Who we are
Our website address is: https://sial-accountants.co.uk
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the information provided in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymised string (hash) generated from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. You can view Gravatar’s privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Once your comment is approved, your profile picture, if applicable, will be visible to the public alongside 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 on our website, you may choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies for convenience. This means you will not need to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies remain for one year.
When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
When you log in, we set cookies to store your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen preference cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login session will remain active for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and records only the ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on our website may include embedded content, such as videos, images or articles from other websites. Embedded content behaves in much the same way as if you had visited the external website directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, implement additional third-party tracking and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. This may include tracking your activity if you have an account with, and are logged in to, that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the password reset email.
We do not describe other data-sharing arrangements in this section. If our website uses additional third-party services or shares personal data with other organisations, these should also be identified here.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and automatically approve follow-up comments rather than holding them for moderation.
If users register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. Registered users can view, edit or delete their personal information at any time, except for their username. Website administrators can also access and edit this information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on our website or have left comments, you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, including any information you have provided to us.
You can also request that we erase your personal data, subject to any information we are required to retain for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Depending on your circumstances, you may have additional rights under applicable data protection laws. For further information about exercising your rights, please contact us.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. If we use other third-party services to process personal data, we will provide relevant information about those services in this policy.