Who we are
Our website address is: https://outlandobserver.com.
Comments
Comment at your own risk, and please do not submit any private personal information to this website.
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 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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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
This site is maintained by a single individual, and we cannot be responsible for anything you might choose to post here. If you do create an account and post comments on this website, you do so at your own risk, knowing that your comments and public profile information will be viewable by anyone who visits this website, in perpetuity, until the point at which you might choose to delete a comment, or the point at which your data is lost due to the deletion of a post, the deletion of your account, the disabling of comments, or the re-organization or termination of the website.
The long and the short of it is: Post comments at your own risk. Don’t submit personal information to this website. We reserve the right to delete any comments or any user accounts at any time, for any reason, without explanation.
We do enjoy the idea of having a “comments section” for our posts — but the internet can be volatile and toxic, and if we find there are too many bots and trolls and scammers infesting our comments, we may decide to disable comments at any time. In the event that we do so, we will not be responsible for providing you with a copy of your data.
If you post something you like and want to keep, please make a copy of it for yourself.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.