Webpath is a website, operating on the url https://webpath.guide. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and protect your information when you visit our website.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data that appears in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

The Gravatar service may be provided with an anonymous string created from your email address (also called a hash) to check whether you are using it. The privacy policy for the Gravatar service is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

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.

Site Analytics

We use Google Site Kit to analyze website traffic and user behavior. This service may collect information such as:

• Pages visited
• Time spent on site
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Referring websites
• General geographic location (city/country level)

Google’s privacy policy can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Comment 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.

Login Cookies

If you visit our login page, 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.

Article Editing Cookies

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.

Analytics Cookies

We use cookies to collect anonymous statistics about how visitors use our website through Google Site Kit. These cookies help us understand which pages are most popular and how visitors navigate our site.

Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can choose to block or delete cookies, but this may affect your experience on our website.

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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website
• Improve and personalize your experience
• Understand and analyze how you use our website
• Develop new features and functionality
• Prevent spam and abuse
• Communicate with you about comments or inquiries

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following circumstances:

• With service providers who assist us in operating our website (such as Google for analytics)
• When required by law or to protect our rights
• In connection with a business transfer or acquisition

Comment Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

User Account Data

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.

Analytics Data

Analytics data collected through Google Site Kit is retained according to Google’s data retention policies.

Your Rights Under UK Data Protection Law

Under UK data protection law (UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018), you have several rights regarding your personal 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.

Your Rights Include:

• Right of Access: Request a copy of your personal data we hold
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data (subject to legal obligations)
• Right to Data Portability: Request transfer of your data in a structured format
• Right to Object: Object to processing of your data for certain purposes
• Right to Restrict Processing: Request limitation of how we process your data
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

We will respond to your request within one month. In some cases, we may extend this by two months where requests are complex or numerous.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [contact email]. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you believe we have not handled your data appropriately.

Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Legal Basis for Processing

Under UK data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for processing your personal data. Our legal bases include:

• Legitimate Interests: For website analytics, spam detection, and improving our services
• Consent: For storing comment details in cookies (when you opt-in)
• Contract Performance: For providing user account services (if applicable)
• Legal Obligation: For retaining data required by law

Data Transfers

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Some of our service providers (such as Google for Site Kit analytics) may process data outside the UK, including in countries that may not have equivalent data protection laws. Where data is transferred outside the UK, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as:

• Adequacy decisions by the UK government
• Standard contractual clauses approved by the UK authorities
• Binding corporate rules or certification schemes

Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Third-Party Links

Our website contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us: https://aemail.com/W7vJ