Privacy Policy
This privacy policy was last updated on 15th August 2023. We introduced comments for newsletter subscribers, but only on newsletter articles.
Summary
This document informs you of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, disclosure and protection of information that apply to this website, as well as your choices regarding the collection and use of information.
We try our best to minimise the data we collect. We do not share your data with any third parties unless required to operate our service. We only use your personal data for the exact reason it was provided.
There are no tracking scripts on this site. We don't track page views. Nor do we track opens or clicks on email updates, if you choose to subscribe to them. We simply don't care how many visitors we get, or what they do on the site. This site is a hobby not a business.
Email Newsletter
We offer an email newsletter. You may choose to subscribe to this newsletter on the relevant page on our site. To do this, we collect your name and email address. No other information is collected, and the information collected is used only to send notifications when a new article is published on this site. Personal data collected about subscribers is not used for any other purpose. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the footer of any newsletter email.
We do track the login dates of newsletter subscribers when they click-through to the site. However, we don't track what pages logged in users view, or how logged in users interact with pages. We just track the log in history and subscription dates of newsletter subscribers as well as any comments and likes/dislikes that subscribers leave on newsletter articles.
Email subscriber data is stored by the Ghost Foundation in the European Union. The newsletter emails are sent through the Ghost Foundation on our behalf using Mailgun.
We do set cookies for logged in users. These cookies are only set on the newsletter pages of the site, and are required for the log in functionality to work.
Comments
Newsletter subscribers also have the option of leaving comments on newsletter articles this requires logging into the site and accepting the associated log in functional cookies. We may privately contact you about any comments you leave using the email address on your subscription. Your email address is not displayed next to any comments you leave on the site. However, we do display the name in your profile alongside all comments, as well as your gravatar (if you have one). You can edit your profile name under your profile settings.
We reserve to edit, delete, move or mark as spam any comment that you leave on the site. We also reserve the right to block access to comments or to the entire site for any reason.
Service Providers
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf. These Service Providers may collect and store data, as well as store cookies on your device. Unless otherwise listed above, any such collection and storage will be limited to data required to operate the service.
We use Cloudflare for web optimisation and security services. Cloudflare does collect and store data including IP addresses to provide this service. Specific details about what they collect can be found in their Privacy Policy. As part of their normal operation, Cloudflare do store cookies on your device. You can manage or delete cookies based on your own preferences. For details, visit AboutCookies.org.
Links To Other Sites
This site may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Children's Privacy
This site does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
International Transfers of Your Personal Data
Your personal data collected by this site or our service providers may be processed or accessed in the country/region where you use this service or in other countries/regions where this site or our service providers have a presence. These jurisdictions may have different data protection laws. In such circumstances, we will take measures to ensure that data is processed as required by this Policy and applicable laws, which includes when transferring the data subject’s personal data from the EU to a country or region which have been acknowledged by the EU commission as having an adequate level of data protection, we may use a variety of legal mechanisms, such as signing standard contractual clauses approved by the EU Commission, obtaining the consent to the cross-border transfer of a data subject in the EU, or implementing security measures like anonymizing personal data before cross-border data transfer.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via a prominent notice on our home page, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by emailing contact@alanchatfield.net