Privacy Policy – Your Data, Your Rights

Who We Are

Our website address is www.advg.co.uk. We are committed to protecting your privacy and safeguarding your personal information.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect:

  • The data provided in the comments form.
  • Your IP address and browser details to help detect spam.

We may provide an anonymised string (a “hash”) created from your email address to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. Their privacy policy can be found here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be publicly visible alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to our website, please ensure they do not include embedded location data (e.g., EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can extract such data from uploaded images.

Cookies

  • Comments: If you leave a comment, you can opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
  • Login: We use temporary cookies to check if your browser accepts cookies. Login cookies last for two days, or two weeks if “Remember Me” is selected, and are removed upon logout.
  • Publishing: Editing or publishing content saves an additional cookie in your browser (expires after 1 day).

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Some pages may include embedded content like videos or articles. These behave as if you visited the other website directly. These websites may:

  • Collect data about you.
  • Use cookies.
  • Embed third-party tracking.
  • Monitor your interactions with the embedded content.

Analytics and Data Retention

How Long We Keep Your Data

  • Comments: Retained indefinitely to streamline follow-up approval.
  • Registered Users: Your personal information is stored in your user profile and can be viewed, edited, or deleted by you anytime (excluding username changes).

Your Rights Over Your Data

You can request:

  • An exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Deletion of any personal data (excluding data required for legal or administrative purposes).

Contact us for any data-related requests.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments are checked through an automated spam detection service.