Who we are
Our website address is: https://howtocruise.co.uk.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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
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.
Contact Form
In order to contact us via the contact form, you will be required to supply sufficient information to allow us to respond to your message. We will use this information merely to correspond with you in regard to your enquiry. The information will be stored indefinitely. We do not use this information for marketing purposes.
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
We use Google Analytics, so Google may also save their cookies on your computer. You can find out more about Google’s use of cookies here.
We also use Statcounter analytics, so Statcounter may also save their cookies on your computer. You can find out more about Statcounter’s use of cookies here.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics and Statcounter to see how popular our website is becoming and whereabouts in the world people view our pages from.
Who we share your data with
If you opt in to receive our emails and/or our cruise guide, Aweber will be looking after your details for us. Here is Aweber’s privacy policy.
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.
If you subscribe to our emails, Aweber (who manage the email system for us) will retain your data indefinitely, unless you ask us to remove it. This is so we can send you the regular information on time.
If you send us a message, we may retain your contact information indefinitely, unless you ask us to delete it.
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, or have subscribed to our emails, 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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
To contact us, you can send us a message via the contact form.
Additional information
How we protect your data
We use 2 factor authentication on our website. When you subscribe to our emails, your data is looked after by Aweber. Here is Aweber’s privacy policy.
