Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, processes and protects the personal and other data provided by users through this website https://BlakeWard.com (the “Website”).  You should also check our Terms and Conditions that regulate your use of this Website. This Privacy Policy is the integral part of the Terms and Conditions.

We reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy. Any changes are effective immediately upon posting. When changes come into effect, the revised Privacy Policy shall supersede the previous version of the Privacy Policy. You are responsible for regularly reviewing this Privacy Policy.

WHO WE ARE

Our website address is: https://blakeward.com

OUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS

We are committed to complying with all relevant data protection legislation including the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. In this Privacy Policy the terms personal data shall have the same meanings as is given to them in the Data Protection Act 1998.

WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT

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 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

We collect and receive personal data from you if you use this Website. Provision of personal data is voluntary.  The personal data that we collect may include:

data provided by the user during account registration, including, without limitation, personal details, user name and email address;

other personal data reasonably requested by BlakeWard.com

If you provide personal data to us about any person other than yourself, you must ensure that they understand how their personal data will be used and that you are authorised to disclose it to us, and to consent to its use on their behalf, before doing so.

DATA COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY

BlakeWard.com may also automatically collect certain information about user’s computer device, browsing activities, statistical information, information on visits and use of the Website. We may receive certain data automatically collected by our software, for example: IP address, cookies data, performance specifications of the user’s hardware and software, date and time of access to the Website, the URL of the page requested. This information is aggregated to provide statistical data about users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not personally identify individuals.

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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.

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.

HOW WE TREAT YOUR DATA

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.

Under the Data Protection Act 1998 and other applicable law, you may request to receive, update and correct personal data that we collect about you.

WHERE WE SEND YOUR DATA

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

NEWSLETTERS

BlakeWard.com may send you messages or invitations concerning upcoming events or announcements or other news. Each user may choose to subscribe or unsubscribe from such messages.

CONTACT US

If you have questions in relation to this Privacy Policy, our Terms and Conditions or any other policy, please contact us with your concerns. Please send your email to Blake@BlakeWard.com