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Privacy Policy

Who we are

O endereço do nosso site é: https://uncover.ces.uc.pt.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, the data in the comments form, as well as the IP address and browser user agent, are saved to help with spam detection.

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

Multimedia

When uploading images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded geolocation data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract geolocation data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for a year.

If you visit the login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal data and will be deleted when you close your browser.

When logging in, some cookies will be set to save your session information and your screen display choices. Session login cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember me”, your session will persist for two weeks. When you end your session, your login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie does not include personal data, it only indicates the content ID of the article you just edited. Expires after 1 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 user visited those websites.

This website may collect data about you, use cookies, incorporate tracking made by third parties, monitor your interactions with it, including recording interactions with embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who is your data shared with?

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long is your data retained

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are saved indefinitely. This is so that you can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments, rather than placing them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in your user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (with the exception that they cannot change their username). Site administrators can also view and edit this information.

What rights do you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an export file of the personal data held about you, including any personal data you have provided. You can also request that saved data be deleted. This does not include any personal data that is mandatory to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked using an automatic spam detection service.