Privacy Policy

Who We Are
Our website address is: https://www.racingmac.com.

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.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture (if applicable) will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media
If you upload images to the website, please ensure the images do not contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from images on the site.

Cookies

  • Comments: 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 you don’t need to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies last for one year.

  • Login Page: When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

  • Login Information: If you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences:

    • Login cookies last for two days.

    • Screen options cookies last for a year.

    • If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks.

    • Logging out removes the login cookies.

  • Editing or Publishing Articles: When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if the visitor accessed the other website directly.

These third-party websites may:

  • Collect data about you.

  • Use cookies.

  • Embed additional third-party tracking.

  • Monitor your interaction with their embedded content, including tracking if you have an account and are 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

  • Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in moderation.

  • Registered Users: For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. This includes any data you have provided to us.

You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. Please note that this excludes any data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.