Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://archimake.org

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 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.

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

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

We use a third party communication management software to store and manage our subscribers contact details including email address, name and any other information you provide, such as address and phone number you provide to our Clients, are held in strict confidence. Our CMS only keep your information so that we, whose email list you subscribed to, can email you.

Our CMS do not contact you and do not sell or share your information with anyone else.

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.

Where we send your data

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

Your contact information

Our CMS collect information under our direction, and have no direct relationship with you, whose personal data they process. Our CMS work with us to help them provide notice to our subscribers concerning the purpose for which personal information is collected.

If you are a subscriber and would no longer like to be contacted by us, please contact us directly.

We have no direct relationship with the individuals whose personal data we process. We acknowledge that you have the right to access your personal information. An individual who seeks access, or who seeks to correct, amend, or delete inaccurate data, should direct his or her query to our Client (the data controller). If our Client requests that we remove the data, we will respond to their request within 30 business days.

We may transfer personal information to companies that help us provide our service. Transfers to subsequent third parties are covered by the provisions in our Policy regarding notice and choice and the service agreements with our Clients.

Our CMS retain personal data they process on our behalf for as long as needed in order to provide our services.

Additional information

How we protect your data

We’re serious about guarding the security of your personal information and the details of any transactions you make. We take appropriate organisational and technical security measures to protect your data against unauthorised disclosure or processing. We use a secure server to store the information you give us when you register or make an order (including your credit card details and your password).

Your account information and credentials - like passwords - are confidential. Make sure you keep this information safe, and don’t share it with anyone else.

What data breach procedures we have in place

We know how to recognise a personal data breach. We understand that a personal data breach isn’t only about loss or theft of personal data. We have prepared a response plan for addressing any personal data breaches that occur. We have allocated responsibility for managing breaches to a dedicated person or team. Our staff know how to escalate a security incident to the appropriate person or team in our organisation to determine whether a breach has occurred.

What third parties we receive data from

We use a third party mailing software to store our subscribers contact information and to manage our email notifications as requested by our registered subscribers. We do not sell data on contact details to third parties.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

We do not carry out automated profiling or decision making based on user data.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

For any queries on this, or any other regulatory disclosure obligations, please contact Archimake via the email below; contactus@archimake.org.uk