Privacy Policy
Introduction
Data controller
This website contains links to third-party websites, which have their own data controllers and privacy policies. This privacy policy applies only to this website.
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues. (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance. We will acknowledge receipt of all complaints and endeavour to investigate the complaint within thirty days.
Lawful basis for processing
For each method by which we collect personal data, this privacy policy documents our lawful basis for processing the data. Where we rely on your consent to process your data, we explain how you can withdraw your consent and delete your data.
Individual rights
The GDPR gives you rights over how your personal data is processed. You can exercise your rights by contacting us. In some cases you can also exercise your rights through automated systems, as described at the relevant points in this privacy policy.
You also have the right to:
- Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you. We require you to prove your identity with two pieces of approved identification. Please send requests by e-mail or telephone to the data protection contact and we will respond within one month, of receipt of your written request and confirmed ID. Please provide as much information as possible about the nature of your contact with us to help us locate all your records. This request is free of charge unless we regard the request to be manifestly unfounded or excessive.
- Have any inaccuracies in your data corrected. If you would like to update the details we hold about you, please contact our data protection contact on the details set out at the beginning of this Notice.
- Request that we delete your personal data so it is erased from our records.
- Have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation’s computer system.
- Object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.
- Object to automated processing, including profiling.
Security
Disclosures
Changes to this privacy policy
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of text that are stored by your browser. Each cookie has a name and is associated with a particular site. When your browser sends a request to a site (for example, to download a page, image, or video), the computer that responds (known as a server) may tell your browser to set one or more cookies. When your browser makes further requests to the same site it sends the cookies back to the server. This allows the server to remember you as you browse the site and provide features such as shopping baskets or password-protected areas. For more information on the cookies we use, see our cookie policy.
Data collected when you contact us
Comments
When you submit a comment through a ‘Leave a comment’ form on our site we collect your name, e-mail address, and comment. We may choose to publish your name and comment on our site. Comments are submitted to the Akismet anti-spam service in order to detect and block spam. For more information on how Automattic (the operator of Akismet) handles the data it collects, see Automattic’s privacy policy.
You can delete a comment by contacting us with your request.
Lawful basis for processing: Consent given by data subject
Why? You have given your consent by checking the box on the ‘Leave a comment’ form
Data collected by third parties on our behalf
Spoton.net
Lawful basis for processing: Compliance with a legal obligation
Why? To comply with the GDPR obligation to implement appropriate technical measures to protect data
Cloudflare
Our site is served through Cloudflare. Cloudflare helps our site load faster by storing copies of our content in data centres around the world and defends our site from attacks by logging requests to detect and block suspicious traffic. For more information on how Cloudflare handles the data it collects, see Cloudflare’s privacy policy.
Lawful basis for processing: Compliance with a legal obligation
Why? To comply with the GDPR obligation to implement appropriate technical measures to protect data
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track visitor interaction with our site in order to produce statistical reports. Google collects details of the pages you view and the time you viewed them, the features of your browser, and your IP address. We have enabled IP anonymisation so that Google will not store your complete IP address. For more information on how Google handles the data it collects, see Google’s privacy policy.
To opt out of Google Analytics tracking on our site, see the Google Analytics section of our cookie policy. To opt out of Google Analytics tracking on all sites, use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Lawful basis for processing: Pursuance of our legitimate interests
Why? To allow us to analyse how visitors interaction with our site in order to improve our site and our services
Lawful basis for processing: Consent given by data subject
Why? You have sent us a message in the expectation of receiving a reply
Other data collected by third parties
YouTube video player
When you view a page containing the YouTube video player, your browser connects to YouTube. For more information on how Google (the operator of YouTube) handles the data it collects, see Google’s privacy policy.
