Who We Are
Welcome to Vertabyte.com, a full-service digital media agency dedicated to providing cutting-edge solutions for your digital needs.
Personal Data Collection and Purpose
Comments:
When you leave comments on our site, we collect the information entered in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string. This information is gathered for spam detection purposes.
If you use the Gravatar service, an anonymized string generated from your email address may be provided to verify your Gravatar usage. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available at Gravatar Privacy Policy. Upon comment approval, your profile picture becomes visible in the context of your comment.
Media:
When uploading images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) in the images. Visitors to the website have the ability to download and extract any location data from the images on the site.
Contact Forms:
Cookies:
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies will last for one year.
For site members, a temporary cookie is set to check if the browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded upon closing the browser.
Upon login, several cookies are set to save login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps the login persistent for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
Editing or publishing an article results in an additional cookie saved in the browser, containing no personal data and expiring after 1 day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites:
Articles may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, images) that behaves similarly to visiting the originating website. These embedded elements may collect data, use cookies, and track interactions, including account-related interactions if logged in.
Analytics:
We utilize analytics to enhance user experience and improve our services.
Data Sharing:
We do not share your data with third parties.
Data Retention:
Comments and metadata are retained indefinitely. For registered users, personal information is stored in user profiles. Users can view, edit, or delete their information at any time, with administrators having the same capability.
Your Rights:
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data or request the erasure of your data. Some data may be retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Security and Breach Procedures:
We have robust measures in place to protect your data. In the event of a data breach, we follow established procedures to address and mitigate the impact.
Automated Decision Making/Profiling:
We do not engage in automated decision making or profiling with user data.
Industry Regulatory Disclosure:
We adhere to industry regulatory requirements.
Where Your Data Goes:
Visitor comments may undergo automated spam detection.
Contact Information:
For any privacy-related inquiries, please contact us at contact@vertabyte.com.
Additional Information:
At Vertabyte.com, your privacy is of utmost importance. We continuously strive to ensure the security and transparency of your personal data.
Last Updated: 15 January 2024.