{"id":2695,"date":"2021-06-03T20:58:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T20:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alife.org\/?page_id=2695"},"modified":"2021-10-29T19:38:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:38:37","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alife.org\/privacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_we_are\"><\/span>Who we are<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are the International Society for Artificial Life. To learn more about us, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/alife.org\/about-isal\/\">about page.<\/a> Our website address is: https:\/\/alife.org.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Comments\"><\/span>Comments<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor\u2019s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https:\/\/automattic.com\/privacy\/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Media\"><\/span>Media<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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 any location data from images on the website.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_data_we_collect\"><\/span>What data we collect<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\r\n<p>When you fill out a form on our website we collect the following information:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Form Fields Data: Forms Fields data includes the available field types when creating a form. 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