Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://goldandsilveruk.co.uk.

Precious metal prices can be volatile and the value of your metal may go down as well as up. No responsibility can be accepted by goldandsilveruk.co.uk for any loss caused by acting on information provided on this website. We do not offer investment or tax advice and recommend that you conduct your own independent research before making any investment decisions.

Disclaimer: The articles or blog posts on this website are for general information/opinion purposes only and does not constitute either goldandsilveruk.co.uk or the author(s) providing you with legal, financial, tax, investment, or accounting advice. You should not act or rely on any information contained in the articles without first seeking independent professional advice. Care has been taken to ensure that the information in the articles are reliable; however, goldandsilveruk.co.uk does not represent that it is accurate, complete, up-to-date and/or to be taken as an indication of future results and it should not be relied upon as such.

The site goldandsilveruk.co.uk will not be held responsible for any claim, loss, damage, or inconvenience caused as a result of any information or opinion contained in these articles or blog posts and any action taken as a result of the opinions and information contained in these articles or blog posts is at your own risk. All rights reserved www.goldandsilveruk.co.uk

This website/blog may generate revenue through paid sponsorships, advertising, paid insertions and affiliate partnerships.

goldandsilveruk is a precious metals enthusiast who wants to give authentic, clear, simple, transparent information and opinion to readers. Compensation may influence advertising content, topics or posts made on the blog. However, all paid and/or sponsored content and advertising space and posts would be identified.

All facts and claims made in posts should be independently verified with the manufacturer or provider. If a conflict of interest exists in the content, it may not always be identified.

Changes made to the policy will be identified on disclaimer page and in the general privacy policy and T&C.

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 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

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

Who we share your data with

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.

Your contact information

Additional information

How we protect your data

What data breach procedures we have in place

What third parties we receive data from

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements