Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://alexsecurity.co.za.

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 anonymised string created from your email address (called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors 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 for convenience. 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. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days; screen option cookies last for a year. Selecting "Remember Me" will keep you logged in for two weeks. Logging out will remove login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be saved in your browser that includes no personal data—only 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 behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content—especially if you have an account and are logged into 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. This helps us automatically approve follow-up comments without holding them in moderation.

For registered users (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (username cannot be changed). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data, including any data you’ve provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold. This excludes data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Where Your Data Is Sent

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