Effective Date: 16/01/2025
Last Updated: 18/04/2025
At Hacco Ltd (“Hacco.co.uk“, “we”, “us”, or “our”), your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information when you use our website https://hacco.co.uk and related services.
1. Who We Are
Hacco Ltd is a UK-registered company. Our website address is: https://hacco.co.uk.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us at:
📧 help@hacco.co.uk
📍 128 City Road, London, United Kingdom, EC1V 2NX
2. What Personal Data We Collect
We may collect and process the following data:
🗨️ Comments
When you leave a comment on the site, we collect the data you provide in the comment form, your IP address, and browser user agent to help detect spam.
We may use Gravatar to display your avatar. An anonymized hash of your email may be shared with Gravatar to check if you’re using the service. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible publicly.
🖼️ Media
If you upload images, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract location data from images.
🍪 Cookies
We use cookies for functionality and performance. For example:
If you comment, you can opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies for future convenience (1 year).
When you log in, we set cookies to remember login info and screen preferences. Login cookies last 2 days (or 2 weeks with “Remember Me”), and screen options for 1 year.
If you edit/publish an article, a cookie is stored with the post ID (expires in 1 day).
Learn more in our Cookie Policy.
🌐 Embedded Content
Articles may include content from other websites (e.g., videos, images, etc.). These behave exactly as if you visited the external site and may collect data, use cookies, or track interactions.
3. How We Use Your Data
We may use your data to:
Respond to comments or queries
Improve our website and services
Detect and prevent spam or abuse
Support login and profile features
4. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell your data.
However, we may share it with:
Service providers (e.g., spam filters like Akismet or CAPTCHA tools)
Gravatar (for profile images on comments)
Email delivery services (e.g., if you reset a password)
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email.
5. How Long We Keep Your Data
Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely to allow automatic approval of follow-ups.
Registered users (if applicable): we store profile info. Users can edit/delete their data anytime (except username).
We may retain some data for legal, administrative, or security reasons.
6. Your Rights
You have the right to:
Request a copy of your personal data
Request correction or deletion of your data
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Object to or restrict processing in certain circumstances
To make a request, contact us at help@hacco.co.uk.
7. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked using automated spam detection tools. Data may be processed or stored outside the UK, but we ensure all transfers comply with applicable data protection laws.
8. Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted here with a revised “Last Updated” date. If changes are significant, we’ll notify you through our website or other appropriate channels.