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WHO IS TAKING 5?

I am Jane Batt, owner and editor of this website, https://taking5.com, as well as owner and editor of my other website https://practicallyperfectmums.co.uk and director of companies, Practically Perfect Mums Ltd and Taking 5 Ltd.

WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT

CONTENT

All content on this website is copyright ©Jane Batt and Taking 5 Ltd and may not be copied, reproduced, distributed or shared in a way which suggests it belongs to anyone other than myself and may only be reproduced with my express prior written permission. If consent to extract quotes is given, clear credit should be displayed.

WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHO WE SHARE IT WITH

This site only contacts individuals who specifically request that I do so or have signed up to receive my free email communications or need to be contacted under other reasonable circumstances such as notification of winning a giveaway.

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.

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

ANALYTICS

We collect and store information that is generated automatically as you navigate online through the site. For example, we may collect information about your computer’s connection to the internet or allows us, among other things, to improve the delivery of web pages to you and to measure traffic on the site.

On this site we use a plugin called Jetpack and externally we use Google Analytics to measure analytics, (See Google Analytics privacy policy here). These analytics offer information such as which pages and sections on the website are the most popular and which device people are using to browse, which in turn allows me to offer relevant, device appropriate content. I can also see how users are finding my website which helps me target my marketing.

AFFILIATE LINKS

This site includes links to websites I recommend or work with on a collaborative basis and provides access to products and services offered by third parties whose privacy policies I do not control. Some of the links I provide are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item connected to that link, I will receive a small affiliate commission at no cost you. When you access another website or purchase third-party products or services through this site, use of any information you provide is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the site you are visiting or the provider of such products or services.

I have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party web sites or services. You further acknowledge and agree that this website and its owner shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web sites or services.

GIVEAWAYS AND COMPETITIONS

This site  may run competitions and giveaways. In order to facilitate these, entrants will be required to supply certain information which includes, but is not limited to; full name, email address, and full postal address.

Full postal addresses of winners will be shared with brands where necessary to ensure delivery of your prize. As such, supplying of full postal address is necessary to enter any competitions on this site. Your details will never be shared with anyone other than the brand/s supplying the prize/s for the giveaway or competition which you enter. I will take steps to ensure that prize suppliers are GDPR compliant and do not use your details for any other reason than to provide your prize, but I cannot be held responsible for any misuse of data by any third-party.

Email addresses supplied during the entering of competitions and giveaways are used solely for the purposes of contacting winners. Your details are never added to mailing lists or shared with any third parties, unless necessary.

The sharing of full name, email address, and full postal address is required in order to facilitate competitions and giveaways, and therefore the collection of this information is granted legally under the GDPR base of ‘contract’. As such, if you are not happy to share your full name, email address and full postal address I will be unable to continue with your competition or giveaway entrance.

You may request to have your details removed from my database and competition software any time after the competition or giveaway has ended by contacting me at jane@practicallyperfectmums.co.uk

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 who 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.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR DATA

Your data is protected through password protection and through regular WordPress and plugin updates to reduce the risk of security breaches.

CONTACT INFORMATION

You can contact me via jane@taking5.com

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