Type of website

A not-for-profit community project that lets users submit and view descriptions and pictures/photos of locations in the UK.

Purpose

The purpose of this privacy policy (this "Privacy Policy") is to inform users of our Site of the following:

• The personal data we will collect;
• Use of collected data;
• Who has access to the data collected;
• The rights of Site users; and
• The Site's cookie policy.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

GDPR

For users in the European Union, we adhere to the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR"). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.

Consent

By using our Site users agree that they consent to the conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, it will not make processing which we completed before you withdrew your consent unlawful.

Legal Basis for Processing

We collect and process personal data about users in the EU only when we have a legal basis for doing so under Article 6 of the GDPR.

We rely on the following legal basis to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU:

• Users have provided their consent to the processing of their data for one or more specific purposes.

Personal Data We Collect

We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.

Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way

We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our Site:

• Photo/picture; and
• Location description and comments; and
• User-created username that will appear with the location description (full names will be initialized or changed to a random, unrelated, fictional name)

This data may be collected using the provided online submission form.

How We Use Personal Data

Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

The data we collect when the user submits data using the online submission form may be screened, potentially edited, and published online on the Site.

Other Disclosures

We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:

• If the law requires it;
• If it is required for any legal proceeding;
• To prove or protect our legal rights; and

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

How Long We Store Personal Data

User data will be stored until the purpose the data was collected for has been achieved.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

Children

We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 16 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact the owner of localglow.uk.

Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file, stored on a user's hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user's browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

We only use functional cookies on our Site. Functional cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your selections are saved for your next visits.

Modifications

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates.

Contact Information

localglow.uk (the "Site") is owned and operated by Felix Zajitschek (“owner of localglow.uk”; contact: localglowuk@gmail.com).