Personal Information
How is your information being collected and used?
- This website will store personal information about you, if you are subscribed to Research Circle mailings. You will be automatically subscribed to mailings if you have signed up to an event.
- Information about you will be stored and publicly shown when you have submitted a blog post comment on this website, as long as this passes our moderation procedures. Any content that does not pass moderation will not be publicly available.
- When submitting information via the contact form on the website, this data is not stored on the web server and your information is forwarded by email.
How is your information shared?
- The information that you submit for research circle mailings will only be accessible by Sharon Clancy, website administrators, and other individuals involved with the organisation of research circle events.
- Blog post comments will be initially accessed by Sharon Clancy and website administrators, and if approved will then be publicly accessible to users of the website.
- Generated emails from the contact form will only be accessible by Sharon Clancy and the website administrators.
- No data will be shared with any external organisations or websites, without your permission.
How long will your information be kept?
- If you leave a comment on a post, that data will be retained indefinitely unless you request its removal.
- If you have unsubscribed from Research Circle mailings, then your data will be retained for 3 years before being deleted.
- If you have generated an email for us via the contact form, these are typically retained for three years, but time may vary dependent on the nature of the message.
What are your rights?
- Your rights follow GDPR data protection regulation in the United Kingdom.
- For example, you have the right to request that we send a document containing all the personal data we hold.
- You also have the right to ask for your data to be removed prior to its deletion via our retention policy.
- Please get in touch via the contact form for the above or any other GDPR aspect that you would like to query in relation to your use of this website.
How do you use cookies within this website?
- WordPress cookies are only used currently for comments, when you click the store my details checkbox. These details are then stored within your browser for one year to remember your name, email, and website (so you do not need to re-enter details on future visits)
How does embedded content affect your privacy?
- Pages on this site include embedded content (e.g. videos, images & audio). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website, and follows the privacy policies of these providers.
- These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Last Updated: 29th April 2026