Privacy Policy – Boyfriend Experience

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

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which our website, Boyfriend Experience, collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the https://boyfriendexperience.co.uk/. This privacy policy applies to the Site and all listings and services offered by Boyfriend Experience.

Who We Are: Introduction

Get to know us, and discover our identity.

Comment Collection: Safeguarding Your Online Interaction

When you leave comments, we collect specific data to aid in spam detection. This data includes what you enter in the comment form and your IP address and browser information. Such measures ensure a spam-free, safe environment for all our users.

Use of Gravatars: Enhancing Your Online Presence

We may use an anonymised string, or hash, from your email to interact with the Gravatar service. Once your comment is approved, your Gravatar (if you are using one) becomes publicly visible. You can review the Gravatar’s privacy policy here.

Image Uploads: Protecting Your Privacy

When you upload images to our website, avoid including location data or EXIF GPS to maintain your privacy. Our interface allows other visitors to the site to download and extract any location data included in your images.

Cookie Usage: Streamlining Your Experience

We use cookies to simplify your online experience. If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies, avoiding repeat inputs for future comments. We also use a temporary cookie during your website visit to check your browser’s cookie acceptance, ensuring optimal site functioning.

Login Information: Personalising Your Visits

On logging in, cookies help retain your login information and screen display choices to personalise your experience. If you choose “Remember Me”, the login will persist for two weeks, but if you log out, these cookies will be removed.

Editing/Publishing Articles: Aiding Your Contributions

As you engage further with our website by editing or publishing an article, we save an additional cookie in your browser, without any personal data, signifying the post ID of the article you interacted with.

Embedded Content: Enriching Your Experience

Our site may feature embedded content (videos, images, articles etc.) from other websites. This content behaves as if you visited the other website and may collect your data, use cookies, and track your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into that website.

Data Sharing: Respecting Your Privacy

We may share your data in specific scenarios such as during a password reset request, when your IP address would be included in the reset email.

Data Retention: Ensuring Continuity

To facilitate automatic approval of any follow-up comments, we keep your comments and their metadata indefinitely. If you are a registered user, we also store the personal information you provide in your user profile.

Your Data Rights: Empowering You

You have rights to your data. You may request an exported file of your personal data we hold or request for your data to be erased. However, we must retain the data necessary for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Data Forwarding: Processing Your Comments

For efficient spam detection, your comments may be checked through an automated service, which may require your data to be sent there.