Privacy Policy.

In this privacy policy references to “we” or “us” or “this website” are to Neil B and my personal blog called “The Kitchen Sink”.

Our contact details

E-mail - everythingbut [a-change-t] thekitchensink [dot] uk

The type of information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information:

1. Names and e-mail addresses used for blog post comments
2. Anonymous website analytics.

How we get the personal information and why we have it

1.  Personally identifiable information we process is provided to us directly by you when you submit a comment to one of our blog posts. The information is submitted via a comments platform called Cusdis which we self-host alongside this website at Vercel.

If you submit a comment that includes personal information then you have provided your consent for us to process that information. The name you provide and comment text will be publicly displayed on the website. Submission of an e-mail address is optional and the name that you use can be an internet pseudonym. 

You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting "everythingbut [a-change-t] thekitchensink [dot] uk".

2.  For complete transparency, we also collect fully anonymous website analytics. These are collected using an analytics tool called Umami that we self-host alongside this website at Vercel. No personally identifiable information is collected and no cookies are used. Anonymous analytics are used to determine which subject topics are the most popular and if anyone is actually reading what has been written.

How we store your personal information

1. Personal information collected through Cusdis, our commenting platform, is stored in a secure database. This database is used solely for our commenting platform and the information will be kept for as long as this website is online or until the commenting platform is removed or changed. The database will be deleted once it is no longer in use.

2. The anonymous website analytics collected through Umami, our analytics tool, are stored in a secure database. This database is used solely for our analytics and the information will be kept for as long as this website is online or until the analytics tool is removed or changed. The database will be deleted once it is no longer in use.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at "everythingbut [a-change-t] thekitchensink [dot] uk" if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at "everythingbut [a-change-t] thekitchensink [dot] uk".

You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk