Privacy Policy

Updated: 17 April 2023

Who we are

My name is Dave Fowler and my website address is: https://staging.titanicfacts.net

My email address is hello@historyinnumbers.com

The following Privacy Policy informs you of all of our practices and policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data we receive from any users of this site. By submitting personal data to us, you agree to the use of your data. The following provides further detail on this.

Information we collect and use

When using this site, you may be asked to share personally identifiable information such as cookies. This type of information can be used to contact you or identify. An example of why we would use such data are listed below. This is not an exclusive list:
– Interacting with external social platforms.
– Allow access to third party services’ accounts.

Log data

We collect information that your browser sends when you visit this site. This may include information like your IP (Internet Protocol) address, browser type, browser version, the pages you visit on our site, the time and date of your visit and what country you are located. We also log how long you spent on each page of the site, alongside other website statistics.

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. 

We also use third party services like Google Analytics to monitor and analyse this data.

Cookies

We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the website. We may use session cookies (which expire once you close the browser being used) and persistent cookies (which stay on your browser until deleted). This enables a personalised experience for you whilst on the website. Cookies do not typically contain personally identifiable information (PII) but PII that we may store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. We may use cookies for the following: 

– Analysis (we use cookies to analyse the use and performance of this website)

– Advertising (we use cookies to display ad which are relevant to you)

Advertising Cookies are also used to serve ads based on user’s previous visits to other sites and my website. Google’s use of advertising will serve you ads which have been tailored based on your visits to this site and other websites. Users may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting this link. To opt-out of third party vendor’s use of cookies for personalised advertising, visit https://youradchoices.com/

To find out exactly how Google uses your data from this website, follow this link:

https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Our advertising technology partners

In our use of Google AdSense services, third party (Google certified) Ad Technology providers (ATPs) can serve and measure ads on the website. There are 191 ATPs that may display advertising on https://titanicfacts. They are:

How to opt out of personalised advertising

Users may opt out of personalised advertising served by Google by visiting Ads Settings.

Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. This third party will gather cookies from the website about its usage. To understand this further, the Google Privacy Policy page is available for you to access here https://policies.google.com/privacy

How to refuse or delete cookies

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

a. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome)

b. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox)

c. http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera)

d. https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer)

e. https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge)

Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including our website. Some features of the site may cease to be available to you.

Embedded content from other websites

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. 

Where we send your data (third-party disclosure)

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorise us to share this information. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personal information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners or other third parties (e.g. Google Adsense / Google Analytics) who assist in running analytics on the site, conducting business, or serving users. These parties agree to keep all information confidential. We may also release information if needed to comply with law, enforce site policies or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety.

Data storage

We share data with third party vendors such as Google to analyse our website and to produce ads.

By submitting your personal data, you agree to this storing or processing of information. All necessary steps will be taken to ensure that your data is treated securely.

Sensitive personal information

Do not submit any sensitive personal information on this site. This may include any information regarding your own personal address, security numbers, ethnicity, gender, or any information related to political opinions, religious beliefs, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you choose to post such information, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy. 

Children’s information

This website is not knowingly collecting any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent/ guardian believes that we have obtained personally identifiable information of a child, contact us via our email: hello@historyinnumbers.com. We will then ensure the prompt removal of all personally identifiable information, to the best of our ability. If you are a child aged 13 or under, please do not share any personally identifiable information such as your name, email address or phone number. 

Additional rights of EEA (European Economic Area) residents

If you are a resident of a country in the EEA, you have rights, among others, to:

– access your personal data

– ensure the accuracy of your personal data

– the right to have us delete your personal data

– the right to restrict further processing of your personal data, and

– the right to complain to a supervisory authority in your country of residence in the event that data is misused

If you believe that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

You may exercise your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us address to hello@historyinnumbers.com

Security

Your security is an upmost importance to us. Our website is scanned regularly for security holes to make visiting this site as safe as possible. We also implement various security measures when you submit or access information to maintain the safety of your personal information. However, no method of transmission on the internet is completely secure and thus we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Updates to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. This page will always show the up to date version, with the date that the page was updated on at the top. We may update this Privacy Policy if our practices change (e.g. how we use your information). You should periodically check this Privacy Policy page in order to maintain up to date on our current practices. Your continued use of this site will show your acknowledgement of any changes made to the Privacy Policy and act as your consent to abide by the modified Privacy Policy. If we make any material changes to the Privacy Policy, we will always give you opportunity to consent to such change if it is different to the privacy policy put in place prior to the change.

Contact me

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices employed on this site, please contact us at hello@historyinnumbers.com.