can be requested. This does not include data that must be retained for administrative, legal or security reasons.

Where the data is sent.

Visitor comments could be analyzed by an automated spam detection service.