What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments and Contact forms

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see how you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture, if applicable, is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

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 are using google analytics to understand how our visitors use our site so we can provide appropriate content.  Google’s privacy policy can be found on their site https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Who we share your data with

We do not share your details with any organisations.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment on a post or a blog, 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. We may also keep this information to help solve bugs.

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.

If you have filled in any forms on our site with the exception of the pray request,  the data is removed from our site once the input has been processed.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, or filled out an online form 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.

Your contact information

You can make a request for your contact information to be removed at anytime. Just contact the web administration team at any time.

Additional information

How we protect your data

We use reputable security software that will ensure that data on our site is protected.