Effective Date: 11 September 2025.
Website Address: https://Soffian.my
Your privacy is important to us. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you interact with our website.
💬 Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
🖼️ Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site may download and extract location data from images posted publicly.
🍪 Cookies
- If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience and last for one year.
- Visiting our login page sets a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- When you log in, we set cookies to save your login credentials and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days; screen options cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends login persistence to two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
- Editing or publishing an article sets an additional cookie in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply records the post ID of the article. It expires after one day.
🔗 Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited the external site directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content especially if you are logged in to their platform.
🤝 Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email for security purposes.
🕒 How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- For registered users (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal data at any time (except for usernames). Website administrators can also access and modify this information.
📥 What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we erase any personal data, excluding data retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
🌐 Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.