Ezoic Services

Ezoic Services
This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”), including to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including tools to serve content, display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors of this website, which may utilize first and third-party cookies.
A cookie is a small text file sent to your device by a web server that enables the website to remember information about your browsing activity. First-party cookies are created by the site you are visiting, while third-party cookies are set by domains other than the one you're visiting. Ezoic and our partners may place third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimize ad targeting. Please note that disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features on the website, and rejecting cookies does not eliminate advertisements but will result in non-personalized advertising. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them here.
The following information may be collected, used, and stored in a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP address
  • Operating system type and version
  • Device type
  • Language preferences
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in a hashed or encrypted form)
Ezoic and its partners may use this data in combination with information that has been independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements across various platforms and websites. Ezoic’s partners may also gather additional data, such as unique IDs, advertising IDs, geolocation data, usage data, device information, traffic data, referral sources, and interactions between users and websites or advertisements, to create audience segments for targeted advertising across different devices, browsers, and apps. You can find more information about interest-based advertising and how to manage them here.
You can view Ezoic’s privacy policy here, or for additional information about Ezoic’s advertising and other partners, you can view Ezoic’s advertising partners here.

Privacy Policy

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

Media

If you upload images to our website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract this location data from images.

Cookies

  • If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you don’t need to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies last one year.
  • Visiting our login page sets a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
  • When you log in, several cookies are set to store your login and screen display preferences. Login cookies last two days, or two weeks if you select “Remember Me.” Screen options cookies last one year.
  • Editing or publishing an article adds a cookie containing the post ID. This cookie expires after one day and stores no personal data.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you visited that website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content — especially if you’re 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 to automatically recognize and approve future comments.

For registered users (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profiles. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.

Your Data Rights

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you — including any data you’ve provided. You may also request that we erase your personal data, except any data we’re required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.