The policy was last updated on Monday 19th April 2021.
The policy is subject to change at any time, at the discretion of the site editor. Your continued use of this website after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
What personal data do we collect?
We may collect the following information:
- User name (this may be a real name or pseudonym);
- E-Mail address;
- Profile picture;
- Comments;
- Messages supplied via our contact form;
- IP address;
- Geographic location;
- Browser and operating system information.
What we do with personal information
Users can make use of this website without supplying personal details such as user name and e-mail address. However, interacting with the site and its content – by posting comments on our pages, or contacting us via our contact forms – will generally provide an enhanced experience for the visitor.
Browser and operating system data is utilised to help ensure our pages display properly on your browser. It is also used for security and analytical purposes.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required to do so by law.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
This site is hosted on servers based within the European Union.
Security
The TV Room is committed to ensuring that this website is secure. We have implemented a number of security measures to protect the website from unauthorised access. We continue to review security procedures on a regular basis.
This website utilises functionality provided by open source solutions and third party suppliers. We will only utilise functionality which has been subject to stringent quality control and security checks. We take great care to ensure that any potential security risks are addressed. Where software updates for open source/third party products are released, we will apply those updates within a 24-hour period.
Where a user has a registered account on our system, their password is encrypted using MD5 hashing. We recommend that users do not use the same password for multiple websites/services. We will never ask you for your password. Where a user has forgotten their password, they should follow the password reset process.
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 the visitor’s e-mail 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 the visitor’s comment, their profile picture is visible to the public in the context of their comment.
Contact form
Our contact form requires visitors to supply their name, e-mail address and message text. Although the information supplied via this mechanism is not stored on a database, it is supplied to the site editor in the form of an e-mail. This e-mail record is retained in an e-mail archive indefinitely. Any subsequent correspondence relating to this initial communication – which will be by e-mail – will also be retained indefinitely.
Cookies
What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of data, in text file format, that are stored on your computer or other device when websites are loaded in a browser. They are widely used to “remember” you and your preferences, either for a single visit (through a “session cookie”) or for repeat visits (using a “persistent cookie”). They ensure a consistent and efficient experience for visitors and perform essential functions such as allowing users to register and remain logged in. Cookies may be set by the site that you are visiting (known as “first party cookies”) or by third parties, such as those who serve content or provide advertising or analytics services on the website (“third party cookies”).
Both websites and HTML e-mails may also contain other tracking technologies such as “web beacons” or “pixels”. These are typically small transparent images that provide us with statistics, for similar purposes as cookies. They are often used in conjunction with cookies, though they are not stored on your computer in the same way. As a result, if you disable cookies, web beacons may still load but their functionality will be restricted.
How we use cookies
If a visitor leaves a comment on our site, they may opt-in to saving their name, e-mail address and website in cookies. This is for their convenience so that they do not have to fill in their details again when they leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If a visitor has an account and they log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if their browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when the visitor closes their browser.
When a user logs in, we will also set up several cookies to save their login information and their screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If the user selects “Remember Me”, their login will persist for two weeks. If the user logs out of their account, the login cookies will be removed.
If a user is granted the necessary permissions to enable them to edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in their browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article they just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded data 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 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.
Data retention
If a visitor leaves 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, 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. User profile data is stored indefinitely.
What rights you have over your data
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.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us. We will address such concerns promptly.