Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.wordsfromimages.co.uk.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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/.
The name or ‘nick-name’ that you use when placing the comment is visible to other visitors, but NOT your email address.
Contact forms
We may process information about you to process your query. This may include your name and email address which will be used to correspond with you until your query is resolved.
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.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We may collect Analytics. This in anonymised data to inform as to how many people visit the blog and how they found us, and other general information such as numbers of PC or Apple users and country they are based in.
Who we share your data with
The small amount of data that is collected when you leave a comment (Name/nick-name, email address, IP address etc. is stored behind a strong password and shared with nobody else.
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.
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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service
How we protect your data
Your data is visible only to the blog owner and protected by a unique password.