These policies are valid from 07 May 2018. Please read them all carefully.
The Internet is ever changing and evolving and as such, these policies may change or be updated from time to time. I will give advance notice where possible and the date will change reflecting these changes. By continuing to use the site, you accept the policies in place.
Disclosure
This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me, Leslie Rickerby. For questions about this blog, please contact Hello@MessyBlog.uk.
This blog accepts various forms of compensation including, but not limited to: cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions, products, services and event admission. Any such posts will be marked either sponsored or collaborative or will be clear in other such wording.
The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog. All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third party ad network. Those advertisements will be identified as paid advertisements.
I am occasionally compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though I, as the owner of this blog, receive compensation for my posts or advertisements, I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own unless stated otherwise. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
The owner of this blog is a participant in various affiliate advertising programmes designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising or commision fees by advertising and linking to products on other sites. Any links provided will be clearly marked as affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item connected to that link, I will receive an affiliate commission at no cost you.
This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
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Cookies
I / Messyblog.uk will collect and store information that is generated automatically as you use the site. For example, I may collect information about whether you read my posts on a phone, laptop or tablet and what country you are visiting my site from. The information I collect helps me to see what posts are most popular, in what region and demographics, and in turn, helps me deliver better content.
I also may use a standard feature called a “cookie” to enhance your experience with the Site. Cookies are small files that your web browser places on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes. By showing how and when visitors use the Site, cookies help me deliver advertisements, identify how many unique users visit my site, and track user trends and patterns. They also prevent you from having to re-enter your preferences on certain areas of the Site where you may have entered preference information before. Details of my Cookies Policy can be found below.
As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser.
Privacy
The information that you give to me directly on the site (e.g. within comments on blog posts such as your name and email address) is never shared or added to any mailing lists. You may request to have your details removed from my website storage once your purchase is complete by emailing me at hello@messyblog.uk
The Site also includes links to websites I recommend or work with on a collaborative basis and provides access to products and services offered by third parties, whose privacy policies I do not control. When you access another website or purchase third-party products or services through the Site, use of any information you provide is governed by that website’s own privacy policy.
Be aware that I may occasionally release information about our visitors when a release is appropriate to comply with law or to protect the rights, property or safety of users of the Site or the public.
Newsletters
Your information is stored at the list server that delivers this Site’s newsletters (https://MailChimp.com). Your information can only be accessed by those who help manage those lists in order to deliver e-mail to those who would like to receive this Site’s newsletters.
I take steps to ensure that all Virtual Assistants I use to help me complete tasks are GDPR knowledgeable and compliant in their practices.
All of the newsletters or emails that are sent to you by this Site include an unsubscribe link in them. You can remove yourself at any time from our newsletters or mailing list by clicking on the unsubscribe link that can be found in every communication that I send you.