The only sure way to ‘future proof’ the information I have collected is to be disciplined about the way it is recorded. Consistency, accuracy and completeness are key.
Census records are, for me, among the most useful 19th century documents available online. Fortunately they are also easily accessible.
The EU GDPR is designed to help all of us have more control over our personal data, and how is it used.
Data subjects, being all visitors and users of any website who are members of the European Union, and therefore who submit personal data. Derbyshire Hills.com is the data processor and data controller of this site. You can find out more about this law here.
Effective from 25th May, 2018
This Privacy Policy sets out how we use and protect information that you may provide when you use this website. Your privacy is protected and important to us. If you provide identifiable personal information it will only be used to help us respond to your research requests and to help you learn the history of these families.
Derbyshire Hills.com collects any personal data submitted through https://derbyshirehills.com
We may update this policy periodically, please check this page to ensure that you are in agreement with any changes.
Personal information, basically any data that can be used to identify or contact you is collected so we can help you participate in this family history. This could include your name, business name, address details, email, telephone numbers, or information pertaining to our joint research. You may also at times be asked to leave a message about your own family history. Websites also collect your IP address through the use of Cookies (find out more about cookies below).
If you opted-in to our mailing list, you may receive occasional emails on important updates or service information. You have the right to opt-out or and have any personal details removed at any time, please email martin@derbyshirehills.com
Information is saved until the enquiry is dealt with, and then archived with the project or on cloud based systems if you are an involved in ongoing research. We also retain your contact details and information in the emails you have sent, but you can request to have your personal details deleted at any time.
We will not sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your express permission, or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you relevant information about our family histories.
In our commitment to ensuring that your information is secure and to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures in place to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
User-level and event-level data associated with Google Analytics cookies is retained for 14 months and then automatically deleted.
We have implemented IP Anonymization, simply put, the last three digits of your IP address are set to zeros in memory shortly after being sent to the Analytics Collection Network. The full IP address is never written retained, or written to disk.
A cookie is a small file which is placed on your computer’s hard drive once permissions have been received.
The following Cookies are being used on this site.
| Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Persistent | 2 Years | A Google Analytics Cookie which is used to identify unique visitors. It expires after 2 years. This allows us to see where our users come from, which pages they visit, if they make repeat visits etc.It does not personally identify you. If you disable this cookie, you will not be recognised when you return. The site will treat you as a new visitor. |
| _gat | Persistent | 1 minute | A Google Analytics Cookie which is used to throttle requests from the site. It expires after 1 minute. This cookie does not store any visitor information. |
| _gid | persistent | 24 hours | A Google Analytics Cookie which is used to identify unique visitors. It expires after 24 hours. This allows us to see where our users come from, and records the pages they visit. It does not personally identify you. If you disable this cookie, you will not be recognised when you return. The site will treat you as a new visitor. |
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| NID | Persistent | 6 Months | NID is a Google Cookie, used to store your most recent searches on the site. It helps the site show results according to your preferences. This cookie does not store any visitor information. |
| PHPSESSID | Session | Expires when browser closes | This Cookie is used to remember your preferences for the site, including your logged in status, language preferences etc. This cookie does not store any visitor information. |
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