Privacy Policy

Welcome to Type University’s Privacy Policy. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website https://type.university.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. Additionally, an anonymized string created from your email address (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to identify if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available at Gravatar Privacy Policy.

Media

If you upload images to our website, please ensure that they do not contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as visitors may download and extract this information from the images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies will last for one year. Additionally, when you log in, temporary cookies are set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. These cookies contain no personal data and are discarded when you close your browser.

We also use cookies to save your login information, screen display choices, and remember your login for two weeks if you select “Remember Me”. Cookies may also be set when you edit or publish an article; these cookies expire after 1 day and contain no personal data.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from other websites. Embedded content behaves similarly to if you visited the other website directly, and these websites may collect data, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

Who We Share Your Data With

At Type University, we prioritize the security and privacy of your data. We do not share any of your personal information with third parties or external organizations. Your data remains confidential and is used solely for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy.

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 for automated moderation purposes. For registered users, we store personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except for their username, which cannot be changed. Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on our 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. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except for data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

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