Who we are
This website is called “Software A to Z” with the URL address https://softwareaz.com. The site provides information about various software making companies. The site also provides articles in a form of blog posts describing various software products, including promotions.
Your Personal Data
We do not collect any of your personal data, except if you contact us through the contact form at our contact page. See more about that in the “Contact Form” section below.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Contact Form
To contact us, you can use the contact form at our contact page. The data we ask for is your name and your email, plus there is a space for your message. Your name and email are so we can reply to your query, if needed. While we may keep your message indefinitely, we do not use any of the related data for any purpose except to reply back. In other words, your email is never shared with anyone, nor we ourselves use it for any kind of marketing purpose.
Cookies
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 you leave another comment. These cookies will 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 will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
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 1 day.
Analytics
We may use analytics platform like Google Analytics or Microsoft Clarity. For more information about how Google collects and uses your data, visit the Google Privacy Statement. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
By default WordPress does not collect any analytics data. However, many web hosting accounts collect some anonymous analytics data. We may have some additional plugins that collect visitors’ data which does not include anything personal.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way 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 with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
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 have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service provided by third parties.
