Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.com.

This is a personal photography related blog written by one person and is primarily for sharing information about the craft.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Overview:

We do not store or process any of your personal data on the site locally, however some of the services used in the hosting of this website may collect personal data.

These include a standard analytic tracking cookies (detailed below) or if you leave a comment or sign up for our mailing list voluntarily. This data is not stored by us but by the respective services. Some of our ads use a unique identifier link code, or cookie to tell the advertiser that you came from this site. More details below

Website

This website is hosted on the Squarespace Platform

Squarespace Terms of Service here or Privacy Statement here:

http://www.squarespace.com/terms-of-service/

http://www.squarespace.com/privacy/

Comments

Comments are provided by Squarespace

Cookies

Comments are provided by Squarespace and may place cookies to store log-in credentials.

Analytics uses cookies to track visits. More on Analytics below.

We have a small number of affiliate ads on this site, some of which store cookies.

Ads and affiliate links include the following

Ads for our own store (store.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.com) do not include any unique tracking codes or cookies and are just standard hyperlinks.

Embedded content from other websites & Ads

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). 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.

Some of the ads placed on our site use a code to let them know you came from this website, and some use cookies to let them know you came from this site if you make a purchase.

Analytics

We use industry-standard Google Analytics for keeping track of the web traffic to the store. We also use SquareSpace’s embedded analytics.

Google Privacy Policy

Who we share your data with

We do not share your data with anyone.

How long we retain your data

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Cookies stored by the third party processors and embedded content. are stored for as long as the processors require to complete the cookies tasks. See above for their privacy policies.

Server & Data Location

Our website is hosted on Squarespace and the server is located in Ireland

Request Your Data or Request to Delete your Data

As we do not store any of your personal data, you will need to request that your data be deleted by the services used. The primary services are, Squarespace for hosting and and Google Analytics for statistics. Links can be found above to their privacy policies.

Additional information

How we protect your data

We do not store any of your data locally.