Policy Basics:
- Comply with both the law and good practice
- Respect individuals’ rights
- Be open and honest with individuals whose data is held
- Provide training and support for employees and volunteers who handle personal data, so that they can act confidently and consistently.
Comments
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 (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.
Contact Forms
If you use any of the contact forms on the site, we collect the data shown in the individual comment form. We may also capture the IP address for the purposes of preventing spam and/or fraud. The information collected is used for the purpose of the function of the form in question, and maybe seen by The Rubbish Party staff and website administrators.
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.
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.
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.
Our cookie Policy and consent agreements can be viewed at: https://therubbishparty.co.uk/cookie-policy-uk/
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.
Who we share your data with
- If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
- We do not sell any user data to any third parties.
- Our data is stored on our server in a UK data centre.
- Backups are stored on secure Google servers.
- We use Google Analytics to measure and report website user activity
- Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
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.
- 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.
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.
Additional information
How we protect your data.
- All online data is only accessible by The Rubbish Party Staff and authorised administrators.
- All online data is protected behind strong passwords.
- Our website is protected by a strong firewall.
- We regularly scan our web server for malware, viruses and known security vulnerabilities.
- We update our web server and associated services regularly.
- All Staff are trained and aware of current data laws and regulations.
What data breach procedures we have in place.
- Should a data breach occur we will alert any impacted individuals as soon as possible.
- The Rubbish Party will report any serious data breach to all relevant authorities and regulators as soon as possible.
- In the event of a data breach, online services will be closed to investigate; when identified the cause will be immediately patched and procedures reviewed.
- You can contact us at info@therubbishparty.co.uk if you are aware of any data issues concerning The Rubbish Party.
Who we are
The Rubbish Party (Sally Cogley)
c/o The Chat Hub
4 Brown Street
Newmilns
KA16 9AA
United Kingdom
Website: https://therubbishparty.co.uk
Privacy / Data queries to:
Email: info@therubbishparty.co.uk
