Privacy Policy
Who we are
BeekeeperCentral s a personal website designed for informational and entertainment purposes only. We do not sell products or services. Donations and affiliate links provide income to help defray operating expenses.
The following Privacy Policy governs BeekeeperCentral (https://www.beekeepercentral.uk/)
This Privacy Policy aims to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this website.
What personal data do we collect, and why do we collect it
Information You Voluntarily Submit: We may collect personal information from you, such as your name or email address. This occurs when you voluntarily submit information to the website by leaving a comment, subscribing to post updates, or submitting a contact form.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device you use to access the website. For example, when you use the website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times you accessed the website. We may also collect information about your actions when using the website, such as the links you clicked.
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalised experience on the website. For example, when you close a banner, cookies remember that you have already close it.
How your information may be used
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
To operate and maintain the website;
To send you promotional information, such as newsletters or notifications of post updates. Each email sent will provide details on how to opt out of future mailings;
To send you administrative communications, such as confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
To respond to your comments or inquiries;
To provide you with user support;
To protect, investigate, and deter unauthorised or illegal activity.
Third-party use of personal information
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorise us to share your information.
Additionally, the website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the website. Their respective privacy policies dictate each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information.
The website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics: This service tracks website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but Google Analytics captures no other personal information.
PayPal: This payment processor collects donations from readers. When you donate, we receive your name, email, and notification of the amount donated. We do not accept any additional information unless you voluntarily submit your address or a comment. We do not have access to any other financial information you may have on file with PayPal. The privacy policy for PayPal can be found here: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with 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. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Personally Identifiable Information
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the website’s sole discretion.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal data collected through the website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganisation proceeding brought by or against us.
Anonymous data
From time to time, we may use anonymous data that does not identify you alone or when combined with data from other parties. This anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
Publicly visible information
If you leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. Your email address will never be available publicly. Options such as adding an avatar, a profile description, and/or a link to your website are entirely voluntary. You may also link your Facebook, Instagram, and Google accounts.
Cookies
The website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, and customise Website content based on visitors' browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described above.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the website, by using a corresponding setting of their internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted anytime via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in their Internet browser, not all functions of our website may be entirely usable.
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 exactly 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.
Advertising
Display Ads
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the website, which may use cookies, as noted above.
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, the website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, to market the website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the website.
Affiliate Program Participation
The website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
BeekeeperCentral participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customised links provided by Amazon to track the referrals to their website. This program utilises cookies to track visits to assign commission on these sales.
Rights Related to Your Personal Information
Opt-out: You may opt out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at danielxenofont@gmail.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access: You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to danielxenofont@gmail.com
Amend: You may contact us at danielxenofont@gmail.com to amend or update your personal information.
Forget: In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to danielxenofont@gmail.com
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes, to complete transactions, or when required by law.
Sensitive Personal Information
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
Children’s Information
The website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact danielxenofont@gmail.com, and we will use our best efforts to remove such information from our records promptly.
Formal Disclosure Policy About Advertising & Affiliate Relationships
This blog may accept cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. We always give honest opinions based on our experiences on the products or topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
Contact Information
At any time, please get in touch with us at danielxenofont@gmail.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.