Privacy Policy

At A Waterhouse Art, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information received and collected by A Waterhouse Art and how it is used.

Domains

  • The main website domain is:  https://alwaterhouse.net. 
  • Other domains owned and pointing to this site are: https://alwaterhouse.art &
    http://awaterhouse.art

DoubleClick DART Cookie

  • Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on A Waterhouse Art.
  • Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to A Waterhouse Art and other sites on the Internet.
  • Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on A Waterhouse Art send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

A Waterhouse Art has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. A Waterhouse Art‘s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browser’s respective websites.

 

Log Files

Like many other Web sites, A Waterhouse Art makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyse trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Analytics

We also use an SEO plugin provided by Yoast that uses Google Alanytics  and other measurement tools (like Hotjar) to help analyze how users use the site. These tools use ‘cookies’, which are text files placed on your computer, to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is used to analyse site usage .

Yoast SEO Privacy Policy is available at: https://yoast.com/privacy-policy/

Google Analytics Privacy Policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Hotjar Analytics Privacy Policy is available at: https://www.hotjar.com/privacy/

Contact forms and your contact information

We use a contact form plugin provided by WPForms to enable visitors to get in touch and we keep contact form submissions for one year for customer service purposes, but do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes.

WPForms privacy policy is available here: https://wpforms.com/privacy-policy/

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 anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

 

Where we send your data

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.

Visitor comments are checked through automated spam detection services

https://www.stopforumspam.com

https://www.projecthoneypot.org

https://botscout.com

Who we share your data with

Other than those sites used for analysis or spam detection we do not share your information with any third parties.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

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.

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.