Privacy policy

INTRODUCTION

VFXster respects your privacy. This privacy policy explains more about the data we collect from visitors to vfxstertemplates.blogspot.com; what we collect, how we use it, how we store it and protect it and what your rights are.

We may change this policy and you should check back to this page from time to time to ensure that you’re happy with any changes.

WHAT WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT

Website visitors

vfxtertemplates.blogspot.com is packed full of information about our projects, people and services.

Any data we record while you are using the site is used on aggregate to help us analyse website traffic or identify any performance issues.

We also use some third party tools to help us with this, specifically Google Analytics.

We DO NOT use data from the website for direct marketing.

Events

We run events for partners or members of the public and we may use our website to gather expressions of interest or details about guests, to help with planning.

In such cases, we may request:

Name
Address
Email address
Contact telephone number (mobile or landline)
Social media usernames
Dietary requirements

Forms used on the site are provided by third parties, but accessible via our website. Providers of these forms currently include Google, but other services may be added in the future. Anyone completing these forms will be made aware of the third party provider we are using and advised to review the relevant privacy policy.

LOG FILES

Every time someone visits our website a log file is generated on our host server. The log file records the time and date of your visit, the files that were requested, your IP (Internet Protocol) address, the referrer URL (if provided) and the browser version.

We collect this information to help us diagnose problems and administer our systems.

We do not normally link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, which means that you remain anonymous even though we may include your IP address in our aggregate information.

However, we may attempt to use IP addresses to identify a user when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our terms of use, or to protect our services.

Our website is hosted by a third party called GOOGLE. Please refer to their Privacy Policy for more details.

OUR USE OF COOKIES

Our website uses cookies to help us analyse its use and provide us with insights to enhance users’ experiences.

A cookie is a small text file that’s placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website.

Most browsers give you the option of turning off or deleting cookies – please refer to the following support pages:

GOOGLE ANALYTICS COOKIES

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site and to monitor traffic volumes. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form and we do not know who is using the site.

We use the following Google Analytics cookies:

Name	Expires after:
_ga	2 years
_gat	24 hours
_gid	When session ends

The cookies provide us with information on how people use our website and we compile reports that help us to improve the site. Visit http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html to find out more about Google Analytics cookies and how to opt out of them.

SOCIAL MEDIA SHARING

For some of our content, users have the option of sharing our content via social media. We advise any users with concerns about their privacy to familiarise themselves with the Privacy Policies of the social media platforms:

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus

HOW WE STORE AND PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

We take every precaution to protect your information. We work with our website designers and other third parties to ensure that OUR WEBSITE is kept up to date with the latest security updates. We also use server-side security features, which further protect our website and its content from malicious activities and malware.

YOUR RIGHTS

The General Data Protection Regulation gives you the ‘right of access’. This means you are entitled to request the personal data that VFXSTER holds on you. You can request a copy of this information by emailing contact.vfxster@gmail.com

If you believe that any information we hold is incorrect or incomplete please write to or email us as soon as possible at the above address so we can quickly make the required corrections.

The Right to Erasure: “the right to be forgotten”

You’re entitled under the GDPR principle ‘right to erasure’ to request the deletion of personal data held by VFXSTER. You can request this by email to contact.vfxster@gmail.com

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. Once you leave our site, we do not have any control over that other website or the data they collect. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide when visiting such sites, which are not governed by this privacy policy.

COMPLAINTS

If you are unhappy with the way you have been treated in relation to the data we collect or the processing of it, you can raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We reserve the right to change this policy at any time.

MONITORING AND REVIEW OF THE POLICY

This policy was last reviewed on Friday 16th JUNE 2021.

The next review is due before the end of March 2022.