Who we are
Our website address is: http://www.actiononplastic.org and is owned by Stroud District Action on Plastic. Registered office: The Exchange, Brick Row, Stroud, Gloucestershire. GL5 1DF, contact email address: info@actiononplastic.org.
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. 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:
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.
Newsletter subscriptions
We use Mailchimp to send newsletters & events notifications that you have subscribed to. Mailchimp privacy policy for contacts. You can unsubscribe at any time by following the links in the newsletter or by contacting us.
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.
Access to Third Party Accounts
This type of service allows this Application to access Data from your account on a third-party service and perform actions with it. These services are not activated automatically but require explicit authorization by the User.
- Google Drive account access (Google Ireland Limited). This service allows this Application to connect with the User’s account on Google Drive, provided by Google Ireland Limited. Personal Data processed: Usage Data. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable us to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of user behaviour.
- Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited). Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
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.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
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 may be checked through an automated spam detection service.