Our Privacy Policy
Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.akoft.com.
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 anonymized 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.
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
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 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.
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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
In addition to server logs, we also use Google Analytics (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en) and Jetpack Analytics (https://jetpack.com/support/privacy/) to track traffic and other statistics. You may read their privacy policies at the links provided.
Who we share your data with
We do not share with any third party any membership and/or contact data the you may voluntarily provide us. It is entirely for our internal use to keep you up-to-date with our service offerings, blog updates, seminars, events etc.
How long we retain your 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.
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 our 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
We do not share your contact information with any other third party.
Additional information
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy or your personal data that we may hold, please do not hesitate to contact us either via emailing us on info@akoft.com or calling us on +44 (0)20-3883-0261.
How we protect your data
In addition to following industry-standard security protocols, we prevent external access to any stored personal information. Your data is stored in a secure, password-protected database without general access from outside our company. Not every member of our company has access to your data.
What data breach procedures we have in place
In the unlikely event of a data breach we have a defined policy in place. A brief summary of the process is given below. Please contact us if you would like to have a copy of our detailed policy.
1. Internal Reporting
2. Initial Management and Recording
3. Investigation and Assessment
4. Notification
5. Evaluation and Response
6. Policy Review and Implementation
In short we will contact you within 72 hours of any breach occurring.
What third parties we receive data from
We may occasionally obtain data from marketing data agencies for our marketing campaigns.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
We do not do any automated decision making or profiling.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
We have no industry regulatory disclosures.