Privacy Policy & Cookies

What personal data does The Sarky Type® store?

The Sarky Type® collects names and email addresses for email marketing. If you decide to subscribe to the blog, that information will be stored with the email marketing platform, Mailerlite.

Comments

When you leave a comment, The Sarky Type® collects data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This helps 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’re using it.

Gravatar service privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Once your comment has been approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Contact forms

The Sarky Type® keeps contact form submissions for customer service purposes, but that information isn’t used for marketing purposes.

Card payments

The Sarky Type® processes online payments via PayPal.

PayPal privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/uk/legalhub/privacy-full

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may save your name, email address and website in cookies. This saves time when you leave another comment.

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 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. That may include tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Additional analytics

The Sarky Type® uses Google Analytics and Google Search Console.

Google privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/.

The Sarky Type® uses the AIOSEO plugin for SEO performance.

AIOSEO privacy policy: https://aioseo.com/privacy-policy/

Who does The Sarky Type® share your data with?

No data is shared directly by The Sarky Type®. The information collected from blog sign-ups is stored with Mailerlite.

Mailerlite privacy policy: https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy

How long does The Sarky Type® keep your data?

The Sarky Type® keeps contact form entries, analytics records and customer purchase records indefinitely. If you leave a comment, that comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This data allows The Sarky Type® to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

What rights do you have over your data?

If you have left comments, you can request an exported file of the data, including any data you have provided to The Sarky Type®. You can also request to erase any personal data The Sarky Type® holds about you. This does not include data kept for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where does The Sarky Type® send your data?

Your data isn’t sent to any party, but visitor comments may be checked through the automated spam detection service, Akismet.

Akismet privacy policy: https://akismet.com/privacy/

How does The Sarky Type® protect your data?

The Sarky Type® won’t divulge your data to anyone unless otherwise stated. All contact forms are directed to one private email address.

If you have concerns about your data and how it’s used, email: info@thesarkytype.com

The Sarky Type® is a sole trader and is owned by Sarah Wilson-Blackwell. All content produced on this website is by Sarah Wilson-Blackwell.