Who we are

Our website address is: https://michaelschmidt.org.uk.

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.

Cookies

If you leave a comment or message 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.

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

Nobody.

How long we retain your data

If you send an enquiry its metadata are retained indef­in­itely. This is so we can respond to your enquiry.

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 sent an enquiry, 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 your data is sent

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