This privacy policy and disclosure page was updated January 2022.

1 PRIVACY AND COOKIES NOTICE

This Notice explains our privacy and information practices for this blog, describing the types of information collected, how that information is used and disclosed, and how you can access, modify, or delete your information.

2 HOW DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM YOU?

2.1 Through the blog we collect information about you when you sign up to receive email updates, leave a comment or enter a giveaway. Not all of the input fields are mandatory and so provision of the information is optional.

2.2 Where we send you information electronically, we do review whether the communication has been opened and whether you have clicked on any links in the communication. This is because we want to make sure that our communications are useful for you.

2.3 When you agree, we may collect information, called Cookies, on your computer or other device when you access and read the blog, including the time and duration of your visit, the referring URL, where available your IP address, operating system and browser type to analyse aggregate statistical information about browsing actions and patterns. This does not identify any individual. You can learn more about cookies at All About Cookies.

2.4 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 anonymised string created from your email address 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 may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

3 HOW DO WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT?

3.1 We may use and process the information you have provided for the purposes outlined below as well as for any purposes specified at the time of collection:

a) to deal with your enquiries;

b) to organise the sending of a prize;

c) to collect statistics, traffic patterns and related site information, including data analytics. We aggregate this data so as it does not identify any individual visitors. We use it for research, analysis, testing, monitoring and optimisation of blog content like customising advertising according to your browsing history, or showing you relevant new information through a pop-up.

d) to track social shares.

• Google Analytics automatically collects and store certain information in their server logs which includes device event information such as crashes, system activity, hardware settings, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and referral URL, cookies that may uniquely identify your browser or your Google Account, in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
• We use Pinterest Save widget at our website to allow you to pin images to Pinterest from our webpages. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
• We use a Twitter Tweet widget at our website. As a result, our website makes requests to Twitter’s servers for you to be able to tweet our webpages using your Twitter account. These requests make your IP address visible to Twitter, who may use it in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy#update
• We embed a Facebook widget to allow you to see number of likes/shares/recommends and “like/share/recommend” our webpages. This widget may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the widget, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the widget (such as “liking/sharing/recommending” our webpage), if you are logged in to Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update

3.2 Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and/or 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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.

3.3 we will not pass on your information to 3rd parties except for distribution of a prize, for the purpose of functional running and tracking on this website, and where we are required to do so by law, court order or other legal process.

4 DATA RETENTION

4.1 We retain the information we collect for as long as necessary to provide the Online Services you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with legal obligations and resolving disputes.

4.2 Once a prize has been received, all data relating to that giveaway is deleted.

4.3 Data for statistical analysis is retained for 38 months through Google Analytics. After this time, if no further visits to this website occurs, all data is deleted.

4.3 All data held by our data handling methods (for newsletters, data analysis and competition entries) comply with GDPR regulations in storing data securely.

4.4 If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

4.5 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.

5 DO NOT SELL

We do not sell your data on. It is only used for the purposes you’ve approved, and as outlined in this privacy policy.

6 YOUR RIGHTS

6.1 When you read this blog and provide us with your personal data you are agreeing that we may use your personal data for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice.

6.2 You have the right to opt out of receiving any newsletter which we send you by unsubscribing at the bottom of the newsletter or emailing etustian@hotmail.com;

6.3 If our processing of personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw consent for future processing at any time by contacting us. Please note, however, that we may still be entitled to process your Personal Data if we have another legitimate reason (other than consent) for doing so;

6.4 You have the right to obtain information regarding the processing of your Personal Data and access to the Personal Data which we hold about you;

6.5 You have the right to request that we correct your Personal Data if it is inaccurate or incomplete;

6.6 You have the right to request that we erase your Personal Data

6.7 As of January 2022, you have the right to request that we restrict our processing of your Personal Data in certain circumstances. Again, there may be circumstances where you ask us to restrict our processing of your Personal Data; and

6.8 You have the right to lodge a complaint with your Data Protection Authority. In the U.K, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office.

6.9 You can disable 3rd party non-functional cookies by clicking on the relevant button on the cookies pop up bar, or follow these instructions to disable cookies in your browser.

If you wish for further information, or wish to exercise any other right, please contact etustian@hotmail.com