Privacy Policy
Last Updated On 30-Mar-2023
Effective Date 30-Mar-2023
This Privacy Policy describes the policies of Abacus News, email: info@abacus-news.co.uk, on the collection, use and disclosure of your information that we collect when you use our website ( https://www.abacus-news.co.uk ). (the “Service”). By accessing or using the Service, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the same, please do not access or use the Service.
We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Service. The revised Policy will be effective 180 days from when the revised Policy is posted in the Service and your continued access or use of the Service after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.
- HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION:We will use the information that we collect about you for the following purposes:
- Administration info
- HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION:We will not transfer your personal information to any third party without seeking your consent, except in limited circumstances as described below:
- Ad service
- Analytics
- YOUR RIGHTS:Depending on the law that applies, you may have a right to access and rectify or erase your personal data or receive a copy of your personal data, restrict or object to the active processing of your data, ask us to share (port) your personal information to another entity, withdraw any consent you provided to us to process your data, a right to lodge a complaint with a statutory authority and such other rights as may be relevant under applicable laws. To exercise these rights, you can write to us at info@abacus-news.co.uk. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.Do note that if you do not allow us to collect or process the required personal information or withdraw the consent to process the same for the required purposes, you may not be able to access or use the services for which your information was sought.
- COOKIES ETC.To learn more about how we use these and your choices in relation to these tracking technologies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
- SECURITY:The security of your information is important to us and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee absolute security and consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.
- GRIEVANCE / DATA PROTECTION OFFICER:If you have any queries or concerns about the processing of your information that is available with us, you may email our Grievance Officer at Abacus News, email: info@abacus-news.co.uk. We will address your concerns in accordance with applicable law.
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.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
On abacus-news.co.uk we are committed to transparency and user choice.
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 anonymized 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.
Images/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.
EXIF GPS: Pictures taken by digital cameras can contain information, like data, time and camera used. Newer digital camera models and mobile phones can add the GPS coordinates of the place where it was taken, making it a privacy hazard. You can be showing your home’s location to the world. Using a tool at verexif.com you can view and remove the exif data embedded in your images without downloading any program.
Contact forms
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 (session 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.
Who we share your data with
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Advertising Cookies
Google Conversion Tracking:
Google advertisements uses cookies to measure the performance of their AdWords advertising for advertisers who have opted-in to conversion tracking. These cookies expire within 30 days and are not personally-identifiable.
This cookie is set only when a user clicks on an ad delivered by Google where the advertiser has opted-in to tracking. If this cookie has not yet expired when the user visits certain pages of the advertiser’s website, Google and the advertiser will be able to tell that the user clicked the ad and proceeded to that page. Each advertiser gets a different cookie, so no cookie can be tracked across advertiser websites.
If you want to disable these cookies, you can set your browser to indicate when a cookie is being sent and decline the cookie. For more information about Google and third-party ad serving, please read this link:
If you want to disable these cookies, you can set your browser to indicate when a cookie is being sent and decline the cookie. For more information about Google and third-party ad serving, please read this link:
Google is committed to transparency and choice. Google lets you know what information they collect when you use their advertisements and services, why they collect it, and how they safeguard it. Their privacy policies, videos, and product designs aim to make these things clear so that you can make informed choices about which products to use and how to use them.
For more information, please visit this page:
DoubleClick Cookies:
Some of the advertising may include DoubleClick cookies.
DoubleClick’s DART cookie is not website or advertiser-specific. This means that if you choose to opt-out of DoubleClick’s DART cookie, your opt-out cookie will be effective for all of the websites and advertisers that use DoubleClick’s ad-serving or search technologies. For more information, please click this link:
For more information about DoubleClick’s advertising services, please click this link:
DoubleClick FAQs.
To opt-out of the DoubleClick DART cookie, please visit this page:
Doubleclick privacy opt-out and click the large “Ad Cookie Opt-Out” button at the top.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.