Who we are
Our website address is: https://exclusivegirlfriends.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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What are cookies and local storage
Cookies are small text files that get stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages. Local storage is an industry standard technology that allows us to store and retrieve small amounts of data on your computer, mobile phone or other device. At exclusivegirlfriends.co.uk we use cookies and local storage to remember you when you return to our site and to optimise your experience when landing on exclusivegirlfriends.co.uk.
Most web browsers have cookies enabled by default, see Managing cookies for help to turn them on should you need to.
Please note that cookies can’t harm your computer. We don’t store personally identifiable information such as credit card details in cookies we create, but we do use encrypted information gathered from them to help improve your experience of the exclusivegirlfriends.co.uk site. For example, they help us to identify and resolve errors that may occur on the website.
We’re giving you this information as part of our initiative to comply with recent legislation, and to make sure we’re honest and clear about your privacy when using our website. We know you’d expect this from us, and please be assured that we’re working on a number of other privacy and cookie-related improvements to the website.
Security
Our site uses the most advanced security software currently available for online transactions.
Our policy with regard to cookies
To make full use of exclusivegirlfriends.co.uk, your computer, tablet or mobile phone will need to accept cookies, as we can only provide you with certain personalised features of this website by using them.Our cookies don’t store sensitive information such as your name, address or payment details: they simply hold the ‘key’ that, once you’re signed in, commented or previously used this site its associated with this information. However, if you’d prefer to restrict, block or delete cookies from exclusivegirlfriends.co.uk, or any other website, you can use your browser to do this. Each browser is different, so check the ‘Help’ menu of your particular browser (or your mobile phone’s handset manual) to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
Third party cookie policy
When you visit you may notice some cookies that aren’t related to exclusivegirlfriends.co.uk. For example, if you go on to a web page that contains embedded content such as YouTube you may be sent cookies from these websites. We don’t control the setting of these cookies, so we suggest you check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.
Some of the business partners that may set cookies on exclusivegirlfriends.co.uk include those cited below:
google-analytics.com, google.com, googleadservices.com, googleapis.com, gstatic.com – we use google analytics to measure traffic to our site. It also provides insights into the source of the traffic, so we can optimise our site for our customers.
Managing cookies, local storage and further information on cookies
If cookies aren’t enabled on your computer, it will mean that you can’t use the website.
If you’d like to learn more about cookies in general and how to manage them, visit ICO.org (opens in a new window – please note that we can’t be responsible for the content of external websites).
If you have further questions please contact us.