Who We Are
Welcome to Immersive Tech, a technology news forum where users can read, review, and react to the latest in tech. Your privacy is important to us, and this page outlines how we handle your information.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the information provided in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent, to assist with spam detection.
We may also provide an anonymized string generated from your email (a hash) to the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it. You can view the Gravatar service privacy policy here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public alongside your comment.
Cookies
- Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, you can opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience, so you won’t have to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies will last for one year.
- Login: When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is removed when you close your browser. Upon logging in, we will set up several cookies to store your login information and display preferences. Login cookies are retained for two days, while screen preference cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out will remove your login cookies.
- Publishing: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be saved in your browser to indicate the post ID of the article you just edited. This cookie expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may feature embedded content (e.g., videos, images, etc.). Embedded content from external websites behaves as if you have visited the respective site directly. These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, include third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content. If you are logged into those websites, they may also track your activity.
Data Retention
When you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely to allow for automatic approval of follow-up comments, avoiding moderation delays.
For registered users, we store the personal information provided within their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except for their username, which cannot be changed. Website administrators also have the ability to view and modify this information.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. Additionally, you can ask us to erase any personal data we store. However, this does not include data we are obligated to retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.