Who we are
Our website address is: https://catrionamactaggart.com. We are dedicated to respecting the privacy of your personal information, and this privacy policy describes what information is collected from you on this website and how it is used.
By visiting and using the website, you accept and agree to be bound by this privacy policy. Your continued use of the website after posting of any changes to our Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes and updates. You must not access or use the website if you do not wish to be bound by this Privacy Policy.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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.
Contact forms
This website uses Contact Form 7, a privacy-friendly contact form plugin. You may be required to provide personal information, such as your name and email address to send a message using the contact form. Your message and data is stored indefinitely by catrionamactaggart.com but will not be shared with any third party sites. Your data may be used to respond to your enquiry. By using this contact form you consent to these terms.
If you subscribe to this site you may be alerted via email when new content is posted. You may also opt to receive a monthly newsletter. You may unsubscribe at any time and your email address will be removed from the mailing list.
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.
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.
Social media
Social media accounts and sharing options are available on this website. Social media sites can track your personal information. Should you choose to interact with us on social media, please note that you will be voluntarily disclosing that personal information. This information is no longer private. It becomes public information and can be collected and used by others. We have no control over and take no responsibility for the use, storage or dissemination of such publicly disclosed personal information by you. Any such interactions via comments and social media with us do not subject us to any kind of liability related to misuse of your information by others.
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, 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
If you have left comments on this site you can 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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics which is a third party service used to track and record visitor data, including details about traffic, visitor behaviour and location. At no time is this data used for any other reason other than to how, when and how many times this website is being viewed. The data is collected and used only by myself to analyse visitor trends. I through this website and through Google Analytics make no attempt to identify individuals or any personal information.
Additional information
General disclaimer
All of the views, opinions, thoughts and images shared on this website are completely my own unless stated otherwise. All material published on this website is copyright of Catriona Mactaggart. I use watermarks on my own professional photography content to prevent the illegal copying of these images. Should you unlawfully copy or download content from https://catrionamactaggart.com without written permission from Catriona Mactaggart you may be subject to legal action.
Affiliate & third party links
This website uses affiliate marketing & third party links. This site is a participant in the Awin Affiliate Programme which means products or services may be promoted or advertised on this website in exchange for commissions and/or financial rewards when you click and/or purchase those products or services through our affiliate links. These links are “sponsored” and “no follow” links a per the Google guidelines.
Other products and services may also be recommended on this website but no such reference is intended to be an endorsement or statement that such information provided is accurate. We make these recommendations these based on our personal experiences but it is still your responsibility to conduct your own due diligence to ensure you have obtained complete accurate information about such products and services.
These affiliate or third party relationships in no way compromise the integrity of the content, information, services and materials being presented to you here, and you are under no obligation to click on these affiliate links to purchase those products or services being offered. These affiliate programs are selected based on personal experiences and preferences.
Although we provide these affiliate links on the website for your convenience, we have no control over these external websites and they are solely responsible for their own content and information presented. Therefore, Catriona Mactaggart cannot be held liable or responsible for any content presented on these external websites and for any damages resulting from them.