Who we are
“At Sproot, we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our visitors to our web site. In particular, we want you to know that Sproot is not in the business of selling, renting or trading email lists with other companies and businesses for marketing purposes.
It just wouldn’t feel right to do that sort of thing.
But just in case you don’t believe us, and you have some spare time, our Privacy Policy below, contains lots of detailed information on when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it, the limited conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure. Pull up a chair and read on.”
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.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
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
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 visit our login page, 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.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
Some cookies we use, store and/or access information, such as unique identifiers and standard information sent by a device for personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, and audience insights, as well as to develop and improve products.
With your permission, we and our partners may use precise geolocation data and identification through device scanning. You may click to consent to our and our partners’ processing as described above. Alternatively, you may access more detailed information and change your preferences before consenting or to refuse consenting. Please note that some processing of your personal data may not require your consent, but you have a right to object to such processing. Your preferences will apply to this website only. You can change your preferences at any time by returning to this site or visit our privacy policy.
Site analytics
Google Analytics
We use this to understand how the site is being used in order to improve the user experience. User data is all anonymous.
Social networking
Facebook, google+ and Twitter all use cookies as part of sharing tools, as well as for the comments in our blogs.
Affiliates and merchant links
We use this button to identify pages with paid links
Any content with a coloured link or text are affiliated, which means when you get a product via this link or banner a contribution may be made to Sproot.co.uk, which helps it stay free to use. You shouldn’t notice any difference; the links don’t impact the products at all and the editorial line (the things we write) isn’t changed due to them. If it isn’t possible to get an affiliate link for the best product, it’s still included in the same way.
In addition, when you click some links to other websites from ours, those sites may use cookies. We may have a button or banner linking to another site, a cookie could be placed by the 3rd party who provide that link. This is normal with links to recommended suppliers.
How to stop these cookies
To stop cookies being stored on your computer in future, you’ll need to alter the settings of your internet browser. You can find instructions on how to do this either through click ‘Help’ in the menu bar, or following these browser-by-browser instructions from AboutCookies.org.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise 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 to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also 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.
Your contact information
If you have any queries relating to our use of your personal data or any other related data protection questions, please contact our Data Protection Office at admin@sproot.co.uk
Additional information
How we protect your data
Sproot is hosted on AWS. (Amazon web services) This means that, in addition to benefiting from all of the measures that AWS already takes to maintain services security, we can confirm that we are GDPR compliant.
What data breach procedures we have in place
AWS has a security incident monitoring and data breach notification process in place and will support and inform customers and APN Partners of any confirmed breach of AWS systems.
What third parties we receive data from
We receive data from our affiliate links, showing how our visitors have connected to an affiliate site. User data is all anonymous, it just gives us an insight into how our site works.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
Google Analytics
We use this to understand how the site is being used in order to improve the user experience. User data is all anonymous.
Social networking
Facebook, google+ and Twitter all use cookies as part of sharing buttons, as well as for the comments in our blogs.
