Who we are
Our website address is: http://www.freefromskincareawards.co.uk.
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.
Cookies
Some essential cookies are used by this site, but you may opt-out of non-essential cookies at any time by choosing the Privacy & Cookies Policy tab / Cookie Settings options at the foot. To read our Cookie Policy, click here.
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.
Data
Participants in the Free From Skincare Awards must provide some key information — such as their company name and address, social media accounts, an indication of size of company, contact email addresses, submitted products, and more — which we use for the purposes of the brand’s participation in the Awards.
Payment Information
We do not collect nor store credit or payment card information. Payment information is facilitated via the Stripe gateway system. For their Privacy Policy, click here.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Data is not shared with third parties.
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.
Data collected for the purposes of participation in the Free From Skincare Awards is stored on the Cognito Forms system until the end of the year following participation in the Awards (for their Privacy Policy, click here) and on one member of the Free From Skincare Awards’ team’ hard drive, for two years.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, or have participated in the Free From Skincare Awards, 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, or any data we need in order to complete an Award during the active year if you are participating in it.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Our contact information
info@skinsmatter.com
