Privacy Policy

Who we are

The Milton-under-Wychwood Allotments and Gardens Association is organised on behalf of its members to promote and exchange ideas on gardening and horticulture. Our website address is: https://www.muwaga.com

MUWAGA Members: General Data Protection Regulation

The following information relates to MUWAGA members only.

To receive notifications of meetings and/or visits from MUWAGA you will need to complete a membership application form.

What is Data Protection and whom does it affect?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25th May 2018. The GDPR is retained in domestic law as the UK GDPR since January 2021, but the UK has the independence to keep the framework under review. The UK GDPR sits alongside an amended version of the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018. 

These regulations affect every company and organisation using personal data. As an organisation which keeps your data (name, address, phone number and email address) we are obliged to make sure this data is protected and that we comply with UK GDPR and the DPA.

As a result we are required by law to ask for your consent before using your personal data. By returning MUWAGA’s membership application form with your subscription you give us consent to hold your name, address, phone number and email address on record for contact purposes only. We will always treat your details with care and we will never send them to other organisations or companies.

You may request from us at any time, to remove your data from our records.

The following information relates to all users of this website.

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.

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.

For full information on Cookies on our site, see our Cookie Policy

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.

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 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.