Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.covparty.uk
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the website 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. Data is stored on our website and is not used for any other purpose.
An anonymised 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/
After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
We review comments to help us develop our policies and understand local issues.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
We will only use the personal information you provide to us to respond to your enquiry.
Messages will be permanently deleted after your enquiry has been resolved.
Application forms will be kept for up to 2 years and are used for reference only.
Membership details will be permanently deleted after 18 months if they are not renewed.
Donations
Donations through our website are paid to our PayPal account. Details of your donation will be permanently recorded in our account. We will not use your personal information to contact you unless you sign up to become a member. We will not share your personal details with anyone else unless we are required to do so by law.
Social Media
We do not collect personal data from social media. If you send us a message or post a comment on one of our accounts we will respond to you the same way. We review comments on social media to help develop our policies and understand local issues.
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.
If you visit our login page, 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.
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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We do not collect personal data for analytics.
Who we share your data with
We do not share your personal data with anyone 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 recognise 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 left comments on this site 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.
How we protect your data
We use security software to protect our website and the data stored on it. We also receive notifications from our website by email. Emails can only be accessed by authorised party officers using a secure electronic device.
Contact information
The Data Controller is Cameron Baxter: [email protected]