Privacy Policy

Who I am

My website address is https://daveportersart.co.uk/.

What personal data I collect and why I collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site I 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 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.

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

When you submit a contact form an email is sent to me to enable me to see your enquiry and respond to you. I also store all submissions on the webserver to ensure that this information is not lost.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on my 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.

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 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

I use Google Analytics to help us understand what my site users are interested in. This information is anonymous and I do not and will not ever try and track an individual user.

Who I share your data with

I do not and will not share data with any 3rd parties.

How long I retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so I can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on my website (if any), I 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

You can request that I erase any personal data I hold about you. This does not include any data I am obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where I send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

Please contact me via email at [email protected].

Additional information

How I protect your data

I have taken steps to secure my website to the best of my ability. The site uses an SSL certificate to encrypt all data sent to and from the website.

What data breach procedures I have in place

In the case of an actual or suspected data breach, I will take the steps outlined by the Information Commissioners Office at https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/personal-data-breaches/

What third parties I receive data from

We do not buy data from 3rd parties. However, when advertising on various platforms I can use analytics provided by those platforms.

What automated decision making and/or profiling I do with user data

I do not do any automated decision making or profiling of site users.