Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for AI with Drive [aiwdrive]

At AI with Drive [aiwdrive] (https://aiwdrive.com), we’re committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.

What Information We Collect

Comments

When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data you provide in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string. This information helps us detect and prevent spam.

An anonymized string (also called a hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. You can review Gravatar’s privacy policy at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. If your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to our website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to our site can download images and extract any location data present within them.

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your experience on AI with Drive [aiwdrive]:

  • Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. This means you won’t have to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies last for one year.
  • Temporary Login Cookies: When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
  • Login & Display Option Cookies: When you log in, we set several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen option cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out of your account will remove these login cookies.
  • Article Editing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content

Articles on AI with Drive [aiwdrive] may include embedded content from other websites (e.g., videos, images, articles). This embedded content behaves exactly as if you had visited the other website directly.

These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How We Use Your Data

We use the collected data to:

  • Process and display your comments.
  • Protect our site from spam.
  • Manage user accounts and provide a personalized experience.
  • If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security verification.

How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its associated data are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments without holding them in a moderation queue.
  • Registered Users: For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Our website administrators can also access and modify this information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on AI with Drive [aiwdrive] or have left comments, you have the following rights:

  • Request an Exported File: You can request a file containing the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
  • Request Erasure: You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. Please note this right does not apply to any data we are legally or administratively obliged to keep for security or other essential purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

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

Questions or Concerns?

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at [email protected].