Who we are
Hammond Digital
Website: https://hammond-digital.com
We act as the Data Controller for personal data collected on this website.
Comments
When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comment form, your IP address, and browser user-agent string. This helps us detect and prevent spam.
If you use Gravatar, an anonymized string created from your email may be sent to the Gravatar service to verify if you use it. Their privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images, avoid uploading photos with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors could download and extract this location data.
Cookies
This website uses cookies for functionality, analytics, and optional marketing.
Because we operate within the EU, we only activate non-essential cookies after you give explicit consent via our Cookie Banner (powered by Complianz).
Comment Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. These are for convenience so you don’t have to re-enter your details for every new comment. These cookies last for one year.
Login & Session Cookies
If you have an account and log in, we set temporary cookies to verify your login session and display preferences. Login cookies last two days, and screen-options cookies last one year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps you logged in for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
Embedded Cookies
If an article contains external content (YouTube videos, social posts, embedded tools), these third-party services may place their own cookies. These providers may track your interaction with the embedded content if you are logged in to their platform.
Full details about cookie categories and vendors are available in your Cookie Banner settings.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content, such as videos, social media posts, images, and external articles.
Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited that other site directly.
These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, track how you interact with the content, and monitor your activity if you are logged in to their platform.
Who we share your data with
We only share personal data when necessary. Examples include:
• Spam detection and security services
• Hosting and analytics providers
• Email or contact-form processing tools
• Payment processors (if applicable in the future)
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We do not sell or rent your personal data. Ever.
How long we retain your data
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
Contact form submissions are stored as long as necessary to respond to your request.
Analytics data is stored according to the retention settings of our analytics provider.
User accounts (if created) store the personal information you provide in your profile; you can edit or delete it at any time. Website administrators can also access this information.
What rights you have over your data
You have the right to:
• Request access to the personal data we hold
• Request correction of inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your data
• Restrict or object to processing
• Withdraw cookie consent at any time
• Request a copy of your data (data portability)
To exercise these rights, contact us at:
thammond.ppc@gmail.com
If you believe your data is mismanaged, you may file a complaint with your local Data Protection Authority.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked by automated spam detection services.
Forms, analytics, and email responses may be processed by third-party providers operating within the EU or under GDPR-compliant data-processing agreements.