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Who we are
Our website address is: https://folklorethursday.com.
We are no longer a registered UK company, and the website remains live as a celebration of the #FolkloreThursday community, including all of the contributors and participants over the years.
Generated privacy notice – general business
#FolkloreThursday user privacy notice
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information for service updates or marketing purposes:
- Marketing preferences
- Location data
- Recorded images, such as photos or videos
- Purchase or viewing history
- IP addresses
- Website and app user journey information
- Records of consent, where appropriate
Lawful bases
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes are:
- Consent
- Legal obligation
Where we get personal information from and how we process it
- People directly
- Third parties:
- WordPress (https://wordpress.org/about/privacy)
- Google Analytics (https://policies.google.com/privacy/update)
- Hotjar (https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy)
- Hubspot (https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy)
- Hootsuite (https://www.hootsuite.com/en-gb/legal/privacy)
- Buffer (https://buffer.com/legal)
How long we keep information
Data Retention Schedule
Purpose: This schedule outlines how long our organization will store marketing analytics data. It aligns with the ICO’s guidance and UK data protection regulations.
Important Considerations:
- Minimize data storage: We will only retain marketing analytics data for as long as necessary to fulfill its purpose or to meet legal obligations. Data will not be kept longer than 10 years.
- Secure destruction: When marketing analytics data is no longer needed, it will be securely destroyed. Electronic files will be permanently deleted in a manner that prevents recovery.
- Regular Reviews: This schedule will be reviewed and updated annually or whenever significant changes in our processes or legal requirements occur.
Data Categories and Retention Periods
Website visitor data: website operation, analytics (retained as long as necessary, max 10 years).
Social media analytics: understanding engagement, campaign performance (retained as long as necessary, max 10 years).
Survey responses: market research, user insights (retained as long as necessary, max 10 years).
Notes:
- Specific Use Cases: Retention periods may vary depending on the specific use case and our business requirements.
- Data Minimization: We will regularly assess whether we still need the data, and securely delete it if it’s no longer required.
Who we share information with
WordPress
This data processor does the following activities for us: WordPress provides the content management system (CMS) that powers our website. As part of its functionality, it collects visitor data and provides website analytics.
Hotjar
This data processor does the following activities for us: Hotjar collects survey responses, visitor data and analytics, providing us with insights into user behaviour on our website.
Hubspot
Hubspot collects visitor data and provides analytics, offering insights into website traffic and user interactions.
Hootsuite
Hootsuite collects visitor data and provides analytics, helping us understand how users engage with our content on social media platforms.
Buffer
Buffer collects visitor data and provides analytics, aiding our analysis of website traffic and user engagement.
Google Analytics collects visitor data and provides analytics, aiding our analysis of website traffic and user engagement. Google also provides a suite of business tools, including email services (Gmail) which we have integrated with our WordPress website. Additionally, we utilise Google Drive (Gdrive) for secure cloud-based storage and management of our files and documents.
Cookies
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 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.
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.
Sharing information outside the UK
Where necessary, we may transfer personal information outside of the UK. When doing so, we comply with the UK GDPR, making sure appropriate safeguards are in place. Please contact us for more information.
Where necessary, our data processors may share personal information outside of the UK. When doing so, they comply with the UK GDPR, making sure appropriate safeguards are in place. Please contact us for more information.
Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal data.
Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal data you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal data in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal data you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent.
You don’t usually need to pay a fee to exercise your rights. If you make a request, we have one calendar month to respond to you.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
Last updated
1 May 2024