Privacy Policy

Our website m2education.co.uk is committed to ensuring a secure and enjoyable experience for our visitors. Here’s how we manage your information:

Comments

Information Collection

When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the information you provide, along with your IP address and browser user agent string. This data is essential for identifying and filtering out spam. We may also generate an anonymized hash of your email address to check if you’re using a profile picture service. Once your comment is approved, any profile picture linked to your account will appear alongside your comment.

Media

Image Uploads

If you upload images to our website, please ensure they do not contain embedded location data (such as EXIF GPS). Visitors may download and extract location information from these images.

Cookies

Comment Cookies

When you submit a comment, you have the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. This prevents you from having to re-enter your details for future comments. These cookies will remain valid for one year.

Login Cookies

A temporary cookie is created when you visit our login page to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not hold personal information and is deleted when you close your browser. After logging in, additional cookies are set to remember your login credentials and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days; display preference cookies are stored for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login session will remain active for two weeks. Logging out will remove these cookies.

Post Edit Cookies

If you edit or publish a post, an additional cookie is stored in your browser that records the post ID of the article you edited. This cookie expires after one day.

Embedded Content from External Sites

Some articles on our site may include embedded content (videos, images, or other articles). This content behaves as if the visitor has accessed the external site directly. These external sites may collect data about you, use cookies, engage in third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content, especially if you’re logged into those sites.

Data Sharing

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

Data Retention

We retain comments and their metadata indefinitely to allow for quicker recognition and automatic approval of follow-up comments without moderation. For registered users, personal information provided in profiles is also stored. Users can access, edit, or delete their personal data at any time (excluding their username). Website administrators can also access and modify this data as necessary.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments on our site, you can request a file containing the personal data we hold about you. You may also request the deletion of your personal data; however, this does not apply to data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Data Transmission

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