Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. This policy outlines how Jayne Routledge Acupuncture collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit our website (
1. Who We Are
Our website address is:
2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why
Comments
When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form. We also collect your IP address and browser user agent string to help us detect and prevent spam.
An anonymized string (a “hash”) may be created from your email address and provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at:
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other visitors can download images from the site and may be able to extract this location data.
Cookies
This site uses cookies to improve your experience.
Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you do not have to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies last for one year.
Login Cookies: If you have an account and 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 cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out of your account will remove these login cookies.
Article Cookies: 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.
3. 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 had visited the other website directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
4. Who We Share Your Data With
We respect your privacy. We do not sell your personal data. Data is only shared with third parties as necessary to run this website or comply with the law. For example, if you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
5. How Long We Retain Your Data
Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Registered Users: For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.
6. Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you have the right to:
Request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
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.
7. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
