Privacy and Cookies

Unless you volunteer information about yourself via a contact form or by commenting on our site, we do not keep any personal information about our visitors.

We do use cookies, which are small text files placed on your device when you visit the site. These tiny files cannot affect your device or contain any personally identifiable information.

	Cookie	Expiry	Personal data?
To make the site work:
	frontend_session	when browser closes	no
	PHPSESSID
	ypt_pg
Set by WordPress (blog software) to check if cookies are enabled, and whether you are logged in:
	wordpress_test_cookie	when browser closes	no
	wordpress_logged_in
To check if you prefer to view the blog in desktop or mobile version:
	wpmp_switcher	1 year	no
If you’ve chosen to comment on the blog, so you don’t have to retype all your data:
	comment_author	1 year	yes: provided by visitor, and required to comment (anti-spam)
	comment_author_email		yes: provided by visitor, and required to comment (anti-spam)
	comment_author_url		yes: provided by visitor, optional
To check if you have asked to receive updates to comments on a post:
	subscribe_checkbox_	9 months	no
So we know how many visitors we get, and what they are interested in:
	_utma	2 years	no
	_utmb	30 mins	no
	_utmc	when browser closes	no
	_utmv	24 hours	no
	_utmz	6 months	no

Use of data

We do not share our data with anyone.

Your rights

Your personal data is protected in the UK by the Data Protection Act. This provides that any data we hold about individuals should be:

• processed lawfully and fairly.
• kept up to date, where necessary, and not retained for longer than is necessary.
• kept secure to prevent unauthorised access.

You do have the right to see what information, if any, is held and correct any inaccuracies. You can do this via the contact form on this site.

Policy changes
Any changes to this policy will be posted here.