Welcome to Dying Art Media (“we,” “our,” or “us”), accessible from https://dyingartmedia.com. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

1. Important Information and Who We Are

Data Controller

Dying Art Media is the data controller responsible for your personal data.

  • Website Name: Dying Art Media
  • Website URL: https://dyingartmedia.com
  • Contact Email: ben@dyingartmedia.com
  • Location: United Kingdom

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at [Your Contact Email Address].

2. The Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity & Contact Data: Name, username, or email address if you voluntarily subscribe to a newsletter, enter a giveaway, or leave a comment on our posts.
  • Technical Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system, and platform used to access our site.
  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and navigation paths.
  • Aggregated Data: Statistical or demographic data which is derived from your usage data but does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity.

3. How We Collect Your Data

We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including:

  • Direct Interactions: When you fill out contact forms, post comments, or subscribe to site updates.
  • Automated Technologies or Interactions: As you interact with our website, we automatically collect Technical and Usage Data using cookies, server logs, and web beacons.

4. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising

We use Google AdSense to serve advertisements on our website. To deliver relevant advertising, Google and its partners use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.

How Google Uses Cookies and Data

  • Third-Party Vendors: Google and third-party vendors use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites on the internet.
  • Advertising Cookies: Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
  • Personalised Advertising: You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

For more details on how Google handles data in its ad products, please review Google’s Privacy & Terms.

5. Cookies and Analytics

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site.

  • Essential Cookies: Necessary for the operation of our website (e.g., page navigation, security).
  • Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website (e.g., Google Analytics).
  • Targeting/Advertising Cookies: Record your visit to our website, the pages you visited, and the links you followed to display personalised advertising.

Managing Cookies

Upon your first visit to our site, a Cookie Banner will request your consent for non-essential cookies. You can also adjust your browser settings to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies.

6. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  1. Consent: Where you have given explicit consent (e.g., subscribing to a newsletter or accepting performance/advertising cookies).
  2. Legitimate Interests: Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (e.g., running our website safely, preventing fraud, and delivering engaging content) and your interests do not override those interests.
  3. Legal Obligation: Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

7. Data Sharing and Third Parties

We may share your data with trusted third parties to help operate our website and deliver services:

  • Service Providers: Hosting providers, website maintenance services, and email distribution tools.
  • Advertising Networks: Google AdSense and affiliated advertising partners.
  • Analytics Providers: Services such as Google Analytics to understand site traffic and usage trends.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law.

8. International Data Transfers

Some of our third-party service providers (such as Google) are based outside the United Kingdom. Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

  • Transferring data to countries deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data.
  • Using standard contractual clauses or legally approved mechanisms recognised under UK data protection law.

9. Data Security & Retention

We have put in place appropriate technical and organisational security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, accessed, modified, or disclosed in an unauthorised way.

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

10. Your Legal Rights (UK GDPR)

Under UK data protection laws, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification: Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data.
  • Right to Erasure: Request the deletion of your personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it.
  • Right to Object: Object to the processing of your data where we rely on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: Request a suspension of the processing of your personal data.
  • Right to Data Portability: Request the transfer of your personal data to you or a third party.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your data.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at ben@dyingartmedia.com.

Complaints

You also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us first.

11. Links to Third-Party Websites

Our website may include links to external websites, plug-ins, and applications (such as social media platforms or game storefronts). Clicking on those links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: