Who we are
Our website address is:
👉 https://controlfive.com
Control 5 Engineering is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled in a safe and responsible manner.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our website, 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 (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.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS).
Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract any location data from images published on the site.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience so that you do not have to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, several cookies will be set to save your login information and screen display preferences:
- Login cookies last for two days
- Screen option cookies last for one 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 contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (for example: videos, images, or articles).
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited those websites directly. These websites may:
- Collect data about you
- Use cookies
- Embed third-party tracking
- Monitor your interaction with the embedded content
This may include tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that external website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the password reset email.
We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation.
For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profile.
All users can:
- View their personal information
- Edit their personal information
- Request deletion of their personal information
(Usernames cannot be changed.)
Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
What rights you have over your data
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
- That we erase any personal data we hold about you
This does not include data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.