Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.uptownoracle.com.
Terms of Use
All content on Uptown Oracle is owned by the creator, Rebecca Armstrong. Readers may not modify, copy, reproduce, sell, or distribute any content in any manner or medium without permission from the creator.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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 anonymised 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
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics which uses anonymous IP data to see behavioural patterns and demographics.
Who we share your data with
We do not share personal information with third-parties nor do we store information we collect about your visit to this blog for use other than to analyze content performance through the use of cookies, which you can turn off at anytime by modifying your Internet browser’s settings. We are not responsible for the republishing of the content found on this blog on other Web sites or media without our permission.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise 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.
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 have provided to us. 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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Please email becky@uptownoracle.com if you have an privacy specific concerns.
Additional information
Copyright
All images on Uptown Oracle are taken by myself, unless stated by linking them to the original page. Any others are readily available in numerous places on the Internet and are believed to be in public domain. Images posted are believed to be posted within my rights according to the U.K. Copyright Fair Use Act. However, if you think that any content appearing on the website infringes your copyright, please let us know by contacting us and this will be removed as soon as possible.
Affiliate Links
We use affiliate links which drop cookies when clicked on which collects tracking data (but no personal data) to know when a purchase is made after a click. I am paid on a commission basis by using these links. I use affiliate links as a way to monetise my blog but this does not affect my endorsements in any way – I only use links to products I have used and will not endorse any products I have no first-hand experience of.
I am also 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.com.
Sponsored Content
Where I am paid to include a product or mention a company in a blog post I will disclose this fact. This does not skew my opinions in any way when reviewing or sharing my opinions on the products.
PR
Uptown Oracle is PR friendly, however, will always give an honest opinion. If an item has been given to us by a company we will not lie about any products as we want to help ensure people can make informed purchasing decisions. So reviews will also be completely honest about products. If you are a PR company and would like to get in touch, please do so using my contact page.