Privacy and Cookie Policy

Who We Are

This website is operated by the Earl of Rothes project. Our website address is: https://earl-of-rothes.info.

We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy in compliance with applicable data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), EU GDPR (where applicable), and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect and prevent spam.

An anonymized string (hash) generated from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if used with Gravatar) will be publicly visible next to your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may download and extract any location data from such images.

Cookies

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device to help the website function properly, improve user experience, and analyze site traffic.

What Cookies We Use:

Comment 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 you don’t need to re-enter your details next time. These cookies last for one year.
Login Cookies: When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences.
- Login cookies last for 2 days.
- Screen options cookies last for 1 year.
- If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for 2 weeks.
- If you log out, login cookies will be removed.
Temporary Cookies: If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Publishing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is stored in your browser. It contains no personal data and only identifies the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

You may adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies, but some parts of the website may not function properly as a result.

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 you visited the other website directly.

These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content — including tracking if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not share your personal data with third parties unless it is necessary to provide our services or as required by law. If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email for security purposes.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation.
For users who register on our site (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

You have the right to:

Access the personal data we hold about you.
Request the correction or deletion of your data.
Object to or restrict our processing of your data.
Withdraw your consent (where applicable).
Request a copy of your personal data in a portable format.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us via the website’s contact form or email (if provided). Please note that we may need to retain certain data for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service, such as Akismet or other anti-spam solutions.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy and Cookie Policy, or if you would like to make a data request, please contact us through the website’s contact page.