Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://snowballcreations.com.

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.

If you are a client of Snowball Creations, we retain your full name and a contact email address.

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.

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.

Who we share your data with

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

If you are a client of Snowball Creations Ltd. your contact email address is shared exclusively with members of the Snowball Creations Ltd. team.

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.

If you are a client of Snowball Creations Ltd. your personal data is deleted within 3 month of cancellation of any services.

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.

If you are a client of Snowball Creations Ltd. 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.

Statement of GDPR Compliance

Snowball Creations Ltd. is committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of our clients and ensuring the security of their personal data. We process personal data in accordance with the United Kingdom’s Data Protection Act 2018 and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679.

We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard personal data, including specify security measures, e.g., encryption, access controls, regular security audits, etc. We collect and process personal data only for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes, and we do not process data in a manner incompatible with those purposes. We retain personal data for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, and we ensure that personal data is accurate and kept up to date.

We recognise and respect the rights of our site users and business partners/clients under GDPR, including the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, object to processing, and data portability. We have established procedures for our site users and business partners/clients to exercise their rights and provide a timely response to such requests.

We are transparent about our data processing activities and provide clear information to clients about the types of personal data we collect, the purposes for which it is collected, and the circumstances under which it may be shared with third parties. We obtain clients’ consent for processing their personal data where required and ensure that any third parties with whom we share personal data are GDPR compliant.

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests related to our data processing activities or this statement, please contact our Data Protection Officer or designated privacy contact at max@snowballcreations.com.

This privacy Policy is for Snowball Creations Ltd. A company with shared ownership by Max Sinclair (Director), Oliver Farmiloe and Chris Hunt.