Privacy Policy for Hexa Social
Last Updated: January 1, 2024
1. Introduction
Welcome to Hexa Social! This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information. By using our social forum, you agree to the terms outlined in this policy.
2. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://www.hexasocial.com.
3. Information We Collect
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included, as visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
4. 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 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.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on Hexa Social may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from other websites. Embedded content behaves similarly to if you visited the other website directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. This tracking may include your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
6. Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely for automatic approval of follow-up comments. For registered users, personal information provided in user profiles is stored. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
8. Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on Hexa Social or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you or request erasure of your personal data. This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
9. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
For any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@hexasocial.com.