Last updated on March 3rd, 2020 at 12:00 am
A Note On Privacy
Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.badmintonskills.net
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 anonymised 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
If you consent to the GDPR Agreement this website will store my submitted information so they can respond to my inquiry.
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
Cookies are files which stay on your PC, this can easily be turned off in your browser if you so wish. There are 3rd party adverts on this site, and they often collate traffic data and use cookies. You can block their tracking by using cookie blockers, or choosing a browser such as Firefox.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Third Party Cookies
We use a selection of third party tools for performance monitoring, ad serving and social media sharing. The table below below provides more information and links about how these tools use cookies.
| Issued by | Cookie type | Information available at |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | Performance | http://www.google.com/ |
| Performance & Functionality | https://www.facebook.com/ | |
| Google+ | Performance & Functionality | http://www.google.com/ |
| Performance & Functionality | https://twitter.com/ | |
| YouTube | Performance & Functionality | https://www.youtube.com |
| Google Adsense | Targeting & Advertising | http://www.google.com/ |
| MailChimp | Targeting & Advertising | https://mc4wp.com |
What to do if you want to control the use of Cookies?
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies using your web browser, however doing so may result in some parts of our websites to break. In order for the site to work as designed you will need to accept cookies. Cookies can be removed or declined by changing your web browser settings. The following links may be helpful:
Cookie setting in Microsoft Edge
Cookie setting in Internet Explorer
Analytics
We use the Google Analytics.
How long 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.
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.
Other
The email addresses used for registration on this site are not used for any purposes other than operation of the comments, forum and website. They won’t be sold to anyone, ever.
Ad-Blockers
We would ask you to consider not using ad-blockers when visiting our site, we understand the reason for using them nobody wants lots of adverts flashing up whilst you are trying to read. Are aim is to try and strike the right balance. On one hand ads keep the internet free and cover the running costs and are therefore necessary. On the other hand we want you to enjoy your visit and find it informative without too much distraction.
Please feel free to share you opinion whether we have the right balance.
Affiliate Links
A note on affiliates: The Amazon, Racquet Depot & Sweatband links share a small amount of revenue with us if you buy something through one of these links. This comes at no cost to you and is one way to help support our work & website.