Privacy Policy This Policy was accepted at the committee meeting 4th July 2023
Who we are
We are Stalybridge Photographic Club our website address is: https://stalybridgephotographic.org.uk. We will refer
to our club as SPC.
Comments
Occasionally we may allow comments to be entered on the website if and when visitors/members leave
comments we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the author’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
Likewise 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?
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. SPC will not share or sell
your data to any other party.
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 your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.