Who We Are: Our website, www.wikiqigong.com, is dedicated to providing information and resources related to qigong.

Comments: When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, the visitor’s IP address, and the browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from the commenter’s email address (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if the commenter uses the service. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy can be found at https://www.wikiqigong.com/privacy/. After comment approval, the commenter’s profile picture will be visible publicly next to the comment.

Media: If users upload images to our website, we advise against including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies: If a user leaves a comment on our site, they may opt to save their name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies will last for one year.

If users visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to check if their browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when the browser is closed.

Upon login, several cookies are set to save login information and screen display options. Login cookies last for two days, and screen display option cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends the login status for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.

If users edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in their browser. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites: Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves similarly to a visitor directly accessing the other website.

These websites may collect user data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor interaction with embedded content, including tracking interactions for users logged into that website.

Data Sharing: If a user requests a password reset, their IP address will be included in the reset email.

Data Retention: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely for comment recognition and approval. Registered user profiles retain personal information, which users can view, edit, or delete at any time.

User Rights: Users with an account or who have left comments can request an exported file of their data or request data erasure, excluding data required for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Goes: Visitor comments may be checked through an automatic spam comment monitoring service.

This Privacy Policy aims to transparently communicate how user data is handled on www.wikiqigong.com. If users have further questions or concerns, they can contact us at [contact@wikiqigong.com].