QG Website Privacy Policy

Who we are

We are the Gordon’s Quarterly Gazette who publish articles, posts and other news-related items. Our website address is: https://gordonsqg.co.uk.

Comments

The Quarterly Gazette website does not permit user comments, therefore no data related to comments is collected by the website.

What data is collected

If you do not hold an account with the website, the website collects your IP address, what pages you click on, what device you use and what page referred you (Where you came from to get to our website) for the purpose of website statistics, your IP address is also used for security purposes to identify and prevent abuse and attacks. The statistics are aggregated and anonymised, they are not used to identify individual users and the data collected cannot be used to track or identify individual users by website administrators.

If you hold an account with the website, we will also collect your email address, username, name (Should you provide one) as provided by you along with the IP address(es) which you log in from amongst other information to enable you to log in to the website, perform the required activities and for security purposes.

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.

Cookies

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.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We do not share your data with any party outside of Gordon’s School and all data remains on the Gordon’s Quarterly Gazette website server as hosted within the United Kingdom.

How long we retain your data

For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile until the deletion of their account by themselves or by a website administrator. 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, 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 your data is sent

All data is retained on the Quarterly Gazette website server hosted within the United Kingdom. No data is shared with parties outside of Gordon’s School.

Burst Statistics

This website uses Burst Statistics, a Privacy-Friendly Statistics Tool to analyse visitor behaviour. For this functionality we (this website) collect anonymised data, stored locally without sharing it with other parties. For more information, please read the Privacy Statement from Burst.

Should you wish to opt-out of anonymous tracking & statistics, please send a Do Not Track request via your browser when visiting our website and we will not track your usage of the website.