Who we are
This is the privacy policy for the website www.sailingsouth.org.
This website is a public document. Any content added to the website by users may be openly visible to the public for the duration of this websites operation.
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.
You, the user, undertake to not upload or otherwise publish on this website and material that is copyrighted to a third party.
If you notice any copyright material on this website please bring it to the attention of moderators as soon as possible by contacting website admin via the contact form.
Cookies
Cookies are small files containing information that are held on your own computer but accessed by a the website that put them there. These are designed to improve the user experience by allowing the website to remember certain bits of information about previous visits you have made. Cookies are time limited, and when they expire they stop being used by this website.
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.
Who we share your data with
We do not share or sell any data with third parties. This website is hosted by hostinger.com and they store data on their servers, but have no direct access to this data.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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 website, 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 have no access to the information held in any database except that which is visible on the website.
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.
While we acknowledge your right to request any personal data, we ask for your patience processing any such requests as we are travelling as we are blogging and so may not have access to reliable internet provision in order to process your request as quickly as we would like.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.