Who we are
Our website address: https://iranbeyondmsm.com
Note
If a visitor leaves a comment on the website, we collect the data specified in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent data, in order to detect spam. An anonymized string created from your email address (“hash”) can be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/ . Once your comment is approved, your profile image will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our website, you can choose to have your name, email address, and website saved in cookies. This is for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill out the information again when you comment again. These cookies are stored for one year.
If you have an account on the website and you log in, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser supports cookies. The cookie does not contain any personal information and is deleted when you close your browser.
When you log in to your account, we also set several login and screen settings cookies. Login cookies are stored for two days, and screen settings cookies are stored for one year. If you choose the “Remember me” option, your login information will be stored for two weeks. When you log out of your account, your login cookies will be deleted.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, articles, and more), which behaves similarly to when a visitor visits another website.
These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, implement additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with embedded content, including tracking interactions if you have an account and are logged in to that site.
How long do we store your data?
If you leave a comment, the comment itself and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This is done in order to identify and approve subsequent comments automatically, instead of placing them in a queue for approval.
For users who have registered on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their profile information at any time (except for their username). The website administration can also view and modify this information.
What rights do you have to your data
If you have an account on the website or if you have left comments, you can request an export file of the personal data we have stored about you, including the data you have provided. You can also request the deletion of this data, which does not include data that we are required to store for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Plugins
We are committed to protecting your privacy. This section describes how specific plugins we use handle your data. We have chosen these tools with privacy in mind, but transparency about their functionality is important.
1. Caching and Site Optimization
- BrenWP Cache & StaticDelivr: To improve your experience and our site’s performance, we use caching plugins (BrenWP Cache) and a Content Delivery Network (StaticDelivr). These services may collect limited data for operational purposes, such as:
This information is used strictly to diagnose technical issues, monitor for abuse, and deliver the site to you quickly. StaticDelivr does not use cookies for tracking and does not intentionally collect personal data.
2. Security and Spam Prevention
- Zero Budget Bot Shield & Simple Security Plugin (SSP): To protect our site from malicious traffic, bots, and security threats, these plugins analyze incoming traffic. This process may involve the processing of technical data such as your IP address to identify and block potential threats. This is done in our legitimate interest in maintaining the security of our website.
- Antispam Bee: This plugin helps us filter spam comments on our posts. It may check comment data (including your IP address and email address) against a local spam database to determine if a comment is legitimate. Crucially, Antispam Bee does not send your data to external servers for analysis; all processing happens locally on our website to protect your privacy.
3. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- The SEO Framework: We use this plugin to improve our site’s visibility in search engines. It is designed to be privacy-respecting. The SEO Framework does not track users across the site, does not set tracking cookies, and does not send any personal data about our visitors to its own or third-party servers. It simply generates the necessary meta tags for search engines based on our content.
Last updated: February 19, 2026