Our website address is: https://forgeleaf.com.
Forgeleaf is an independent platform sharing articles, tutorials, and open-source tools related to game development.
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from uploaded images.
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
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.
When you log in, we also set up several cookies to save your login information and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out of your account removes the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
We use a self-hosted instance of Umami Analytics to collect anonymous statistics about how visitors use our website.
Umami does not use cookies and does not collect personally identifiable information. The data collected helps us understand website usage (such as page views, referrers, and device types) without tracking individual visitors.
All analytics data is stored on our own private server within the European Union. No third parties have access to this information.
We use Loops.so to manage and send our newsletter and email updates.
When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address solely for the purpose of sending you occasional updates, tutorials, and project news. Your email data is stored securely by Loops.so and is never shared with other parties.
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided in each email.
For more information, please refer to Loops.so’s Privacy Policy.
We use Google reCAPTCHA (v3) to protect our contact forms from spam and abuse. This service may collect information such as your IP address and other data required for security purposes, in accordance with Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Use of reCAPTCHA is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.).
Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These 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.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We do not sell or share personal data with any external parties, except when required by law.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This helps us recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
If you have an account on this 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’ve provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, you can contact us via the form on our Contact page.
