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.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.

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.

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 we send your data

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

Additional information

Thank you for visiting our website. This privacy policy is to inform you on how we use personal information collected from our website. You can view our website and read most of the information without providing any personal information as we collect it only with your permission. You may choose to provide us with personal information for the specific purpose of inquiring about goods and services provided by Heron Instruments Inc.

By using our website, you are accepting the practices described in our privacy policy.

There are pages on our website where we request information from you. Each of these pages are clearly designed as a form with fields clearly labelled. On these forms, we indicate what information we require to complete your inquiry. It is our policy NOT to resell your information. We may use this information to notify you of future product availability, company events, and other related information either via e-mail, mail, or telephone. If you do not wish to receive future communications from us, please let us know via email at info@heroninstruments.com with the subject line Unsubscribe.

There are pages on our website that will collect “cookies”. Cookies are usually small text files that are stored in your computer’s browser history. Cookies are created when you use your browser to visit a website that uses cookies to keep track of your movement within the site, it will remember where you left off, your login, preferences, customized functions and any information you provided while visiting the site. Please enable your cookies setting on your computer, we use them to enhance your experience on our website.