Privacy Policy

Sinnotts Plumbing and Heating Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://sinnottsplumbingandheating.com.

Comments

When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data from the comments form. We also collect your IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

We may provide an anonymized string (a hash) created from your email address to the Gravatar service. This allows us to check if you use Gravatar. You can find the Gravatar service Privacy Policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Once we approve your comment, the public can see your profile picture alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Otherwise, visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. Therefore, these cookies are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.

When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data; instead, your browser discards it when you close the browser.

When you successfully log in, we 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 persists for two weeks. However, if you log out of your account, we immediately remove the login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, we save an additional cookie in your browser. This cookie simply indicates the article’s post ID and includes no personal data. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content, such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you had visited the originating website.

Consequently, these external websites may collect data about you. They might also use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content. This includes tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged into that external website.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, we include your IP address in the reset email.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, we retain the comment and its metadata indefinitely. We do this so we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments. This avoids holding them in a moderation queue.

For registered users (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Furthermore, all users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. However, they cannot change their username. Website administrators can also see and edit this user information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. This file includes any data you provided to us.

In addition, you can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This request does not include data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.