Privacy Policy

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This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which British Racecourses collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users.

We are British Racecourses Limited and the official website address for the company is https://britishracecourses.org

We are an online resource for horse racing and we review racecourses in the UK & Ireland, major races, betting sites and write articles connected to the world of racing in the UK and around the world. 

What personal data we collect and why we collect it?

Comments

Currently, comments are disabled on the website, however, if this is enabled 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. Again for clarity this not currently – as of March 2024 enabled. 

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

We do not currently have any contact forms 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.

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. We take no responsibility for the content on other websites or the action you take. 

Analytics

We use standard Google analytics to measure the venue’s performance and for internal usage. 

Who do we share your data with?

We do not share your data with anyone and do not hold data. 

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.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

We currently don’t hold any customer data. the site operates as a data and refers visitors to other websites. 

Additional information

How we protect your data

We do not hold data. 

What third parties we receive data from

We do not receive third-party data. 

End of Privacy Policy