Who We Are
Our website address is: https://vigilgrid.com. VigilGrid is a news and educational platform focused on cybersecurity, cybercrime, and technical tutorials in the field of information security.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string (hash) from your email may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract any location data from images on the site.
Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you don’t have to re-enter your details when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will 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.
When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login info and screen preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies are removed.
If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be saved in your browser. It contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content, including tracking if you have an account and are logged in to that site.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to allow automatic approval of follow-up comments instead of holding them in a queue.
For registered users (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal info at any time (except username). Website admins can also see and edit that information.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data we hold, including data you’ve provided. You can also request erasure of any personal data we hold, excluding data we are required to keep for legal or security reasons.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
