Privacy Policy
This is the privacy policy for BoroGuide [boroguide.co.uk]… or the “website”, just to keep things nice and simple later on. It ain’t the most riveting read you’ll stumble across on here, but it does set out what information we may collect, why we collect it and what choices you have.
It goes without saying that this privacy policy applies to all parts of this website (see, told you it keeps things nice and simple).
Who we are
BoroGuide is an independent Stevenage FC website.
Our website address is: https://www.boroguide.co.uk.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how BoroGuide is used – things such as which pages are visited, how visitors find the site and how people move around it.
Google Analytics is operated by Google. Google Analytics 4 does not log or store individual IP addresses.
We use a consent system so that analytics storage is disabled unless you give permission. You can choose not to consent without losing access to BoroGuide.
You can change your choice later using the Privacy and cookie settings link available on the website.
Advertising
BoroGuide is free to use but costs money to run, so we use Google AdSense to display advertising.
Google and its advertising partners may process information about your device and activity for purposes including delivering, measuring and, where you consent, personalising advertising.
For visitors in the UK, EEA and Switzerland, we use Google’s European regulations consent system. This lets you consent, decline consent or manage the purposes and advertising partners individually.
The advertising partners involved can change depending on the adverts available to serve. The consent screen provides the current list of participating advertising partners and the purposes for which they request permission.
You can change your advertising and analytics choices at any time using the Privacy and cookie settings link on the website.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the information shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available from Automattic. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible publicly alongside your comment.
We use Akismet to help detect spam. Information processed for this purpose can include the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer and site URL, together with information entered into the comment form.
Cookies
BoroGuide uses cookies and similar technologies for several purposes, including essential website functions, analytics and advertising.
Non-essential analytics and advertising storage is controlled using our consent system. You can consent, decline or manage your choices, and you can change them later.
Full details are available in our Cookie Policy.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages and articles on BoroGuide may occasionally contain content embedded from another website, such as a video or other media.
Embedded content can behave in the same way as visiting the originating website directly. Those services may collect information, use cookies or other storage, or record your interaction with their content.
Website performance
We use LiteSpeed Cache to improve the performance and loading speed of BoroGuide. Caching can temporarily store copies of website pages.
We may also use QUIC.cloud services in connection with website performance and caching. Information about QUIC.cloud’s handling of data is available in its privacy policy.
Media
If you upload images to BoroGuide, you should avoid uploading images containing embedded location information (EXIF GPS). Visitors can potentially download images and extract location information contained within them.
Accounts and administration
If you have an account on BoroGuide, WordPress may use cookies to maintain your login, remember display preferences and provide administrative functions.
These cookies are necessary for logged-in website administration and are separate from optional analytics and advertising cookies.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its associated metadata may be retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and approve follow-up comments and maintain the site’s comment history.
For registered users, if any, we store the personal information supplied in their user profile. Users can view, edit or delete their personal information, except for their username. Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
Analytics and advertising information is retained according to the settings and retention periods applied by the relevant services.
Who we share information with
Depending on how you use BoroGuide and the choices you make through our consent system, information may be processed by service providers including Google, Automattic/Akismet, our hosting and website infrastructure providers, and advertising technology providers.
Where advertising consent is requested, the current participating advertising providers can be viewed through the Manage options section of our privacy and cookie settings.
What rights you have over your data
UK data-protection law gives individuals rights over their personal information in certain circumstances.
If you have an account on BoroGuide or have left comments, you can request a copy of personal information we hold about you and can ask us to erase personal information we hold where applicable.
This does not include information we are required to retain for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Changing your privacy choices
You can review or change your analytics and advertising choices at any time using the Privacy and cookie settings link available on BoroGuide.
You can also remove previously stored cookies using your browser’s privacy settings.
Where your data may be processed
Some of the services used by BoroGuide are operated by organisations based outside the UK. This means information may be processed outside the UK where those services are used.
Visitor comments may also be processed by an automated spam-detection service.
Changes to this policy
We may update this privacy policy when BoroGuide or the services it uses change. The latest version will always be published on this page.