Privacy Policy

We love having so many visitors to My Book Corner, and we want to make sure all is safe and secure. We care about your data, and have spent some time ensuring that we meet the new GDPR regulations.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.mybookcorner.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. You have the option to choose whether or not these details are stored – see the check box underneath the comment section.

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 forms

Information submitted on the contact forms is not used for marketing purposes.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on My Book Corner 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.

An individual gives their consent to an affiliate tracking cookie if external link is clicked without changing browser cookie settings.

Cookies are – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping baskets, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers

 

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on My Book Corner 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. These will include the affiliate links on this website to online book stores.

Analytics

We use Jetpack for analytics.

Who we share your data with

By default, WordPress does not share your data with anyone.

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.

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 are checked through an automated spam detection service.

An individual gives their consent to an affiliate tracking cookie if external link is clicked without changing browser cookie settings.

Contact information

Contact Emma Perry via the website, regarding any concerns you may have.

Additional information

How we protect your data and what data breach procedures we have in place

We have taken measures to prevent this, and will react immediately should we be informed that a date breach has taken place.