Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how we use and protect any information that you provide when you use this website.

We’re committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Contact forms

Should you send us questions via the contact form, we will collect the data entered on the form, including the contact details you provide, to answer your question and any follow-up questions. We do not share this information without your permission.

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.

Social Media
Our website may include some social media features, such as the Facebook “Like” button, the Twitter “Tweet” button. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our website, and may set a cookie or employ similar technologies to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features are either hosted by a third party or directly on our website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it, and you should consult their privacy policy for more information.

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.

Google Analytics

For the needs-oriented design and ongoing optimisation of our web pages, on the basis of art. 6 para. 1 (f) of the GDPR (legitimate interest) we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”).

We use Google Analytics only with IP anonymisation activated. This means that the user’s IP address is truncated by Google within the Member States of the European Union and other contracting parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

The user can apply the corresponding setting in the browser software to block the storage of cookies. However, we should point out that it may not be possible to use all the functions of this website as a result. The user can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie regarding use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Wordfence
Cookies set by the Wordfence Security plugin are used to protect the site against malicious attacks. Wordfence only uses data about your visit and does not store personally identifiable information and therefore does not require user consent. Read Wordfence’s privacy policy.

Further information

You may request further information about the way we manage your personal information by contacting us.

Change in our privacy policy

We are constantly reviewing all of our policies and attempt to keep up to date with market expectations. Technology is constantly changing, as is the law and market place practices.

As a consequence we may change this privacy policy from time to time or as the need arises.

Last updated: May 2018