Collection of General Data

When you visit this website, information about your visit (IP address, date, time, page viewed) is stored. This data (server log files) does not allow any conclusions to be drawn with respect to your person. This data is generated when using online services and is used to ensure the correct rendering and display of the website, as well as for systems security. It is processed for the following purposes: ensuring a disruption-free connection and the seamless use of the website, ensuring system integrity and defence against cyberattacks. The processing of the personal data establishes a legitimate interest for the aforementioned purposes of data collection. The sole recipients of the data are the data controller and, if applicable, contract processors. The data is anonymised and evaluated for statistical purposes only. It is not passed on to third parties for commercial or non-commercial purposes. We expressly point out that data transmission via the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) is subject to security vulnerabilities and cannot be completely protected against unauthorised third-party access.

Web Analytics

Our website uses Matomo, an open source software for statistical analysis of website traffic. Matomo uses 'cookies', which are small text files that are stored on your computer, to help the website analyse how visitors use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is stored by The Mechanical Butterfly Ltd., Glasgow, UK. The IP address is anonymised immediately after processing and before it is stored. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your computer by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser, but this may have a negative impact on the usability of the website.

Friendly Captcha

We use Friendly Captcha to protect the online forms on the website against misuse such as spam messages from automated entries. This involves an exchange of data between the user’s browser and the servers of Friendly Captcha GmbH, Germany, in the course of which anonymised IP addresses and technical data relating to the browser used and the domain visited by the user are processed. This pertains specifically to headers with the following information:

• User-Agent: Technical information about browser type and version, any add-ons installed and information about the operating system used, e.g. Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/118.0

• Origin: Source domain of the request, https://poetry-in-glasgow.art

• Referer: Address from which the request was submitted, https://poetry-in-glasgow.art

No cookies are used in this context and no personal data is stored or forwarded. Further information can be found in the Privacy Policy of Friendly Captcha.

Email Newsletter

Our email newsletter service is provided by MailerLite. When subscribing to the newsletter, the name and email address you entered will be passed on to MailerLite for further processing to allow for regular delivery of automated emails. Your subscription has to be confirmed by a double opt-in email you receive after submitting subscription data on our website and can be cancelled by using the unsubscribe link included in every newsletter email. You will find more information on how your data is stored and processed in the MailerLite Privacy Policy.

Rights to Information, Rectification, Erasure and Complaints Procedures

You have the right to information about which data pertaining to you has been collected, and to have that information corrected or deleted immediately. If you believe that your rights under the UK or EU GDPR have been violated, please contact us. We will investigate the matter and advise you accordingly. This does not affect your right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.