Privacy Policy
Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.wise16.co.uk. The website focused on the local communities and our purpose is to promote local culture, community events and businesses in Bermondsey and Rotherhithe and nearby areas.
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.
We also use other plugins such Askimet or iThemes security. You can read more in another subsection below
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.
Contact forms
We do not use the information submitted through wise16.co.uk contact form section for marketing purposes. If you submit an event or get in touch with us, your preferred nickname, email address and the reason to contact us are necessary in order to process your queries. Optional fields such as your website are only for information purpose.
Cookies
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
By default, WordPress does not collect any analytics data. However, many web hosting accounts collect some anonymous analytics data.
We use Google Analytics to help us understand our web traffic data, including aggregated demographic and device data, and benchmark reports based on visits.
You can opt-out from Analytics tracking by clicking on this link: Click here to opt-out of Google Analytics
Who we share your data with
WISE16 does not share information submitted in forms unless it is requested by the sender in order to reach out other organisations related to their queries. We use google analytics in our website. Please refer to Google Analitycs Data privacy and security page for further information.
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
If you have any queries about your data and privacy related to this website, please contact us by email: info (at) wise.co.uk
Additional information
How we protect your data
We take security very seriously, therefore we have several plugins installed to protect the site against malware and hackers. We use 2-steps verification, Askimet and iThemes Security.
We monitor in a regular basis the reports submitted by the plugins above in order to take prompt action.
We work with our web hosting company to ensure any abnormal activity such as many failed logins attempts are reported and looked into.
What data breach procedures we have in place
We will work with our web hosting company to ensure any successful attempt to hack our website is dealt accordingly. We also rely in third party data breach procedures communications.
What third parties we receive data from
We monitor the activity of the website by using Google Analitycs in order to understand visits to our website and offer a better service to our visitors.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
We do not make any automated decision making.