This Privacy Policy outlines the policy and procedures on the use of the personal data I collect through this website.
Who we are
Neil Deighan operates and maintains the website https://neildeighan.com.
What personal data I collect and why I collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the personal data shown in the comments form namely …
- Name
- Email Address
Only the provided Name will appear along side any comments made.
The provided Email Address will not be shown on any comments made.
Contact forms
When visitors uses the form to contact, I will collect the following personal data …
- Name
- Email Address
This will be used to allow myself to contact you in response, and also used for subject access and erasure requests.
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.
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.
Analytics
WordPress.com stats
Data Used: IP address, WordPress.com user ID (if logged in), WordPress.com username (if logged in), user agent, visiting URL, referring URL, timestamp of event, browser language, country code. Important: The site owner does not have access to any of this information via this feature. For example, a site owner can see that a specific post has 285 views, but he/she cannot see which specific users/accounts viewed that post. Stats logs — containing visitor IP addresses and WordPress.com usernames (if available) — are retained by Automattic for 28 days and are used for the sole purpose of powering this feature.
Activity Tracked: Post and page views, video plays (if videos are hosted by WordPress.com), outbound link clicks, referring URLs and search engine terms, and country. When this module is enabled, Jetpack also tracks performance on each page load that includes the JavaScript file used for tracking stats. This is exclusively for aggregate performance tracking across Jetpack sites in order to make sure that our plugin and code is not causing performance issues. This includes the tracking of page load times and resource loading duration (image files, JavaScript files, CSS files, etc.). The site owner has the ability to force this feature to honor DNT settings of visitors. By default, DNT is currently not honored.
Who I share your data with
Other than what is mentioned in this policy, your personal data is not shared with any other third-party company for any reason.
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.
If you have used the contact form, the details will be retained for as long as required depending on the purpose of the contact made, unless otherwise requested.
What rights you have over your data
If you have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data I hold about you, including any data you have provided to myself. You can also 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.
You can use the contact form to request either of the above, selecting the appropriate request in the subject field.
If you have requested a right to erasure request, your name will be replaced with Anonymous, but the comment will remain.
Where we send your data
Gravatar
An anonymised 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.
Akismet
We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
Contact
If you have any questions with regard to this privacy policy, please use the contact form, specifying Privacy Policy Enquiry in subject.
Additional information
How we protect your data
This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the enquiries you send to myself as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar. The data you transfer to this site cannot be read by third parties.
Privacy Policy Changes
I may change this Privacy Policy from time to time, and at my sole discretion. I encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.