Privacy Policy
Who we are Our website address is: https://vincemiklos.com. As a personal portfolio and professional platform, this site showcases photography, case studies, and digital strategy work.
Data Collection & Usage
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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 assist with automated spam detection. An anonymized string (hash) generated from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify usage. The Gravatar service privacy policy is accessible at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Upon comment approval, your profile picture becomes publicly visible alongside your comment.
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Media: If you upload images to the website, avoid embedding location data (such as EXIF GPS) within the files. Visitors to the website can download and extract any embedded location data from images published on the site.
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Contact Forms & Inquiries: If you reach out via contact or project inquiry forms, we collect the necessary personal data provided (such as your name, email address, and message content) strictly to respond to your professional or project-related communications.
Cookies & Tracking
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Comment & Account Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience so that re-entry is unnecessary on future visits. These cookies remain active for one year. Temporary cookies are set on the login page to determine browser cookie acceptance, containing no personal data and discarding upon browser closure.
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Login & Session Cookies: Logging in establishes cookies to save login credentials and screen display preferences. Login cookies persist for two days, while screen options cookies last for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” maintains the login state for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies. Article editing or publishing saves an additional cookie containing no personal data, indicating the post ID of the edited article and expiring after one day.
Embedded Content & Third-Party Sharing
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Embedded Content: Articles and pages on this site may incorporate embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or external portfolio elements). Embedded content from external websites functions identically to a direct visit to those respective third-party platforms. These external sites may collect data, utilize cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor interactions with the embedded content, particularly if you maintain an active account and are logged into those services.
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Data Recipients: Password reset requests include your IP address within the automated reset email. Visitor comments undergo evaluation through an automated spam detection service. Personal inquiry data is not shared with third-party commercial entities.
Data Retention & User Rights
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Retention Periods: Comments and their associated metadata are retained indefinitely to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments without holding them in a moderation queue. Personal information provided by registered user profiles is stored indefinitely, with users retaining the ability to view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (usernames excepted). Website administrators possess similar viewing and editing privileges.
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User Rights: Individuals with an account or who have left comments can request an exported file of the personal data held, including any provided data. Erasure requests for personal data can also be submitted, excluding information required for administrative, legal, or security compliance purposes.