Privacy Policy

Who we are

We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This privacy policy will explain how we use the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.

What data do we collect?

We may collect the following data:

  • Personal identification information (Name, email address, phone number, and so on)
  • Billing and shipping address (when applicable)
  • Payment information (credit card details, when applicable)
  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Device information
  • Usage data (pages visited, time spent on site, and so on)

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide us with most of the data we collect. We collect and process data when you:

  • Complete our online ‘Get in touch’ form
  • Complete our online ‘Commission’ form
  • Make a comment on an article
  • Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies

How will we use your data?

We collect your data so that we can:

  • Respond to your enquiries
  • Process your commission
  • Show your comment
  • Analyse our website usage

We do not share your data with any other companies unless required by law or in response to legal requests, such as court orders or subpoenas. Though any submitted comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How do we store your data?

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. This is covered by the Gravatar service privacy policy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Any completed enquiry or commission forms will be kept for up to one year. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your email.

What are your data protection rights?

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data from us. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: info@richardkish.co.uk

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

We use cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

  • 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.
  • Understanding how you use our website

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website may use:

  • Functionality – We uses these cookies so that we recognise you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and All About Cookies tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

Our website contains links and embedded content from other websites (like videos and images). Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you visit or engage with third-party content, please read the relevant privacy policy.

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.

Children’s privacy

Our services are not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have collected information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information.

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and place any updates on this webpage. This privacy policy was last updated on 28 March 2025.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: info@richardkish.co.uk