This privacy policy outlines your rights and provides transparency on data collection under the United Kingdom Data Protection Act 2018.

This policy was last updated on 31 July 2026.

Data Controller

You may contact me by email.

Mandatory data collected

To ensure website functionality and security the following items are collected as a legitimate interest.

• IP Address
• Browser user agent

Comments

If you make a comment in addition to the above your provided name, email address, website and comment may be stored indefinitely.

By making a comment you are consenting for this information to be stored.

Media Uploads

Uploaded images do not strip EXIF and other data, please be aware of this if you use this feature.

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

Posts 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

Personal and non-personal data is not shared with any third party.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

All data is stored indefinitely unless otherwise noted.

Your Rights

As provided by the UK DPA / GDPR you have the following rights:

• Right to data removal
• Right to data access
• Right to data rectification
• Right to withdraw consent

Security Breaches

In the unlikely event of a security breach all users will be notified by email within 72 hours, a public post will also be made during this time.