Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: www.eclecticenquiries.com

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.

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

Any information you enter into contact form will not be shared with third parties. We do urge you, however, to only share information you are comfortable with sharing with this site. We will store your e-mail address and the contents of messages you send.

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.

We don’t accept any liability for embedded content. The views and opinions expressed in embedded content only ever represent the views and opinions of the authors and creators of said content.

Legal Disclosure for Content

All the content on this site is only intended for informational purposes. If you act on advice on this website or on the advice of embedded content, be aware that you only do so at your own risk. No client relationships are established in any way.

Analytics and Data Analysis

Who we share your data with

We don’t directly share your data with anyone; however, as is common practice, we use analytics tools, like Google Analytics, to monitor traffic. This is done to see how many people visit the site from which regions etc. Location data and IP-addresses may be collected this way. We don’t otherwise share with, let alone sell your data to any third party. Privacy is of the utmost importance to us.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize 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 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. They might also be stored with third parties through external plug-ins.

Your contact information

We don’t share your email address or name or any other contact information with anyone. They are stored on this site and in external contexts.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), the legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

We may process your Personal Data because we need to perform a contract with you, you have given us permission to do so, the processing is in our legitimate interests as long as they are not superseded by your rights; also for payment processing purposes and most important: to comply with the law.

Additional information

How we protect your data

We have the usual scrutiny measures in place to protect this site and its content, including data that you might add. Please don’t share any sensitive data, other than name and email address, or if it applies billing information in the adequate context. Don’t give away private information in comments etc.. We don’t accept liability for any damages, private or professional, that might arise from data you voluntarily share in publicly visible areas.

Children’s Information

We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity.


This blog does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that this site has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website and regarding information shared and/or collected there.

This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.

Should we update, amend or make any changes to our privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.