Who We Are
Our website addresses are:
🌍 https://balayageacademy.co.uk
🌍 https://wsstudios.co.uk
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect any information provided by visitors and users of our websites.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with:
✔️ IP address and browser user agent – Helps detect spam.
✔️ Gravatar Integration – An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. Gravatar’s Privacy Policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
💡 After comment approval, your profile picture becomes publicly visible in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images uploaded to the website.
Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience.
✔️ If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These last one year.
✔️ If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will check if your browser accepts cookies—this contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
✔️ Login cookies last for two days. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
✔️ If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be saved in your browser for 1 day, storing only the post ID of the article you edited.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles).
✔️ Embedded content behaves just as if you visited the external website.
✔️ These websites may collect your data, use cookies, embed tracking, and monitor interactions.
✔️ If you are logged into those external sites, your interaction with embedded content may be tracked.
Who We Share Your Data With
✔️ Password Reset Requests – Your IP address is included in password reset emails.
How Long We Retain Your Data
✔️ Comments & Metadata – Retained indefinitely for easy recognition of follow-up comments.
✔️ Registered Users – Personal data in user profiles remains editable and removable, except usernames. Website administrators can edit this information if necessary.
Your Data Rights
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can:
✔️ Request an exported file of your personal data.
✔️ Request data deletion (excluding information we must retain for legal, security, or administrative purposes).
📧 To request data access or deletion, contact us via our website.
Where We Send Your Data
✔️ Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
📍 For any inquiries regarding your privacy and data protection, please contact us via:
🌍 https://balayageacademy.co.uk
🌍 https://wsstudios.co.uk