Privacy Policy for Bournemouth.info

Last Updated: 21 December 2025

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.bournemouth.info
Contact email: privacy@bournemouth.info

Bournemouth.info is a tourist-information website providing guides, articles, listings, and automated tools, including AI-powered features.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect:

  • Data shown in the comments form
  • The visitor’s IP address
  • Browser user agent string

This data is collected to help with spam detection and site security.

An anonymised hash created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if you use it.
Gravatar’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/

After approval, your comment and profile image (if applicable) may be visible to the public.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS).
Visitors can download images from the website and may be able to extract location data from them.

Cookies

Comment Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Website

These cookies are for convenience and last for one year.

Login Cookies

If you visit the login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, cookies are set to save:

  • Login information
  • Screen display preferences

Login cookies last two days, screen option cookies last one year.
Selecting “Remember Me” extends login persistence to two weeks.
Logging out removes login cookies.

Editor Cookies

If you edit or publish an article, a cookie storing the post ID is saved.
This cookie contains no personal data and expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on Bournemouth.info may include embedded content such as videos, images, maps, articles, or social media posts.

Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the external website directly. These sites may:

  • Collect data about you
  • Use cookies
  • Embed third-party tracking
  • Monitor your interaction with embedded content

This includes tracking if you are logged into their service.

AI Tools & Data

Bournemouth.info may provide AI-powered features such as an AI Assistant or AI Forum Post Generator.

  • User inputs may be processed to generate responses
  • AI outputs are generated automatically and are not guaranteed to be accurate
  • AI interactions are used to provide functionality and improve services
  • We do not knowingly use AI tools to identify individual users

Users should avoid submitting sensitive personal data into AI tools.

Who We Share Your Data With

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

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data for marketing purposes.

How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically
  • Registered users (if any) have their personal data stored in their user profile

Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames).
Website administrators may also view and edit this information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

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

  • An exported file of the personal data we hold about you
  • Erasure of your personal data

This does not include data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Requests can be made by contacting: data@bournemouth.info

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked via automated spam detection services.

Embedded third-party services may process data outside the UK or EU in accordance with their own privacy policies.

Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data but cannot guarantee absolute security of data transmitted over the internet.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
Continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Information

For privacy-related questions or data requests:

Email: privacy@bournemouth.info
Website: https://www.bournemouth.info