Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

This website, https://ib-digital.com, is owned and operated by Hyphen Digital BV, trading under the commercial name IB Digital, based in Brussels, Belgium. IB Digital specializes in web design and digital solutions.

2. Comments

When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the information entered in the comment form (such as name, email address, and website), along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent. This helps us detect spam and unwanted content.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. You can view Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible next to your comment.

3. Media

If you upload images to our website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors may download and extract location data from images published online.

4. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to improve user experience and functionality:
Comments: if you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
Login: when accessing the login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal data and is removed once the browser is closed.
User accounts: when you log in, cookies are set to store your login details and display preferences.
Login cookies last for two days.
Display preference cookies last for one year.
If “Remember Me” is selected, login cookies persist for two weeks.
Logging out deletes the login cookies.
Publishing: when editing or publishing an article, a cookie is stored in your browser. It contains no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the edited article. It expires after one day.

5. Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from third-party websites behaves exactly as if you had visited the other website directly.
These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, include additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with embedded content (including tracking if you are logged into an account on their website).

6. Use and disclosure of personal data

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.

7. Data retention

Comments: comments and related metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments.
User accounts: if you register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in your profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and modify this information.

8. Your rights

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided. You may also request the deletion of your personal data. This does not include data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

9. Data transfers

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