Privacy Policy

The Quantum Yeti (“Website”) is committed to safeguarding your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website https://www.thequantumyeti.com and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. This policy applies only to information we collect through this Website and in email, text, and other electronic communications sent through or in connection with this Website.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.thequantumyeti.com

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

Comments

When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to aid in spam detection.

An anonymized string from your email address (known as a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to verify if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Contact Forms

We collect names and email addresses through our contact forms in exchange for access to guides, free resources, and subscriptions.

Cookies

We utilize cookies on this site to enhance your user experience, track site visits and user interactions, and target the interests of our users to refine the experience further. If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience, so you don't have to fill in your details again when you comment later. These cookies last for one year.

Temporary cookies are used to check if your browser accepts cookies and do not contain personal data. These are discarded when you close your browser. We also use cookies to maintain your login information and screen display choices if you log in to our site. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you choose “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Such content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website, which may collect data about you, use cookies, and embed additional third-party tracking.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze website traffic, which uses cookies to gather information about site usage. This information helps us create reports on website activity. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically. For registered users, we also store the personal information they provide in their profiles. Users can see, edit, or delete their information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request 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. This does not include any data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Policy Changes

We may update our privacy policy and post the changes on this page. We will notify you of significant changes via email. It is your responsibility to ensure your contact information is current and to check this page periodically for updates.

Third-Party Use of Personal Information

We may share your personal information with third parties to provide certain services. For example, we use MailerLite for email updates and newsletters, which is governed by their privacy policy.

Modification or Deletion of Personal Information

You can decline to submit personal information at any time, but this may affect our ability to provide you with certain services. You may request the deletion of your personal information by contacting us, although we may be required to retain certain information by law.