Privacy Policy
What is Belfastentries.com
Belfastentries.com is a hobby website created to explore Belfast and the neighbouring counties by looking at our history, the people, stories and places of interest through a series of short posts. We hope that the information provided is of some interest to those visiting the site and that site visitors will take the opportunity to interact by way of feedback or suggestions for new topics or posts that may be of interest.
What are Cookies?
‘When you visit a website, it gives your browser a ‘cookie’ to store in a cookie file that’s placed in your browser’s folder on your hard drive. The next time you visit the same website, the browser will give back the cookie to identify you. Then the website loads with a personalized experience’ (from AllAboutCookies.org)
At Belfast Entries we have no interest in collecting your personal information and we do not try to identify visitors. However cookies may be set by the WordPress software used to build the website, by add-on plugins offering enhanced functionality and by Google for website analytics and placing ads.
Use of Google on Belfast Entries
Advertisements shown on the site, provided through Google, are used to cover our costs in researching the articles and hosting the website. This link summarises how Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services. You can read more on how Google uses personal data when you give consent here: Google’s Privacy and Terms site
The vast majority of websites use cookies for similar purposes. The cookie consent facility allows you to refuse cookies although this may impact aspects of the website functionality. The Privacy & Cookies section below identifies the cookies used on the website.
Securing your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service to protect the integrity of the website. Outside of the use of third party plugins to build the website we have no interest in your personal information and will not try to identify you or sell/ disclose information such as email addresses etc to others.
We have included a few suggestions on how to avoid cookies on any site at the foot of the page.
Privacy & Cookies
This Cookie Policy was last updated on 12 May 2023 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United Kingdom.
1. Introduction
Our website, https://www.belfastentries.com (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5. Cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Statistics cookies
We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.
5.3 Advertising cookies
On this website we use advertising cookies, enabling us to gain insights into the campaign results. This happens based on a profile we create based on your behaviour on https://www.belfastentries.com. With these cookies you, as website visitor, are linked to a unique ID but these cookies will not profile your behaviour and interests to serve personalized ads.
Because these cookies are marked as tracking cookies, we ask your permission to place these.
5.4 Marketing/Tracking cookies
Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
5.5 Social media
On our website, we have included content from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram and Pinterest to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram and Pinterest. This content is embedded with code derived from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram and Pinterest and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalized advertising.
Please read the privacy statement of these social networks. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram and Pinterest are located in the United States.
6. Placed cookies
7. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on "Accept", you consent to us using all cookies and plug-ins as described in the pop-up and this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
7.1 Manage your consent settings
8. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.
9. Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
- Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
- Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
- If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
- Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
- Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)).
10. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:
Belfast Entries
Belfast
United Kingdom
Website: https://www.belfastentries.com
Email: moc.liamg@seirtnetsafleb
Phone number: +447777658950
This Cookie Policy was synchronised with cookiedatabase.org on 12 May 2023.
Avoiding Cookies
As we have no interest in identifying you, please feel free to block or deny cookies if you wish. In addition, some browsers and browser add-ons can be used to block cookies . For example browsers like “Duck Duck Go” and “Brave” and others such as Firefox offer enhanced cookie protection. Browser ‘add ons’ for Chrome and Edge will do the same thing.
WE HAVE NO INTEREST IN IDENTIFYING YOU AND HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AND COMMENTING AS YOU WISH.
Again, this is a hobby site intended to provide “coffee-break” stories that may be of interest.
Enjoy!
P&P
