Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy sets out how Dragons and Fairy Dust uses and protects any information you give me when you use this website. Any information you via this blog will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

Who we are

Our website address is: http://dragonsandfairydust.co.uk.

Dragonsandfairydust.co.uk is a personal blog, owned and operated by Alison Maclean. By using this site, you are indicating your agreement to the terms of this privacy policy. If you disagree with any of the terms below, please do not use this site.

We understand that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your information is used and shared online.

Our Website only collects and uses information in ways that are consistent with your rights and our obligations under the law. Namely, data is processed:

  • When you give specific and express consent for us to do so
  • When necessary for the performance of a contract, where you are a party to that contract (for example, if you buy something we will need to collect payment and delivery information in order to deliver that product to you)
  • When necessary for compliance with a legal obligation
  • When necessary, to protect the vital interest of the data subject (you) or of another natural person
  • When necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us, except where such interest is overridden by your interest or fundamental rights and freedoms.

This Privacy Policy applies to our use of any and all data collected by us in accordance with your use of our Website.

Please carefully read this Privacy Policy and ensure that you understand it.

YOU ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED OUR PRIVACY POLICY WHEN YOU FIRST USE OUR WEBSITE. If you do not agree to and accept our Privacy Policy, then you must stop using our Website.

By using our Website, you certify that you are an adult, at least 18 years of age.

This Privacy Policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on 5th February 2025. We may change this Privacy Policy as we deem necessary from time to time or as required by law. Any changes will be posted on our Website, and you will have been deemed to have accepted them on your first use of our Website following alterations. You should check this page regularly to ensure you are keeping up to date.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

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. 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.

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.

Dragons and Fairy Dust may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that I do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, I cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

  • To operate and maintain the Website
  • To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to unsubscribe from future emails
  • To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website
  • To track, measure and analyse the statistical performance of the Website
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Third-Party Use of Personal Information

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.

Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides anonymised statistical information, such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. Please refer to Google Analytics’s privacy policy for further information.

MailerLite – this service is used for the delivery of downloads, newsletters and other emails (such as updates, giveaways and offers). We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to MailerLite’s privacy policy for further information.

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.

Publicly Visible Information

When you leave a comment on this Website, your name, web address (if supplied) and comment will be visible to the public. Your email address and IP address will be collected but never shared publicly. Data submitted when making a comment may be stored indefinitely. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Advertising

Affiliate Program Participation

The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.

Dragons and Fairy Dust is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon’s websites. As part of this Amazon Associates Program, the Website will post customised links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilises cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.

Newsletters

On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behaviour will not be passed on to 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.

For users that register on our website (if any), 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.

Information collected using Google Analytics is retained for 26 months.

Information submitted through forms, such as email forms or contact forms, are retained until such a time as the data subject chooses to unsubscribe or invokes their right under GDPR to be forgotten.

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 provided. 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.

Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us  via email to remove yourself from our mailing list.

Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request via email -see below

Amend – You may contact us via email – see below -to amend or update your personal information.

Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request via email – see below.

Contact via email

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Sensitive Personal Information

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

Children’s Information

The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 18 in its database, please contact us immediately via email and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Rights of California Residents

If you reside in California, California Law (CCPA) gives you the right to ask if we sell or disclose your personal information to third parties. We do not sell your personal information to third parties for others’ direct marketing. We have not sold your personal information in the past. California law also gives you the right to opt out of such sales.

CONTACT INFORMATION

At any time, please contact us via email for questions related to this Privacy Policy.

Last updated: 5th Feb 2025