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Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, 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. This information helps us maintain the integrity of user interactions and protect the site from spam.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may download and extract any location data embedded in images, so please ensure you remove any sensitive location information before uploading.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill in your details again when leaving 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.
Cookie Consent (GDPR/CCPA)
If you’re targeting visitors from regions with strict data protection laws (e.g., the EU or California), it’s important to include a statement that users are informed about cookies, and their consent is obtained (e.g., a cookie banner). Also, make sure you offer users the option to accept or decline non-essential cookies.
Data Retention (GDPR/CCPA)
It’s also a good practice to include a statement on how long you retain user data (like comments and cookies) and provide users with the right to request deletion or access to their data.
Third-party Services
Privacy Policy
Last updated: 20 October 2026
1. Data Controller
The controller responsible for processing personal data in connection with this website is:
[Full name of the website operator]
[Postal address]
Email: [Public contact email address]
Website: https://synklogic.com/
2. General Information
Synklogic is a technical website focused on FPGA design, digital signal processing, VHDL, and high-speed digital hardware. This website provides technical articles, educational information, and professional portfolio content.
When you visit this website or interact with its features, certain information may be processed to deliver the website, maintain its security, and respond to your requests.
Personal data is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data-protection laws.
3. Website Hosting
This website is currently hosted by Namecheap.
When you access the website, the hosting infrastructure may process technical information required to deliver and secure the website. Depending on the server configuration, this may include your IP address, date and time of access, requested pages, browser information, and technical error records.
The purposes of this processing are to provide the website, maintain its stability, and protect it against misuse.
[Before publication: verify the hosting provider’s applicable privacy terms, the actual server-log data, retention period, and any relevant data-processing agreement or international data transfers.]
4. Comments and Spam Protection
Visitors can submit comments on articles where commenting is enabled. The comment form requires a name and email address. Visitors may also provide a website address and comment text.
When a comment is submitted, WordPress may process the information entered in the form, together with the commenter’s IP address and browser user-agent string, to operate the comment system, moderate comments, and help detect spam.
The website uses the Akismet Anti-spam plugin. Akismet may process comment information and technical data to assess whether a submission is spam. Depending on its configuration and the service’s current operation, information may be transmitted to the Akismet service operated by Automattic. Please consult the Akismet Privacy Policy for information about its processing.
Comments may be held for moderation, approved, marked as spam, or deleted. Published comments and the name displayed with them may be visible to other visitors.
Retention: The retention periods for published comments, rejected comments, spam records, and associated technical data have not yet been established. These periods must be confirmed and described before this policy is finalized.
5. Comment Cookies
The WordPress discussion settings enable a checkbox allowing commenters to choose whether to save their name, email address, and website address in cookies for future comments.
These cookies are optional. They are intended to save the commenter from re-entering the same information on a later visit. WordPress’s default implementation retains these commenter cookies for approximately one year, although the actual configuration should be verified.
The website also uses cookies for administrative or login functions where required by WordPress. These cookies may be set when an administrator logs in or uses the administration area.
Before publication: Verify the live comment form, whether the cookie checkbox is initially unchecked, the actual cookie names and durations, and whether the theme or plugins set additional cookies.
6. Avatars and Gravatar
The WordPress settings enable avatar display for comments. WordPress commonly uses Gravatar, a service associated with Automattic, to display commenter avatars.
When Gravatar is requested, the browser may connect to Gravatar’s servers. Depending on the implementation, the request may disclose technical connection information, such as the visitor’s IP address and browser information. WordPress may also send an email-derived hash to check whether an avatar is available.
For information about the provider’s processing, see the Automattic Privacy Policy.
Before publication: Confirm that the live website actually loads Gravatar remotely, rather than using a locally generated or cached avatar. If remote Gravatar requests are made, assess the applicable legal basis and whether additional measures are required under German and EU data-protection law.
7. Website Security
The website uses the WordPress plugins Loginizer and Loginizer Security for login-related security. Depending on their configuration, these plugins may process technical information such as IP addresses, login attempts, and security events to help protect the administration area against unauthorized access.
The website also uses LiteSpeed Cache. Its caching and optimization features may process technical request information to deliver pages efficiently. The plugin’s presence alone does not establish that it uses analytics or advertising tracking.
Before publication: Verify the active settings, actual logging behavior, data recipients, and retention periods of these plugins. Do not state that particular logs are collected unless the relevant feature is enabled.
8. Analytics and Tracking
The website’s analytics configuration has not been confirmed. Although the WordPress installation includes SiteSEO and SiteSEO Pro, these plugins’ presence does not establish that visitor analytics or tracking is active.
No specific analytics provider is identified in this policy at present. The website must be checked for active analytics scripts, tracking requests, cookies, and similar technologies before this section can be finalized.
9. Other Plugins and External Services
The WordPress installation includes Extendify, Hello Dolly, Simple MathJax, Site Assistant, SiteSEO, and SiteSEO Pro, in addition to the plugins described above.
The installation list alone does not establish which of these plugins transmit personal data to external providers or set cookies. Their active features and configurations must be reviewed. In particular, verify whether Simple MathJax loads scripts or resources from an external server or uses locally hosted files.
The website currently displays external links to YouTube and X. It does not currently embed YouTube videos or X content. Following an external link takes the visitor to the relevant third-party website, where that provider’s privacy practices apply.
10. Data Retention
Personal data should be retained only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, subject to applicable legal obligations.
The specific retention periods for server logs, comment data, spam records, security logs, and email correspondence have not yet been confirmed. These periods must be established from the actual hosting, plugin, and email settings before this policy is finalized.
11. Recipients and International Data Transfers
Depending on the services actually used, personal data may be processed by the hosting provider, Akismet/Automattic, Gravatar/Automattic, or other service providers identified during the technical review.
The applicable service providers, processing agreements, server locations, and any transfers of personal data outside the European Economic Area have not yet been fully verified. This section must be completed based on the actual configuration and current provider terms.