Who we are
Please see our About page.
This website is created to share content for the visitors’ information and entertainment. The majority of the content on this website will be available for free without any registration.
Access to some content will require registration and, in some cases, payment.
Registration and comments
When visitors register with us to access content or leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the registration form (the user name you choose and your email address), 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.
If you register with us to access content, you also give your consent for us to send infrequent emails about new content, products, and services on this website. You can withdraw this consent anytime by clicking the Unsubscribe link in one of our emails.
Our website will also use your email address to send you receipts, notifications, and other necessary messages connected to purchases, downloads, or other transactions you initiate on the website. The legal basis for this use of your personal data is a contractual obligation to deliver the content you purchase.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are are stored so we can automatically recognise and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue. The legal basis for this use of your personal data is our legitimate interest in running the website efficiently. Here, we have considered the balance between our legitimate interests and your rights and freedoms.
For users who 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.
We do not ask you to provide more information in your user profile than necessary to support commenting and transactions when you purchase content. Any other data you provide is not processed (stored) on our behalf.
We will never sell or share your personal data with others or use it in any other ways not described in this Privacy Policy.
Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, to help us understand how visitors interact with our site and improve our content and your user experience.
Google Analytics collects information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and website usage patterns, including the pages you visit, the duration of your visit, and how you arrived at our website.
The data collected by Google Analytics may be processed and stored by Google and is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy.
For more information about how Google processes data collected through Google Analytics, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy.
Paypal
We use PayPal for payment services when you decide to purchase content. PayPal is the data controller that uses your personal data when you are connected to its services.
For more information about how PayPal processes data when you are connected to its services, please visit PayPal’s Privacy Policy.
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.
For other cookies, see our Cookie Policy page.
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 exactly 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.
How long we retain your data
For users who register on our site:
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can automatically recognise and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Your personal data, including information you provide in your user profile, information about the free and paid content access levels you decide to access, and other information connected to your user profile will be retained up to six years after your last activity on the website.
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 provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where is your data sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Data controller and contact information
Data Controller for personal data processed on the deliberate.one website is:
Tom Antonsen
Barrow-in-Furness
Cumbria
United Kingdom
Please use our Contact form or email contact@deliberate.one for any questions or requests about your personal data and rights.