Medway, She Wrote

Privacy Policy

Thanks for visiting Medway, She Wrote!

This Privacy Policy explains what information is collected when you use medwayshewrote.com, why it is collected, and how it is kept safe.

In this Privacy Policy, references to ‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’ etc, are referring to Medway, She Wrote. References to ‘you’ are referring to the user or browser of the site.

Contact details

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact medwayshewrote@gmail.com

What information we collect, use, and why

We only use information that is collected directly from you when you leave a comment on the site or subscribe to our newsletter. This information is collected so that you can leave comments on the site and receive the newsletter if you choose to do so.

Usage information about your interactions with this site is automatically collected. More information about this is set out below.

Comments

We collect or use the following information that you provide if you leave a comment on the site:

  • Your name (which may be a pseudonym or anonymous)
  • Your email address.

When you leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also your 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.

Newsletter

We collect or use the following information that you provide if you sign up to our newsletter:

  • Email address

Medway, She Wrote uses Kit to manage our email subscriber list and send out newsletters. When you voluntarily subscribe to our mailing list, your email address is securely transferred to and stored by Kit.

Kit uses your data solely to send you the emails you have consented to receive. Kit also tracks basic analytical data, such as whether you open our emails or click the links inside, to help us improve our newsletter. You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link located at the bottom of any email we send, or by contacting us directly at medwayshewrote@gmail.com to request your removal. You can read more about how Kit processes and protects your data in the Kit Privacy Policy.

Usage data

We collect or use usage data, including information about how you interact with and use our website.

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app.

Our cookie policy can be found here: https://medwayshewrote.com/cookie-policy/

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.

Analytics

Medway, She Wrote uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website and to improve website performance. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about website usage, including pages visited, session duration, device type, geographic location, and traffic sources.

Google may use this data in accordance with its own privacy policy. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

For more information about how Google uses data from websites that use its services, visit:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

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.

Data protection rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful basis we rely on for processing your information is consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting medwayshewrote@gmail.com.   

You have the following rights under data protection law:

  • Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with.
  • Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information.
  • Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information.
  • Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
  • Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you.
  • Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact medwayshewrote@gmail.com

How long we keep information

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.

If you subscribe to our newsletter, your email address will be stored unless and until you unsubscribe. You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link located at the bottom of any email we send, or by contacting us directly at medwayshewrote@gmail.com to request your removal.

As set out above, Medway, She Wrote uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website and to improve website performance. The data retention period for this information is automatically set to 14 months. Once this retention period is reached, Google Analytics automatically deletes the associated data on a monthly basis.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can contact us by emailing medwayshewrote@gmail.com

If you remain unhappy after raising a complaint, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). 

The ICO’s address is:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

Changes to privacy policy

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website.

This privacy policy was last updated on 20 July 2026.