Who we are
This privacy policy is for https://oratoryfestival.com, a website which is served by Noisy Classroom Ltd, and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use our website, enter the International Oratory Festival, or opt into our newsletter.
Cookies
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
We store and record the details of users who access our website via Google Analytics. Cookies will anonymously record information such as a visitor’s location, age group, and gender, as well as the type of device used, which pages were viewed and for how long, inbound referrals (how a visitor reached our website), and links clicked. By clicking ‘Accept’ on the low banner when you visit our site, you agree to the placement of cookies on your device.
Data collected by our website’s cookies are stored for 14 months (Google Analytics’ minimum) and this information is not shared with any other parties during this time. Your web browser should provide you with the controls to manage and delete cookies from your device, please refer to your web browser options for more information. You can read Google Analytics’ privacy policy here.
Comments
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Newsletter
We operate an email newsletter program which we use to inform subscribers about International Oratory Festival news events, blog posts and other oracy-related information. Users subscribe through an online double-check process where they have given their explicit permission.
Our newsletter provider is Mailchimp and you can read their privacy policy here.
Newsletter messages may contain tracking becaons which relay data regarding engagement (links clicked), and already stored subscriber data.
Occasionally we may share subscriber data with like-minded organisations, however we will only do so if users have explicitly given their consent beforehand.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To request to have any of your data deleted, please email entries@oratoryfestival.com.
If you have any complaints about our privacy policy or data storing arrangements, you can contact the ICO.