Who we are
Our website address is: https://stilestech.com. This site belongs to Josh Stiles and is used to share projects, technical articles, and professional background.
Comments
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 with spam detection. Comments are automatically checked by Akismet, a third-party anti-spam service; you can view the Akismet privacy policy at automattic.com/privacy. An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to this website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included, as visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images.
Cookies
This site uses a cookie consent tool so you can choose which categories of cookies you’re comfortable with. Standard WordPress cookies are used to support commenting and, for site administrators, logging in. For a full list of the specific cookies used on this site, what they do, and how long each one lasts, please see our Cookie Policy.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use this site, such as which pages are viewed and how long visitors stay. This data is collected in aggregate and helps us improve the site over time. You can adjust your cookie preferences at any time through the cookie consent banner.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages on this site may include embedded content (for example, videos or code snippets). Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website directly. 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 it if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Contact forms
This site does not currently have an active contact form. If a contact form is added in the future, this policy will be updated to describe what information is collected and how it is used.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell your personal data or share it with third parties for marketing purposes. Limited data is shared with the service providers that help run this site, including our hosting provider, Google Analytics, and Akismet, solely so they can provide their respective services.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so that we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. All visitors can request to see or have removed any personal data we hold about them, as described below.
What rights you have over your data
If you have left comments on this site, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through Akismet, an automated third-party spam detection service.
Contact us
If you have questions about this privacy policy, you can reach out using the links on the Contact page.