Terms, Privacy & Cookies Policy
Overview
This agreement contains terms, conditions and information that apply to your use of the “Hello Leicester” website (https://helloleicester.co.uk). Please carefully read this information as these terms and conditions represent a legally binding agreement between “Hello Leicester” (“we” or “the site”) and you (“the visitor”).
Who we are
Our site address is: https://helloleicester.co.uk.
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 site, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the site can download and extract any location data from images on the site.
Contact forms
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.
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.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to enhance and understand visitor experience, however, you can opt out should you wish (e.g. https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout)
Who we share your data with
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our site (if any), we also store the personal information you provide in your user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Site 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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Third parties
When you click links from our site you may be taken to external third party providers of products or services. We are not responsible for the content within those third party websites, or your subsequent interaction with that company or website.
Affilliate Marketing Disclosure
This site contains affiliate links, meaning that we list products and/or services which we have discovered from third party sellers, and we may receive commission if you purchase these products (at no additional cost to you). Cookies are used to track the clicks which you make. If you do not wish to accept the use of cookies then you can simply disable cookies on your browser (e.g. https://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Cookies).
Limitation of Liability
The Hello Leicester site (https://helloleicester.co.uk) is provided on an “as is” basis and the use of the site is at the visitor’s own risk. Hello Leicester makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to affiliate programs, products, services or information provided through the site. Hello Leicester and/or any of its team members are not responsible for any damages, injury or economic loss arising from the use of the site. Should any part of the site cause damage or inconvenience to you, the visitor, then you assume full responsibility for any costs relating to this. By using our site you indemnify and hold harmless helloleicester.co.uk, its directors, officers, employees, agents, subsidiaries, and third parties from and against any losses, damages, liabilities, claims, judgments, settlements, fines, costs and expenses (including reasonable related expense, legal fees, costs of investigation) arising out of or relating to yours, or any third party’s operations or use of the Hello Leicester site.
Contact
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch.
