Privacy Policy
This privacy policy sets out how The Girder Club uses and protects any information that you give The Girder Club when you use this website.
The Girder Club may change this policy by updating this page and it is your responsibility to check this page from time to time to ensure that you are satisfied with any changes.
Information we may collect
We may collect the following information: Name, contact information including email address or phone number, demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests, and other information relevant to the operations of our website.
How we use your Information
At times, we may require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service. In particular, we may require this information for the following reasons:
- We may use this information for internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- We may periodically send promotional email about new products, special offers or other information, which we think you may find interesting using the email address, which you have provided.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail.
- We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.
We also reserve the right to both send you promotional information and distribute or lease your personal information to third parties. We may also use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties, which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
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.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
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.However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over those other websites. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information, which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the websites in question.
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.
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
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.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Under the GDPR, you are entitled to various rights in regards to the Personal Information we collect, such as the rights of access, rectification, restriction, objection, portability, and erasure. These rights are subject to certain limitations set forth in applicable law.
To exercise these rights, please contact us and we will resolve your request without delay. We may keep a record of your communications to help us resolve any additional issues you raise.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your supervisory authority if you believe we have failed to meet our obligations in regards to your Personal Information.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Terms of Use
Acceptance
By accessing and using The Girder Club website, you accept and subject yourself exclusively to our Terms of Use. You will not use the website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by the Terms of Use. By using the website you are fully accepting the terms, conditions and disclaimers contained in this notice. If you do not accept these Terms of Use you must immediately stop using our website.
The contents of The Girder Club website does not constitute advice and should not be relied upon in making or refraining from making any decision. All materials contained on this website are provided without warranty of any kind. You use the material on the website at your own discretion.
Change of Use
The Girder Club reserves the right to change or remove (temporarily or permanently) the website or any part of it without notice and you confirm that The Girder Club shall not be liable to you for any such change and/or removal. The Girder Club reserves the right to change our Terms of Use at any time, and your continued use of the website following any changes shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change.
Copyright
All copyright, trade marks and all other intellectual property rights on the website and its content (including but not limited to the website design, text, graphics and all software and source codes connected with the website) are owned by and/or licensed to The Girder Club or otherwise used by The Girder Club as permitted by law.
In accessing the website you agree that you will access the content solely for your personal, non-commercial use. None of the content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written consent of The Girder Club and/or the copyright holder.
Links to and from other websites
The Girder Club may include links to third party websites that are controlled and maintained by others. Any link to other websites is not an endorsement of such websites and you acknowledge and agree that The Girder Club is not responsible for the content or availability of any such sites. If you visit any website via a link on this website you do so at your own risk. Any party wishing to link to this website is entitled to do so provided that the conditions below are observed:
- You do not seek to imply that we are endorsing the services or products of another party unless this has been agreed upon in writing;
- You do not misrepresent your relationship with this website; and
- the website from which you link to this website does not contain offensive or otherwise controversial content or content that infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of a third party.
By linking to this website in breach of our terms, you shall indemnify us for any loss or damage suffered to this website as a result of such linking.
Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability
The Girder Club will not be liable for any indirect or consequential loss or damage (including without limitation loss of business, opportunity, data, profits) arising out of or in connection with the use of our website.
The Girder Club makes no warranty that the functionality of our website will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that the website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or anything else which may be harmful or destructive.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold The Girder Club and its employees and agents harmless from and against all liabilities, legal fees, damages, losses, costs and other expenses in relation to any claims or actions brought against The Girder Club arising out of any breach by you of these Terms of Use or other liabilities arising out of your use of our website.
Severance
If any of these Terms of Use should be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction then such Term of Use shall be severed and the remaining Terms of Use shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
Waiver
If you breach these Terms of Use and we take no action, we will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies in any other situation where you breach these Terms of Use.
