Privacy Policy

Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us. At Facts & Footsteps, we adhere to a few key principles:

We only store personal data on our servers when necessary for the site’s ongoing functionality. Our website is: http://factsandfootsteps.com.

We only request personal details when absolutely needed (we dislike when services collect unnecessary information like gender or income without reason).

We don’t share your personal data unless legally required, to improve our services, or to protect our rights. Facts & Footsteps is committed to safeguarding your privacy with any information collected while operating our website.

Media & Comments

Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

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.

Cookies

Like most websites, Facts & Footsteps collects non-personally identifiable data from browsers, such as the type of browser, preferred language, referring site, and visit timestamps, to understand how visitors use the site. Sometimes, aggregated usage statistics may be shared. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our Service and store specific information. These tracking technologies include beacons, tags, and scripts, which help us collect data to improve and analyse our Service. The technologies we use may include:

Cookies or Browser Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to notify you when a cookie is sent. However, if you choose not to accept cookies, you may not be able to access some parts of our Service. Unless your browser settings are adjusted to block cookies, our Service may use them.

Web Beacons: Some parts of our Service and emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also called clear gifs, pixel tags, or single-pixel gifs). These enable us to track, for example, users visiting specific pages or opening emails, and to gather website statistics (such as the popularity of certain sections and verifying system and server integrity).

The site also gathers potentially identifying information like IP addresses, for instance from blog commenters. These addresses follow the same privacy standards as other personal data, though blog administrators can view them. If you comment, you can choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies, making future commenting easier for a year.

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.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to the Facts & Footsteps website engage in interactions that require the collection of personally identifiable information. The type and amount collected depend on the interaction. Facts & Footsteps only shares potentially personally identifying and personally identifiable information with employees, contractors, and affiliated organisations who require it to perform tasks on behalf of Facts & Footsteps or deliver site-related services. These parties agree to keep the data confidential and may operate from outside your home country, so using the site implies consent to this transfer. This information may include, but is not limited to Email addresses, First and Last names, Usage Data.

Facts & Footsteps does not rent or sell this information. Apart from those groups, information is disclosed only when legally mandated or to safeguard Facts & Footsteps’ rights, others, or public welfare. Registered users may receive occasional emails about new features or posts, updates, or product news, but primary communication happens through product blogs. If user requests are submitted, they may be published to assist with response clarity or to help other users. Facts & Footsteps employs robust security measures to protect against unauthorised data access, use, alteration, or destruction. Personal information is not disclosed except as outlined in our policies, and visitors may choose not to provide such information, although this may limit their ability to participate in some site features.

Advertisements

Advertisements on our websites may be presented by our advertising partners, who may use cookies. These cookies help ad servers identify your device when showing ads, allowing them to gather data about you or others using your device. This data enables ad networks to tailor ads they think will appeal to you most. Note that our Privacy Policy covers how Facts & Footsteps uses cookies but does not extend to how advertisers use them.

Data: Your Rights, Where it’s Sent & Retention

If you’ve left comments, you can ask for an exported file of the personal data we have about you, including any information you’ve shared. You also have the right to request that we delete your personal data, except for what we must retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Visitor comments may undergo checks through an automated spam detection service.

When a comment is posted, both the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely to allow follow-up comments to be recognised and approved automatically, rather than waiting for moderation.

Privacy Policy Adjustments

While most updates are expected to be minor, Facts & Footsteps may occasionally modify its Privacy Policy at its sole discretion. Visitors are encouraged to review this page regularly for any updates. Continued use of the site following any changes to the Privacy Policy implies acceptance of those changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us through email:
enquiries@factsandfootsteps.com

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