Who we are
Welcome to Otchere.com! This is a personal platform dedicated to sharing insights, experiences, and creations that span a wide array of fields—from enterprise architecture and software engineering to photography and 3D designs. Our mission is to inspire, inform, and collaborate by offering tools, merchandise, and consulting services that reflect the diverse expertise and our passions, knowledge is a tree. Emmanuel A. Otchere.
At our core, we are storytellers and problem-solvers—championing education, concept demystification, innovation in technology, architecture, design, and digital transformation while celebrating family life and personal hobbies. Whether you’re here for professional insights, creative works, or unique recommendations, we aim to enrich your journey with thoughtful and meaningful content. Explore, discover, and be a part of our vibrant community!
Information trail
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Personal Information: This includes data provided during registration, such as your name, email address, and payment details (if applicable).
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Usage Data: Information about your interaction with our website, including IP address, browser type, and browsing activity.
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Content Submissions: Comments or feedback left on our site.
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 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.
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.
Data Protection
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Employing encryption for sensitive information.
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Limiting access to personal information to authorized personnel.
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Regularly updating our security protocols.
Who we share your data with
This website hosts tools and content that may be free to use or available under commercial or open-source licenses. By downloading or using these resources, you agree to abide by their respective license terms. Some tools and content may be subscription-based, and terms for their usage will be detailed in the Terms and Conditions.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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.
Shared Resources
Our website hosts tools and content that may be free to use or available under open-source licenses. By downloading or using these resources, you agree to abide by their respective license terms. Some tools and content may be subscription-based, and terms for their usage will be detailed in the Terms and Conditions.
Merchandise and Subscriptions
If you purchase merchandise or subscribe to paid content, we collect transaction information for processing and record-keeping purposes.
Content Categories
The website hosts diverse content, including insights, personal works, portfolio history, advisory services, and family-related material. Some content may be accessible to registered users or hosted behind paywalls.
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.
You have the right to:
- Access and Edit Your Data: You can view and modify your registered peresonal data via your account settings.
- Delete Your Data: You can request the deletion of your accoutn and all associated data.
- Withdraw Consent: Opt our of specific uses of your data, such as promotional emails.
Where your data is sent
Your information may be shared with trusted third-party services for payment processing, analytics, or hosting purposes. These parties are bound to confidentiality and privacy practices aligned to this privacy policy.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Applicability
This Privacy Policy covers all content, services, and tools offered on the website, including free and paid resources, digital and physical merchandise, recommendations, and personal insights.
Updates to this Privacy Policy
Otchere.com reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be communicated via the website or email notifications.