Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 5, 2025

Your privacy is important to us. This policy explains what personal information we collect on Folklaw.org and how we use it.

Who We Are
Our website address is: https://folklaw.org.

Information We Collect and Why

We collect information to provide and improve our service to you.

  • Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, we collect the data you enter in the form, plus your IP address and browser information to help stop spam.

    • If you use a Gravatar, an anonymized version of your email address may be sent to their service to get your profile picture. After your comment is approved, your picture will be visible to the public next to your comment.

  • Media: If you upload images, please avoid uploading any with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download images and potentially extract that location data.

  • Contact Forms: If you contact us directly, we will use the information you provide (like your name and email) only to respond to your message.

  • Local Group Hosting: If you use our free hosting service for a local action group, we collect the information you provide to create and manage your page. This information is publicly visible as part of your council’s page.

  • Cookies: Cookies are small data files stored on your device.

    • If you leave a comment, you can choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies so you don’t have to re-enter them next time. These last for one year.

    • If you have an account and log in, we set a temporary cookie to see if your browser accepts them. This cookie has no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

    • We also set cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks.

  • Embedded Content: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, maps). Embedded content from other websites (like YouTube or Google Maps) behaves exactly as if you visited that other website. Those sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and have their own privacy policies.

Who We Share Your Data With

  • We do not sell your personal data.

  • We use a third-party service to check comments for spam.

  • If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

  • We may share information if required to do so by law.

How Long We Keep Your Data

  • If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are kept indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments.

  • For users who register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (though usernames cannot be changed). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can:

  • Request a file of the personal data we hold about you.

  • Request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
    This does not include any data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data is Sent

Visitor comments are checked through an automated spam detection service. This service is based outside the European Union; however, they adhere to international data protection standards.

Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our website.

 

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