Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-07-28

This Privacy Policy explains how MetaVida Tech Insights (“this site”)
collects, uses, and protects the personal information of its visitors. The site
is located at
https://tech.metavidainsights.com.
Visitor privacy matters here, and this site aims to comply with applicable data
protection law, including the GDPR, the CCPA, and the Personal Information
Protection Act of the Republic of Korea.

1. What is collected, and how

1.1 Comments

When you leave a comment, the data entered in the comment form is collected,
along with your IP address and browser user agent string, which help with spam
detection.

1.2 Gravatar

An anonymised string created from your email address (a hash) may be
provided to the Gravatar service. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at
https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public
alongside it.

1.3 Media

Images uploaded to a website can contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS).
Visitors can download such images and extract that data. Images published here
are intended to have location data removed.

1.4 Analytics (Google Analytics 4)

This site uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how the site is used. The
data collected does not directly identify individuals and includes:

  • Pages visited, time on page, bounce rate
  • Device information (browser, operating system, screen resolution)
  • Referral source and approximate location (country and city level)

If you would prefer Google Analytics not to collect your data, you can
install Google’s opt-out browser add-on:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

2. Cookies

2.1 Site functionality cookies

  • When leaving a comment, you may opt in to saving your name and email
    address in cookies. These are for your convenience on a later visit and last
    one year.
  • If you have an account and log in, cookies are set to store login
    information and display preferences. Login cookies last two days and screen
    option cookies last one year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends the login to two
    weeks.

2.2 Google AdSense and third-party advertising cookies

This site may serve advertising through Google AdSense. Google and other
third-party vendors use cookies to serve ads based on a visitor’s prior visits
to this and other sites.

Third-party privacy policies:
Google ·
Google AdSense.

2.3 Cookie consent

For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and
Switzerland, non-essential cookies are activated only after explicit consent, in
accordance with the GDPR. You can make that choice through the cookie consent
banner.

3. Affiliate links

Some posts on this site contain affiliate links. If you sign up for or
purchase a product through one of them, this site may earn a commission at no
additional cost to you.

What that means in practice:

  • Affiliate links are disclosed on any post that carries them.
  • Clicking an affiliate link may set a cookie in your browser, placed by the
    merchant or its affiliate network, which records that the referral came from
    this site. This is how commissions are attributed.
  • The merchant may share aggregate conversion data with this site. That data
    does not identify you individually.
  • Recommendations reflect tools actually used and tested. A commission
    relationship does not change a verdict; where a tool has real limitations, they
    are stated.

4. Embedded content from other websites

Posts on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or
articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had
visited that website directly. Those sites may collect data about you, use
cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

5. How long data is retained

  • Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely so that follow-up
    comments can be recognised and approved automatically.
  • For registered users, the personal information provided in the user profile
    is stored. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any
    time, except that they cannot change their username.
  • Google Analytics data is retained according to Google’s default retention
    period of 14 months.

6. Your rights over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can:

  • Request an exported file of the personal data held about you
  • Request erasure of your personal data, except data that must be kept for
    administrative, legal, or security purposes
  • Object to the processing of your personal data

Requests can be made through the
Contact page.

7. Where data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Data associated with Google Analytics, Google AdSense, and affiliate networks
may be transferred to and processed on servers in the United States in
accordance with those providers’ policies.

8. Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated as needed. Material changes will be
announced on this page, and the last-updated date at the top will be revised.

9. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy can be sent through the
Contact page.