Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website can be found at: ratracethewall.co.uk

User Comments

When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the information you provide, including your IP address and browser details. This data is crucial for preventing spam and ensuring the quality of user-generated content. If you’ve used an email address associated with a profile picture service, we may create an anonymized hash to check if it is linked to your profile picture. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be displayed alongside your comment, if applicable.

Image Uploads

If you upload images to our site, please ensure that they do not contain any location information (EXIF GPS data). Other users may be able to download and extract this data from your images.

Cookies

When you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. This will save you from having to enter the information again for future comments. These cookies remain active for one year. When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is created to test if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser. Upon logging in, several cookies are set to remember your login details and display preferences. Login cookies expire after two days, while display preference cookies last for one year. If you select the “Remember Me” option, your login remains active for two weeks. Logging out will remove these login cookies. If you edit or publish a post, another cookie is set to track the post ID of the modified article, which expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Third-Party Websites

Our website may include embedded content, such as videos, images, or other articles. This content behaves as if you visited the external website directly. These third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and implement tracking mechanisms, especially if you are logged into those sites.

Data Sharing

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the email sent for this purpose.

Data Retention Policy

We store comments and associated metadata indefinitely to facilitate faster approval of follow-up comments. For users with accounts, we retain the personal information you provide in your profile. You can access, update, or delete your personal information at any time, except for your username. Website administrators can also access and modify this information if necessary.

Your Data Rights

If you have an account or have left comments on our site, you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, including any information you’ve provided. You may also ask for your personal data to be deleted, except for data that we are legally obligated to keep for administrative purposes.

Data Processing

Visitor comments may be screened using an automated spam detection service to maintain the quality of the content on our site.