Privacy Policy

Last updated: 01/01/25

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://birminghambrass.co.uk.
We are The City of Birmingham Brass Band, a volunteer-led musical organisation based in Birmingham, UK.

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Comments

When visitors leave comments on birminghambrass.co.uk, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information helps us detect and prevent spam.

An anonymised hash created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. You can read Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Once your comment is approved, your Gravatar profile picture (if applicable) will be publicly visible alongside your comment.

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Media

If you upload images to birminghambrass.co.uk, please avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other visitors may be able to download and extract this data from images displayed on the site.

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Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These exist for your convenience so you do not have to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to test whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in, we set cookies to store your login information and your display preferences.

• Login cookies last for two days.

• Screen options cookies last for one year.

• Selecting “Remember Me” keeps your login active for two weeks.
  Logging out removes login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie stores the post ID of the article you edited and expires after one day. It contains no personal data.

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Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on birminghambrass.co.uk may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles from third-party websites. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the external website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content—especially if you are logged into their platform.

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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.

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How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and associated metadata are kept indefinitely. This helps us recognise and automatically approve follow-up comments instead of holding them for moderation.

For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profile.

• All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username, which cannot be changed).

• Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

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What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on birminghambrass.co.uk, or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided.
You may also request that we delete any personal data we hold, except for data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

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Where Your Data Is Sent

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