1. Introduction

At Astraios Labs, we respect your privacy and the trust you place in us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website which uses WordPress and AWS Lightsail platforms. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

2. Data Collection and Use

When you visit our website, we may collect certain user information automatically including but not limited to your IP address, device information, browser type, operating system, and usage information such as the pages you visited, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics. Astraios Labs collects this information to better understand and optimize our website experience for our users.

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 any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again 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 will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

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 in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the 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 with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

3. Purpose of Data Use

We may use the collected data for internal purposes such as improving our services, conduct research or analytics, provide user support, and to run our business operations. When permitted by law, we may also use this information to communicate with you about services we believe may be of interest to you.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user 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.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

4. Information Disclosure

We will not share this information with third parties except as necessary to carry out our business or as required by law or other legal processes, and we never sell your information.

5. Data Security

We are committed to protecting the security of your information using appropriate technical and organizational measures, however, no transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee complete security.

6. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Astraios Labs may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@astraioslabs.com.

By using the Astraios Labs site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.