Who are we?
dtkdesign.co.uk is a personal blog of a web designer and gamer/retro gamer. This site includes game reviews, retro computing, pixel art and other tech or non tech related goodness and/or personal opinions. All views are my own.
This website address is: https://www.dtkdesign.co.uk/
What personal data do we collect and why do we collect it?
Comments
When visitors leave comments on this 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. By using this website, you agree that your IP address and other data can be stored and processed to help secure and to protect this website against spam.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may also 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 Gravatar profile picture (if used) is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Contact Form
When contacting dsnow.co.uk via the contact form on this website, the following information is collected:
- Your name
- The subject of your message
- Your email address
- The message content
- Explicit consent has been agreed to collect this data
In order to successfully send your message via the contact form, and to comply with GDPR consent laws, explicit consent must be agreed to send this data. If you refuse to give consent to sending this data, then you will be unable to send your message.
The data we collect from the contact form is used explicitly to combat spam and respond to your email inquiry.
Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file which is placed on your computer’s hard drive to help store things like your user preferences, login and session states for that particular website. Cookies can also be used to analyse web traffic or let you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
Cookies can help us provide you with a better web experience by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent certain features on the website from working correctly.
What types of cookies are there?
Strictly necessary cookies
These are cookies that are essential to making a website work and enable features that users have specifically asked for. These types of cookies are commonly used with shopping baskets or e-billing. Without use of these cookies, these features of the website would not function correctly.
Performance cookies
These cookies collect anonymous information about users for the purpose of assessing the performance of a website. Common uses include well-known web analytics tools such as ‘Google Analytics’.
Functionality cookies
These are cookies that automatically remember choices that users have previously made in order to improve their experience next time they visit a website. For example, where users select their preferred settings and layout.
Targeting or Advertising cookies
These cookies collect information about users’ behaviour. This information is used at individual user level to advertise products and services to users on the basis of the behavioural information collected.
What cookies does www.dtkdesign.co.uk use?
Cookie Consent
catAccCookies
| Provider | catapultthemes.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | 30 days |
| Info | Cookie used to manage a cookie consent plugin to record the end user’s acceptance that this site uses cookies. |
NID
| Provider | google.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | 6 months |
| Info | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads. |
Google Analytics
collect
| Provider | google-analytics.com |
|---|---|
| Type | Pixel |
| Expiry | Session |
| Info | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
_ga
| Provider | google-analytics.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | 2 years |
| Info | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
_gat
| Provider | google-analytics.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | Session |
| Info | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. |
_gid
| Provider | google-analytics.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | Session |
| Info | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
_utm.gif
| Provider | google-analytics.com |
|---|---|
| Type | Pixel |
| Expiry | Session |
| Info | Google Analytics Tracking Code that logs details about the visitor’s browser and computer. |
_pinterest_cm
| Provider | pinterest.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | 1 year |
| Info | Used by Pinterest to track the usage of services. |
_twitter_sess
| Provider | twitter.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | Session |
| Info | This cookie lets website visitors use Twitter-related features from within the web page they are visiting. |
ct0
| Provider | twitter.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTML |
| Expiry | Session |
| Info | Unclassified. |
guest_id
| Provider | twitter.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTML |
| Expiry | Session |
| Info | This cookie is set by Twitter to identify and track the website visitor. |
local_storage_support_test
| Provider | twitter.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTML |
| Expiry | Persistent |
| Info | Unclassified. |
__widgetsettings
| Provider | twitter.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTML |
| Expiry | Persistent |
| Info | Unclassified. |
WordPress
wordpress_test_cookie
| Provider | wordpress.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | Session |
| Info | A test cookie generated by WordPress to see if cookies are enabled within the user’s browser. |
YouTube
GPS
| Provider | youtube.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | Session |
| Info | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. |
PREF
| Provider | youtube.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | 8 months |
| Info | Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
| Provider | youtube.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | 179 days |
| Info | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
YSC
| Provider | youtube.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | Session |
| Info | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
yt-remote-cast-installed
| Provider | youtube.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTML |
| Expiry | Session |
| Info | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
yt-remote-connected-devices
| Provider | youtube.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTML |
| Expiry | Persistent |
| Info | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
yt-remote-device-id
| Provider | youtube.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTML |
| Expiry | Persistent |
| Info | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
yt-remote-fast-check-period
| Provider | youtube.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTML |
| Expiry | Session |
| Info | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
yt-remote-session-app
| Provider | youtube.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTML |
| Expiry | Session |
| Info | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
yt-remote-session-name
| Provider | youtube.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTML |
| Expiry | Session |
| Info | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
Other
UID
| Provider | scorecardresearch.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | 2 years |
| Info | Collects information of the user and his/her movement, such as timestamp for visits, most recently loaded pages and IP address. The data is used by the marketing research network, Scorecard Research, to analyse traffic patterns and carry out surveys to help their clients better understand the customer’s preferences. |
UIDR
| Provider | scorecardresearch.com |
|---|---|
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | 2 years |
| Info | Collects information of the user and his/her movement, such as timestamp for visits, most recently loaded pages and IP address. The data is used by the marketing research network, Scorecard Research, to analyse traffic patterns and carry out surveys to help their clients better understand the customer’s preferences. |
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to monitor our website usage such as the number of visitors to our site, search phrases used to find us, pages visited on the site and time spent on the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form and do not identify users nor associate your IP address with any personally identifiable information. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site, we then use this information to help us improve the site. You can find more information on Google’s privacy policy.
You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites. For more information, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Comments
If you leave a comment on this site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. This is 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.
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 you had 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. We have no access to this data.
Embedded content found on this site usually comes from the following third-parties (but is not limited to):
- YouTube: Privacy Policy
- SoundCloud: Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy
- Facebook: Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy
- Twitter: Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy
- Google+: Privacy Policy
- Pinterest: Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy
How do I change my cookie settings?
Most web browsers allow some form of control for most cookies through the browser settings. To find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers, please visit one of the following links:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
How long do we retain your data?
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
What rights do you have over your data?
If you have left a comment on this site, 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.
To request such information, please contact us by using the form on the contact page.
This page was last amended on: 2 February 2019.