Privacy Policy

GM Marketing respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information when you visit our website: https://gmmarketing.co.uk.

For the purposes of this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refers to GM Marketing.

1. Who we are

Our website address is: https://gmmarketing.co.uk.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, you can contact us at:

GM Marketing (Ireland) Ltd
9 Hillview Road
Belfast
BT14 7BT

Phone: +44 (0)28 9026 7080
Email: info@gmmarketing.co.uk

2. What personal data we collect

Depending on how you use our website, we may collect the following types of personal data:

• Name, email address and website address, if you choose to leave a comment or submit information through a form.

• IP address and browser user agent information, used to help with spam detection and website security.

• Login details and website preferences, if you have an account on our website.

• Information contained in any media or images uploaded to the website.

• Cookie and usage data, depending on your cookie settings and how you interact with the website.

3. Comments

When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the data shown in the comments form. We also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam and protect the website.

An anonymised string created from your email address, also known as a hash, may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

After your comment has been approved, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

4. Media

If you upload images to our website, you should avoid uploading images that include embedded location data, such as EXIF GPS data.

Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from images published on the website.

5. Cookies

Our website may use cookies to improve your browsing experience, support website functionality and help us understand how our website is used.

Comment cookies

If you leave a comment on our website, you may choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience so that you do not have to enter your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

Login cookies

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies usually last for two days, and screen options cookies usually last for one year.

If you select “Remember Me”, your login may remain active for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Article editing cookies

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie may be saved in your browser. This cookie does not include personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.

Managing cookies

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling some cookies may affect how the website functions.

Where required, we will ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.

6. Embedded content from other websites

Articles or pages on our website may include embedded content, such as videos, images, articles, maps or social media posts.

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had 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 the embedded content. This may include tracking your interaction if you have an account with that third-party website and are logged in.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites. We recommend reviewing their privacy policies before interacting with their content.

7. Who we share your data with

We do not sell your personal data.

We may share your personal data where necessary with:

• Website administrators and authorised members of our team.

• Website hosting, IT support and security providers.

• Spam detection or website protection services.

• Third-party services used to support the operation of the website.

• Legal, regulatory or law enforcement authorities, where required by law.

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

8. How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically rather than holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website, if applicable, we store the personal information provided in their user profile.

Registered 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.

We will only keep personal data for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required for legal, administrative or security reasons.

9. Your rights

Under data protection law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to the personal data we hold about you.

• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.

• Request deletion of your personal data.

• Request restriction of how we use your personal data.

• Object to the use of your personal data in certain circumstances.

• Request a copy of your personal data in a portable format.

• Withdraw consent where we rely on consent to process your personal data.

If you have an account on our website, or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including data you have provided to us.

You can also request that we erase personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are required to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.

To exercise your rights, please contact us at: [Insert contact email].

10. Where your data is sent

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

Some data may be processed by third-party service providers who help us operate and protect our website.

11. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.

However, no website or online service can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should take care when submitting personal information online.

12. Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites. This Privacy Policy only applies to our website.

If you click a link to another website, we recommend reading that website’s privacy policy to understand how your personal data may be used.

13. Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we handle your personal data, please contact us first so we can try to resolve your concern.

You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK regulator for data protection matters.

Website: https://ico.org.uk

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any updates will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

We recommend checking this page occasionally to stay informed about how we protect your personal data.