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Experience Learning Too Privacy Policy

The Experience Learning Too webspace (the site) is published by me (I), Pat Godfrey.

This privacy statement details my approach in accordance with the General Data Protection Guidelines (GDPR) of May 25, 2018.

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Updating this policy statement

I may update this privacy policy by posting a new version on this website.

You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are familiar with any changes and in particular toward our adoption of the General Data Protection Guidelines (GDPR) of May 25, 2018.

Nothing in this policy creates or is intended to create a contract or agreement between me and any person visiting the site.

Personal information collection

The cookies I use may process your personal information with your consent for the purpose stated at the point of collection on the site.

Any personal information you provide to me is processed for your convenience as a legitimate interest. For example, when you post a comment to this site.

Legitimate interests are the interests of managing the site and its content. In includes giving you the best and most secure experience I can.

Personal identifying information is collected by some cookies to offer relevant information to you.

The site does not knowingly or intend to collect or compile personally identifying information for dissemination or sale to outside parties for consumer marketing purposes, or host mailings on behalf of third parties.

Your personal information may be collected by third party applications and interactions employed on this website such as the Facebook comments plug-in and Typeform feedback form. Read the Social Media section for more details.

Using (processing) personal information

When I, a cookie, or related third party (we or our) process your personal information for our legitimate interests, we make sure to consider and balance any potential impact on you whether positive and negative and your rights under data protection laws.

Legitimate business interests

Our legitimate business interests do not automatically override your interests. We will not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you without your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by Law.

We may also process personal information for other legitimate business interests such as fraud prevention, data analytics, enhancing your experience, modifying or improving our services, and identifying usage trends towards identifying the effectiveness of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) or promotional campaigns.

Retention of personal data

Your personal data is retained for as long as is required for the purposes for which it was collected or as required by Law.

Permission

You have the right to object to this processing in which case we advise that you do not interact further with our Website and delete the cookies we may have caused to be installed.

Disclosure of personal data

In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes of our business identified above, the site may disclose your personal information to the extent that it is required to do so by Law, in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and in order to establish, exercise or to defend our legal rights.

Transparency

We are dedicated to providing reasonable access to visitors who wish to review the personal information retained, if any. In all cases we will treat requests to access information or change information in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Securing your data

We take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal information by us and our chosen social and search partners.

Cross-border data transfers

Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which our partners and services operate. This enables the use of the information in accordance with this privacy policy (Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England, and wheresoever business is conducted Internationally).

In addition, personal information that you submit for publication on the site will be published on the internet and may be available around the world.

By using the services offered on this site you agree to such cross-border transfers of personal information.

Other websites

The site contains links to other websites within and outside my domains.

Although external links are carefully vetted, I am not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party.

Google advertising

Advertising links supplied automatically by Google often link to websites that have not been vetted by me. Please exercise your routine caution when visiting these websites and services.

Opt out from Google analytics

If you want to opt out of Google analytics, download and install the add-on for your web browser. Visit the Google opt out tool.

Use of social media

The site includes social media features, such as commenting and interactive mini-programs like a Feedback Form that runs on the site. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on the site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly.

Your interactions with such features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it. I take care to check that these policies do not conflict with my own, however you are invited to read them for yourselves, too.

To post comments on the site you must sign into Facebook. The site uses a 'social-media plug-in' to allow you to leave comments on my articles. No personal information is tied to your posts although other visitors will read and be able to follow your avatar.

Find out more about the Facebook comments plug-in and Typeform feedback form used in this site.

Use of cookies

Like most websites, to assist in providing a customised experience we (including third-party plug-ins) use small text files called Cookies, which are placed on your device by your browser.

Why use cookies?

The site uses or allows cookies on for the following purposes:

  • Anonymous Google and Bing analytics.
  • Remembering that you have read the cookie notice within the last month.
  • For use when sharing to social media such as LinkedIn and Facebook.
  • For use when participating in the Typeform feedback form.

What are cookies?

Cookies are anonymous and do not collect personal information like your name or email address and if you are uncomfortable with the use of them most browsers permit users to opt-out of receiving them. You can delete cookies from your system after your visit.

Rarely, cookies can be employed for malicious or over zealous marketing purposes. I take great care to ensure the site cookies and those issued by third-party plug-ins are used for your benefit and to meet our legitimate business purposes.

How cookies are baked

Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, the site will issue cookies as soon as you visit it. By using the site you agree that we may places these on your system or device.

There are two types of cookies in use on this site:

  • Session cookies are deleted from your computer when you close your browser
  • Persistent cookies remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach their expiration date.

Reporting rotten cookies

If you discover any unsavoury cookies issued during the use of the site or our third-party plug-ins, then please tell us so we can take action promptly.

Cookies known in use on this website
Cookie Name Notes
Google search and analytics
_ga This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. Visit Cookiepedia
_gat This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes. Visit Cookiepedia
_gid This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. No information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. Visit Cookiepedia
Bing search
MUID This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded Microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking. Visit Cookiepedia
MUIDB There is not yet any general information about this cookie based on its name only. Visit Cookiepedia
Google adverts
test_cookie Believed to accompany the Google adverts. Visit Cookiepedia
LinkedIn sharing
bcookie Identifies the browser lasting one year. Visit LinkedIn cookie table
lidc Used for routing lasting one day. Visit LinkedIn cookie table
BizoID LinkedIn Ad analytics lasting 6 months. Visit LinkedIn cookie table
UserMatchHistory No information available. Visit LinkedIn cookie table
lang No information available. Visit LinkedIn cookie table
Typeform
PHPSESSID Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages. Visit Cookiepedia
_tld_ Visit Typeform cookie policy.
ajs_* Visit Typeform cookie policy.
amplitude_* Visit Typeform cookie policy.
attributation_user_id Visit Typeform cookie policy.

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