Who we are
Our website address is: https://quaycoffee.com.
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
None 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 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.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics tracking so we can build a picture of how visitors use the website. It tells us useful information which helps us improve the website.
Examples include: how long on average people spend reading an article, and which article they read next when they finish one.
If you prefer, you can use a browser add-on to switch this tracking off. You can find the google opt-out browser add-on here.
And to find out more, you can read the Google privacy policy here.
Who we share your data with
Absolutely no-one – ever!
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.
Data that is collected about you by the Google tracking package is kept for 2 years.
If you choose to sign up to follow me by email, I will keep your email and name indefinitely or until you ask me to remove you from the list.
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 but nowhere else.
Additional information
How we protect your data
- I use an SSL certificate on this website.
- I have received training in data protection and understand the importance of protecting readers’ data.
- I use a managed dedicated server to minimize security breach risks from other websites.
- I review our information storage practices regularly to ensure we conform to best practice.
- I do not share personal data with anyone else.
What data breach procedures do we have in place?
We use regular malware and vulnerability scanning.
Amazon affiliate disclosure
If you click a link in an article on this website that takes you to amazon.com or another country’s version of Amazon, we may be paid a small commission from Amazon but you will not pay any extra.
In most cases, tracking cookies are also put on your computer, so we make a commission during the time period that the cookie stays on your computer, which is decided by Amazon.
We may also make a commission from any other product you buy from Amazon during that period of time.
Amazon.com also has their own wording they would like us to use:
Tradewinds Publishing Ltd who is the owner of www.quaycoffee is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.
