The Polo Blog (thepoloblog.co.uk) is operated by Cool Monkey Studios Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company number 15481762, 30b Wild’s Rents, London SE1 4QG. Cool Monkey Studios Ltd is the data controller for personal data collected through this website and is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office under registration number CSN2843278. You can contact us about privacy at [email protected].
This policy explains what personal data we collect when you use the site, why, and what rights you have under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
When you contact us. If you use our contact form we collect your name, email address, the subject you choose and your message. We use this only to reply to you. Our lawful basis is your consent, which you give by ticking the box on the form, and our legitimate interest in answering enquiries. Messages are emailed to us and a copy is stored in the website’s database.
Comments. Comments are switched off on this site, so we do not collect any comment data.
When you browse. Like most websites, our web server automatically records technical information such as your IP address, browser type, the pages you visit and the time of your visit. Our security software (Wordfence) and our network provider (Cloudflare) also process IP addresses to deliver the site and block malicious traffic and attacks. We use this information on the basis of our legitimate interest in keeping the site secure and working properly.
We do not sell your personal data, and we do not use it for automated decision-making.
We use a small number of cookies that are strictly necessary for the site to work and stay secure, and to remember your cookie choices. Any non-essential cookies, for example for analytics or embedded content from third parties, are only set if you accept them in our cookie banner. You can change your choices at any time using the cookie icon at the bottom of the page, or through your browser settings.
Posts may include embedded content (such as videos or social media posts) or links to other websites, including the news sources we credit. Embedded content behaves as if you had visited the other website, which may collect data about you. Their privacy policies apply, not ours.
We share personal data only with service providers that help us run the site, under contracts that require them to protect it: our web hosting (provided by Cool Monkey Studios), our network and security providers (Cloudflare and Wordfence) and our email delivery service. We may also disclose data if the law requires it.
You have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to how we use it, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time. To exercise any of these rights, email [email protected]. We will reply within one month.
If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk, although we would appreciate the chance to put things right first.
We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of the page shows when it was last changed.