Who We Are

Our website address is: https://ftchgroup.co.uk.

Comments

When visitors leave comments, we collect data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to aid spam detection. An anonymised string from your email may be sent to the Gravatar service. After comment approval, your profile picture is visible publicly.

Media

Avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as visitors can extract this data from images on the website.

Cookies

Comments: Opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last one year.
Login Page: We set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies, discarded when you close your browser.
Logged In: We set cookies to save login info and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days; screen options cookies last a year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends login persistence for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
Article Edits: An additional cookie is saved, indicating the post ID of the article you edited, expiring after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same as if you visited the other website, which may collect data, use cookies, and track your interactions with the embedded content.

Who We Share Your Data With

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

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. For registered users, we store personal information in their user profile. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information (except username). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.