Who we are
You can visit us at: [site_url].
What personal data we collect and why we do so
Comments
When people post comments on the website we receive the details within the comment, and the person’s IP address and browser user agent for spam detection.
An anonymised string formulated from your email address (also called a hash) may be given to third party services to check if you use them. Following validation of your post, your profile picture is shown to the public with your post.
Media
If ever you post graphics to the site, you should avoid uploading graphics with embedded location details (EXIF, GPS) included. Site visitors are able to download and extract any location details from graphics on the site.
Contact Forms
Cookies
If you post a comment on the website you may opt in to saving your full name, e-mail and website in cookies. These are in place your convenience so that you don’t have to fill in your information in the future if you post other comments. These cookies will remain for one year.
Should you have an account and you log in to the website, we will set a short term cookie to determine if your web browser allows cookies. This cookie incorporates no personal details and is removed when you close your web browser.
When you log in, we will also create a few cookies to save your login details and screen display preferences. Login cookies are removed after 2 days, and screen preference cookies are removed after a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login cookies will remain for 2 weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies are cleared.
If you modify or post an article, a cookie is held in your web browser. This cookie comprises of no user details and solely specifies the post ID of the article you’ve just edited. It expires in 1 day.
Embedded material from third party websites
Posts on this website may include embedded material (e.g. online videos, graphics, blog posts, etc.).
Embedded material from third party websites behaves in the same way as if the guest has browsed the third party website.
These websites may collect details about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that material, also including monitoring your interaction with the embedded material if you have an account and have logged in to that website.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
The length of time we keep your data for
If you make a comment, the comment and its metadata are kept indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and authorise any subsequent comments automatically as opposed to placing them in a moderation queue.
For guests that create an account on our site (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, modify, or delete their personal information at any time (except for editing their username). Site administrators are also able to access and modify that data.
What rights you have over your records
If you hold an account on this website, or have left comments, you are able to request to receive an exported file containing the personal data we keep about you, including any details you have provided to us. You are also able to request that we remove any personal data we keep about you. This will not include any data we are required to maintain for administrative, legal, or security applications.
Where we send your data
Comments may be checked by an automated spam detection service.
Your contact details
Additional information
What we do to safeguard your records
What data access breach procedures we have in place
What third party sites we receive data from
What automated decision making and/or profiling we perform with user data
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
