This website anthonydoherty.co.uk collects a minimum amount of data necessary, for example collecting email addresses for commenters and storing IP addresses in log file for security purposes.

Data collection

Should you choose to leave a comments or complete a form on the site , the site will collect the data entered along with your 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/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Cookies

This website uses cookies to improve the usability of the website, and to provide the services on offer. These are essential cookies only, necessary to support those services.

You can read more about this website’s cookies policy on the cookie policy page.

Embedded content

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.

At the time of writing, this site has no embedded content.

Data sharing

This site will not share your data with third-parties, however if you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email sent to you via your mail provider.

How long is data retained

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.

For users that register on this 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 (with the exception of username, which cannot be changed). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

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 your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. At time of writing no such service is connected to this website.

This policy was last updated on the 26th February 2024.