LGBT Archive:Privacy policy
Privacy Policy of www.LGBThistoryUK.org
This Application collects some Personal Data from its Users.
Owner and Data Controller jonathan@lgbthistoryuk.org
Types of Data collected Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies, Usage Data and email address. Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection. The Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application. All Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without any consequences on the availability or the functioning of the service. Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner. Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available. Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the Owner.
Mode and place of processing the Data Methods of processing The Data Controller processes the Data of Users in a proper manner and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data. The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of the site (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Data Controller at any time.
Place The Data is processed at the Data Controller's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved with the processing are located. For further information, please contact the Data Controller.
Retention time The Data is kept for the time necessary to provide the service requested by the User, or stated by the purposes outlined in this document, and the User can always request that the Data Controller suspend or remove the data. The use of the collected Data The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: Analytics, Displaying content from external platforms, Tag Management and Managing contacts and sending messages. The Personal Data used for each purpose is outlined in the specific sections of this document.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
Analytics The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior. Google Analytics (Google Inc.) Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data. Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy – Opt Out https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
Displaying content from external platforms This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them. This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it. Personal Data collected: Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service. Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy
Managing contacts and sending messages This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User. These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.
Additional information about Data collection and processing Legal action The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Data Controller, in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related services. The User declares to be aware that the Data Controller may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities. Additional information about User's Personal Data In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) or use for this purpose other Personal Data (such as IP Address).
Information not contained in this policy More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Data Controller at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
The rights of Users Users have the right, at any time, to know whether their Personal Data has been stored and can consult the Data Controller to learn about their contents and origin, to verify their accuracy or to ask for them to be supplemented, cancelled, updated or corrected, or for their transformation into anonymous format or to block any data held in violation of the law, as well as to oppose their treatment for any and all legitimate reasons. Requests should be sent to the Data Controller at the contact information set out above. This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests. To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.
Changes to this privacy policy The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom. If a User objects to any of the changes to the Policy, the User must cease using this Application and can request that the Data Controller remove the Personal Data. Unless stated otherwise, the then-current privacy policy applies to all Personal Data the Data Controller has about Users. Information about this privacy policy The Data Controller is responsible for this privacy policy, prepared starting from the modules provided by iubenda and hosted on iubenda's servers. Definitions and legal references
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information regarding a natural person, a legal person, an institution or an association, which is, or can be, identified, even indirectly, by reference to any other information, including a personal identification number.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically from this Application (or third-party services employed in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.
User The individual using this Application, which must coincide with or be authorized by the Data Subject, to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Subject The legal or natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Data Supervisor) The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization authorized by the Data Controller to process the Personal Data in compliance with this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Owner) The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization with the right, also jointly with another Data Controller, to make decisions regarding the purposes, and the methods of processing of Personal Data and the means used, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application.
This Application The hardware or software tool by which the Personal Data of the User is collected.
Cookies Small sets of data stored in the User's device.
Legal information
Notice to European Users: this privacy statement has been prepared in fulfillment of the obligations under Art. 10 of EC Directive n. 95/46/EC, and under the provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC, as revised by Directive 2009/136/EC, on the subject of Cookies.
This privacy policy relates solely to this Application.
Latest update: April 12, 2018 iubenda hosts this content and only collects the Personal Data strictly necessary for it to be provided Show the simplified Privacy Policy Privacy Policy generated with iubenda
Cookie Policy
1. COOKIES: WHAT ARE THEY?
Cookies are tiny data files that are stored on the user's device whilst the user visits certain websites. The use of this technology is a common practise that does not affect your device (desktop, laptop, smartphone, tablet, etc.) and allow us to deliver a page tailored to you or carry information from one visit to the website (or related site) to the next. Different browsers allow you to refuse the storage of these files and/or delete all cookies previously stored.
Cookies have an important role on some of the functions on our website (such as comments) and allow us to understand how our visitors interact with our website. This allows us to tweak our website in ways to guarantee the best user experience possible.
2. WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?
The LGBT History Project / www.lgbthistoryuk.org / www.lgbthistory.uk stores cookies that are use to optimise our performance and user experience of our website, in the terms legally permitted.
Our cookies are not used to store any personal and/or confidential information and help us to collect analytics of the user activity on our website, manage personal preferences, serve relevant and timely information to you and serve ads that are relevant to you.
3. TYPE OF COOKIES
Our website stores four types of cookies:
Session cookies: these cookies only exist whilst the user is reading our navigating our website, being usually deleted once the user closes the browser. Persistent cookies: these cookies are not essential for our website to work properly but facilitate your experience every time you visit us again. These cookies exist on your computer until a future date or until being deleted by you.
Third-party cookies: these are installed by third parties with the aim of collecting certain information to carry out various research into behaviour, demographics etc. Additionally, Mainly Male may integrate pixel tags and/or web beacon pixels. These allow us to understand how you interact with our website. These pixels do no collect any personal data and are used to help us measure the performance of different areas of our website.
4. OUR COOKIES
Category: Necessary (1) Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
COOKIE NAME PROVIDER TYPE EXPIRY CookieConsent lgbthistoryuk.org HTTP 1 year First found URL: http://www.lgbthistoryuk.org/ Cookie purpose description: Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain Initiator: Script tag Source: notinstalled Data is sent to: Ireland (adequate) Category: Statistics (3) Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
COOKIE NAME PROVIDER TYPE EXPIRY _ga lgbthistoryuk.org HTTP 2 years First found URL: http://www.lgbthistoryuk.org/ Cookie purpose description: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 16 Source: https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
_gat lgbthistoryuk.org HTTP Session First found URL: http://www.lgbthistoryuk.org/ Cookie purpose description: Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 16 Source: https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
_gid lgbthistoryuk.org HTTP Session First found URL: http://www.lgbthistoryuk.org/ Cookie purpose description: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 16 Source: https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
Category: Marketing (1) Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
COOKIE NAME PROVIDER TYPE EXPIRY collect google-analytics.com Pixel Session First found URL: http://www.lgbthistoryuk.org/ Cookie purpose description: Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 16 Source: https://www.google-analytics.com/r/collect?v=1&_v=j68&a=578451709&t=pageview&_s=1&dl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbthistoryuk.org%2F&ul=en-us&de=UTF-8&dt=UK%20LGBT%20Archive%20Wiki&sd=24-bit&sr=1024x768&vp=997x739&je=0&_u=IEBAAEAB~&jid=102247553&gjid=1770150392&cid=1022012386.1527524997&tid=UA-38556998-1&_gid=1367307092.1527524997&_r=1&z=1382407054 via https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js Data is sent to: United States (adequate)
5. HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES?
By continuing to use our site and except if you have deactivated the cookies you’re letting us know you that you are happy with our Cookie Policy.
While this is not a comprehensive list, below are some of the things that you can do to limit use of cookies and other locally-stored data technologies on your device. While cookies and other locally-stored data technologies may not be necessary to use our sites, some features may not function properly if you disable them.
You can:
remove or disable specific locally-stored data on your browser’s settings (you can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent); use a browser that can block third-party cookies; or install a plug-in to block locally-stored data, if one is available. Blocking our cookies may affect your experience whilst visiting our website.
Turning off the browser’s cookies will prevent tracking pixels from tracking your specific activity. A tracking pixel may still record an anonymous visit from your IP address, but unique information will not be recorded. If you do not want to receive tracking pixels, you will need to disable HTML images in your browser-based email client, and that may affect your ability to view images in other emails that you receive.
If you are not sure are enabled on your browser, please use a cookie detection tool.
For more information on how to deactivate them on your browser please visit the pages below:
How to deactivate cookies on:
Google Chrome https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en;
Mozilla Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences;
Microsoft Internet Explorer https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies;
Microsoft Edge https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy;
Apple Safari https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=en_GB;
Opera https://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/.
6. MORE INFORMATION
Please read through our Privacy Policy for more information. If you have any further questions please contact jonathan@lgbthistoryuk.org.
