Privacy Policy

Last updated: 26 May 2025

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://dicklloydphotography.com

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract location data from images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience and last for one year.
Visiting our login page sets a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, cookies will store your login info and screen display preferences:
- Login cookies last for two days.
- Screen options cookies last for one year.
- If you select “Remember Me”, your login persists for two weeks.
- Logging out removes login cookies.
Editing or publishing an article sets an additional cookie, which includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content behaves just as if you visited the source website directly. These external sites may:

Collect data about you
Use cookies
Embed third-party tracking
Monitor your interaction with the content, especially if you are logged in

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics may track information such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited. This data helps us improve our content and user experience.

Google Analytics uses cookies. You can opt out by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Cookie Consent

This site uses CookieYes to manage cookie consent preferences. When you visit the site, you will see a consent banner that allows you to accept or customize cookie settings.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely to help with automatic approval of follow-up comments.
For registered users (if any), we store the personal information in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except username changes). Website admins can also access and edit this information.

Your Data Rights

If you have an account or have left comments, you can:

Request an exported file of the personal data we hold
Request the erasure of your data (excluding data we’re required to keep for legal or security reasons)

Where Your Data Is Sent

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

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to access, update, or delete your personal data, please contact us:

Email: admin@dicklloydphotography.com
Postal Address: 67 Woodpark Drive, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 9DL, United Kingdom