Last Updated: January 1, 2026
At IAJournal.net, we prioritize the privacy of our visitors. We believe in transparency, meaning you have a right to know exactly what data we collect, why we collect it, and how you can control it. This document outlines our practices regarding your personal data.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://www.iajournal.net.
2. Comments
When you choose to join the conversation by leaving a comment on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form. We also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string.
Why do we do this? Primarily for spam detection to keep the community safe and the discussion quality high.
Profile Pictures (Gravatar) 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.
3. Media
A Note on Image Uploads 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. We recommend scrubbing this metadata before upload to protect your physical privacy.
4. Cookies
We use cookies to improve your experience and site functionality. Here is how we utilize them:
- Comment Convenience: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies last for one year.
- Login Verification: 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.
- User Sessions: When you log in, we establish cookies to save your login information and screen display choices.
- Login cookies last for two days.
- Screen options cookies last for a year.
- If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks.
- If you log out, the login cookies are removed immediately.
- Editorial Tools: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This includes no personal data, simply indicating the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, tweets). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.
Please Note: These external 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 if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
6. Data Sharing and Retention
Who we share your data with We do not sell your data. Data is only shared in specific functional scenarios:
- Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security verification.
- Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How long we retain your data
- Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
- Registered Users: For users that register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (username changes are not permitted). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
7. Your Rights Over Your Data
We believe you own your data. If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you have the following rights:
- Request an Export: You can request to receive an exported file of 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.
Note: This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
8. Contact Us
If you have specific questions regarding your data or this policy, please contact us at: https://www.iajournal.net/contact/