Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://decodelayer.intechdesk.com.

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.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you’re 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 alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the site.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These help you avoid re-entering your details when you leave another comment. These cookies last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we also set several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days, and screen option cookies last a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. It contains no personal data and simply stores the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after 1 day.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use this site — for example, which pages are most read and where visitors are coming from. This data is aggregated and does not identify you personally.

Affiliate links

Decode Layer participates in the Amazon Associates Program. Some links on this site are affiliate links, meaning we may earn a commission if you make a qualifying purchase, at no extra cost to you. For details, see our Affiliate Disclosure.

Newsletter

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address solely to send you new reviews and relevant updates. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link included in every email we send.

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 exactly as if the visitor had visited that other website.
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 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 is included in the reset email.
We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely, so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Newsletter subscriber emails are retained until you unsubscribe.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, have left comments, or subscribed to our newsletter, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except data we’re required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the right to know what personal information is collected and the right to opt out of its sale (we do not sell personal information).

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact

Questions about this privacy policy can be sent to decodelayer.intechdesk.com/en/contact/.