Privacy Policy

Effective Date: [01.07.2025]

At Studyvercity (https://www.studyvercity.com), your privacy is important to us. This policy outlines the types of personal information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have regarding your data.

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.studyvercity.com. Studyvercity is an open-source learning platform dedicated to providing educational content to learners of all levels.

2. Comments

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

We may use an anonymized string (hash) generated from your email address to check if you’re using the Gravatar service. You can view Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes publicly visible alongside your comment.

3. Media

If you upload images to the site, we recommend removing EXIF GPS location data. Visitors can download and extract location data from any images hosted on the site.

4. Cookies

  • When you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies last for one year.
  • If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be created to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
  • After logging in, cookies will be set to save your login information and screen preferences:
    • Login cookies: 2 days
    • “Remember Me” option: 2 weeks
    • Screen option cookies: 1 year
  • When editing or publishing an article, an additional cookie is stored (without personal data) to track the post ID. It expires after 1 day.

5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on Studyvercity may include embedded content such as videos, images, or external articles. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the originating website. These sites may collect data, use cookies, track your interaction, and monitor you if you have an account and are logged in on those platforms.

6. Data Sharing

If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email for security purposes. Otherwise, we do not sell or share your personal data with third parties except as required by law or for platform security.

7. Data Retention

  • Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to facilitate automated approval of future comments.
  • For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their data at any time (except the username). Admins can also access and modify user information.

8. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request:

  • An exported file of your personal data
  • That we delete any personal data we hold about you (except where required for administrative, legal, or security purposes)

9. Where Your Data is Sent

Visitor comments may be scanned through an automated spam detection service to maintain site security.

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