This Privacy and Cookie Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your data when you visit https://ukstudentsconsultancy.com.

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://ukstudentsconsultancy.com. We are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our visitors while ensuring full transparency regarding data collection.

2. Information We Collect

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form. To assist in spam detection, we also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string.

An anonymized string (a hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service. You can view their privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Upon comment approval, your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please ensure they do not contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other visitors can download these images and extract any location data contained within them.

3. Cookie Policy

We use cookies to enhance your experience and streamline site functionality.

  • Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience and last for one year.

  • Login Session Cookies:

    • Visiting our login page sets a temporary cookie to check browser compatibility. It contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

    • Logging in creates cookies to save your login info (lasts two days) and screen display choices (lasts one year).

    • Selecting “Remember Me” extends your login for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.

  • Publishing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie is saved to indicate the post ID. It contains no personal data and expires after 24 hours.

4. Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, maps). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you visited that external site. These third-party sites may collect data, use their own cookies, and monitor your interaction with the content, especially if you are logged into an account on their platform.

5. Data Sharing and Retention

  • Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

  • Retention Periods:

    • Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to allow for automatic approval of follow-up comments.

    • Registered Users: We store personal information provided in user profiles indefinitely. Users can view, edit, or delete their data at any time (except for their username). Administrators also have access to this information.

6. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we erase your personal data. Please note this does not include data we are legally or administratively required to keep for security purposes.

7. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be screened through an automated spam detection service to ensure site security.