Overview
Effective: 1st May 2012
Cryptic Crosswords is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This webpage tells you the data protection and privacy practices for CrypticCrosswords.com, specifically:
- What personally identifiable information is collected
- Which organisation is collecting this information
- How this information is used
- Our policy on sharing this information
- How we protect your information
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in this information
Plain English Summary
We take your privacy very seriously.
Cryptic Crosswords does not actively track you as an individual.
Should you send us an email via the contact form below, your name, email address and message will be emailed to us (as you would expect). This information is kept private. We will store this information within our own email system so that we are able to respond to you.
Should you comment on a blog post or web page on this site, then your name, email address, IP address and message will be stored in our website database (as you would expect). This makes your name and comment (but not your email address) viewable by the general public on the website.
The website does use some cookies when you browse this website. These are used to ensure proper running of this website, and also to help us improve your experience when browsing.
We do not use 3rd Party / Tracking / Advertising cookies.
If you donât know what cookies are or if you would like to find out more, please look at this Wikipedia article or The Ultimate Guide to Cookies.
NONE OF THE INFORMATION WE GATHER VIA COOKIES IDENTIFIES YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL â IT IS ALL ENTIRELY ANONYMOUS.
The cookies we use are detailed below:
| Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blog/Post Comments | Persistent | 1 year | If you leave a comment on the website e.g. on a page or blog post, then a cookie may be stored to ‘remember’ your email address for the next time you post. |
| Ajax Comments | Persistent | 15 minutes | Each time you leave a comment on the website e.g. on a page or blog post, then a cookie may be stored to allow you to edit your comment for a period of time |
| Cookie Header | Persistent | 1 year | In the header of each web page on this site you will see a message alerting you of our privacy and cookie policy. If you’ve seen this message once, you probably won’t want to see it again. We use a cookie to remember this setting. User data is all anonymous. |
| Google Analytics | To understand how people use our site, and to discover areas on our site with issues, we use Google Analytics. Most websites use some sort of analytics program like this. The data it collects helps us see things like how many people visit our site, which country they are from, how many pages they visited, how fast our site loaded, and so on. All data collected is completely anonymous, it does not identify you as an individual in any way. | ||
| WordPress | Persistent | 1 year | WordPress is the Content Management System (CMS) that runs this website. It uses a cookie when logging in and out and is essential for proper website operation. It is only set if you are a registered user, so for most people it is not set at all. User data is all anonymous. |
To find out how to delete cookies, please consult the help provided for your bwowser.
Which organisation is collecting this information
Cryptic Crosswords is a website owned by Big Dave, a UK-based private individual.
How this information is used
If you have chosen to share it with us, we use your email address to contact you in reply to your message, or to send you our newsletter. If you have entered your email address to leave a comment on the blog, it is used to identify your comment, however it is not displayed on the website or shared with any third party.
We may also use your email to help resolve issues or disputes, for example if you tell us that you cannot see any of your posts on the website, we would probably search our database using your email address to help diagnose the problem.
Our disclosure of this information
We do not share your personal information or email address with third parties.
Email opt-out
Just like you, we hate spam. We do not send you spam emails.
You may opt-out of our emails at any time. An âunsubscribeâ link is included in all of our email newsletters.
Protection of your information
Cryptic Crosswords uses best endeavour to safeguard the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information but we do not use encryption (such as SSL) or firewalls to further protect the information as it travels across the Internet. We do not believe that the personal information we collect warrants this level of security. It is important to be aware that there is no such thing as âperfect internet securityâ.
How to correct inaccurate information
Once posted, you have 15 minutes to change or remove any comment you have submitted on our website pages and/or posts. After this time, if you would like to have this information removed please contact me and I will do this for you.
You should know that because of technical constraints, all information is never completely removed from our databases. Therefore, you should not expect that all of your personally identifiable information will be completely removed from our databases in response to your requests that it be removed. We will aim to remove all publicly-facing information.
How to contact us
Please use the contact form on this site to contact us.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
From time to time we may update this Privacy Policy in line with website changes that may affect the personal information we gather about you. It is assumed that you accept such changes if you continue to use the site and services. If you do not accept such changes then you should stop using this Cryptic Crosswords website and services, and contact us (details above) if you would like any information removed.