Who we are
Our website address is: https://digitalcookie.marketing.
This website is provided by John Leppington T/A Digital Cookie Marketing. We take the privacy of our website users and the security of their personal information very seriously.
The purpose of this privacy policy is to set out the principles governing our use of personal information which we may obtain about you. By using this website you agree to this use.
At Digital Cookie Marketing, we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of visitors to our website. We will never sell, rent or trade email lists with other companies and businesses for marketing purposes.
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We, therefore, ask you to check it occasionally to ensure that you are aware of the most recent version which will apply each time you access this website.
This privacy policy was last reviewed on 2nd April 2022.
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
Suggested text: 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 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 will only use information that we hold about you in accordance with this privacy policy and any data protection notice which we have provided to you.
Stored Data
In some cases, for example for enquiries or newsletter sign-ups, we may store personal information about you such as your name, e-mail address, and phone number. All of this information is stored securely and privately our email system is operated by Gmail and our Customer details are stored securely on a Hootsuite account.
Opting out of further communications from us
We may occasionally contact you by email with information about our services that may interest you – we do this for direct marketing purposes under the Legitimate Interest lawful basis. We will only make contact if you have signed up to our newsletter, or have filled out our contact form. If you do not wish to receive such details you can easily opt-out of receiving further information from us by selecting unsubscribe on the bottom of our emails or by getting in touch with us. You should clearly state your name and email address on all communications.
Accessing or removing your data
You may request for any data stored about you to be entirely removed from our database by contacting us.