1. Who we are
The Belarus Blogger (“we”, “us”) is an independent blog written by Alan Adamou. This policy explains what personal data we collect when you visit the website, comment, subscribe or contact us, and how we use it.
2. Information we collect
- Comments: name, email address, website (optional), comment text, IP address and browser user-agent (to help spam detection).
- Newsletter: your email address.
- Contact form: name, email address and the content of your message.
- Analytics: anonymised usage data such as pages visited and device type.
3. How we use your information
We use your data only to publish and moderate comments, send the newsletter you subscribed to, reply to your messages, and understand how the site is used so we can improve it. We never sell your data.
4. Cookies
If you leave a comment you may opt in to saving your name and email in cookies, so you don’t have to fill them in again. These last one year. Essential cookies keep the site working; analytics cookies are only set with your consent.
5. Embedded content
Articles may include embedded content (e.g. YouTube videos). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the other website, which may collect data about you under its own privacy policy.
6. How long we keep data
Comments and their metadata are kept indefinitely so follow-up comments can be approved automatically. Newsletter data is kept until you unsubscribe. Contact messages are deleted after 24 months.
7. Your rights
Under UK GDPR you can request access to, correction of, or deletion of the personal data we hold about you, and you can object to or restrict processing. To make a request, contact us.
8. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The “last updated” date at the top shows when it was last changed.
Questions? Contact us.