Who We Are
Our website address is: https://gtld-mou.org.
At gTLD MoU Journal, we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our visitors. This Privacy Policy details how we handle, collect, and safeguard data across our domain.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on https://gtld-mou.org, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist in automated spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify usage. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at [https://automattic.com/privacy/](https://automattic.com/privacy/). Upon approval of your comment, your profile picture becomes publicly visible within the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to https://gtld-mou.org, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images hosted on the server.
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 leaving future comments. These cookies persist for one year.
If you visit our login page, we 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 establish several cookies to save your login information and display preferences. Login cookies remain active for two days, while screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login state persists for two weeks. Logging out removes all login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article on https://gtld-mou.org, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data, simply indicating the post ID of the edited article, and expires after 24 hours.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on https://gtld-mou.org may include embedded content (such as videos, images, or technical diagrams). Embedded content from third-party websites behaves in the exact same manner as if the visitor has directly visited those external platforms.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking interactions if you hold an account and are logged into that specific site.
Data Sharing & Retention
- Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email sent from https://gtld-mou.org.
- Comment Retention: If you leave a comment, the comment and its associated metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
- User Profiles: For users who register on https://gtld-mou.org (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profiles. All registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except username changes). Site administrators also retain access to view and manage this data.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on https://gtld-mou.org or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data provided to us. You can also request the erasure of any personal data we maintain. This excludes data we are legally, administratively, or securely obligated to retain.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments across https://gtld-mou.org may be analyzed through automated spam detection services.