Privacy Policy for Stratus9 Consulting Ltd

Effective Date: 01/01/2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to Stratus9 Consulting Ltd’s Privacy Policy. This policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website, located at stratus9consulting.co.uk (“Website”). We take your privacy seriously and are committed to protecting your personal information. By using our Website, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

2.1. Comments

When visitors leave comments on our Website, we collect the following data:

– Data provided in the comments form.
– IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
– An anonymized string created from the visitor’s email address, which may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if the visitor is using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: [Insert Link]. After approval of the comment, the visitor’s profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of the comment.

2.2. Media

If you upload images to our Website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included, as other visitors can download and extract location data from those images.

2.3. Cookies

When you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience and allow you to avoid filling in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This temporary 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.

3. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on our Website may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.) from other websites. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that external website.

4. How We Use Your Data

We do not share your personal information with third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy. We may use your data for the following purposes:

– To provide and maintain our Website.
– To improve our Website’s user experience.
– To respond to your comments and inquiries.
– To send you promotional materials and updates (if you have opted in).
– To comply with legal obligations.
– To detect and prevent fraud or abuse.

5. Data Retention

If you leave a comment on our Website, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize 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.

6. Your Rights

If you have an account on our Website 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.
– To have any personal data we hold about you erased. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

7. Automated Spam Detection

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us.

9. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The updated Privacy Policy will be posted on our Website with the effective date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.