Privacy Policy

Moral Fibres takes your privacy very seriously. This privacy policy sets out how Moral Fibres uses and protects any information that you give Moral Fibres when you use this website.

Moral Fibres is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Moral Fibres may change this privacy policy from time to time, in accordance with any updated laws, by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This privacy policy is effective from 12th April 2018 and was last updated on 1st December 2023.

What We Collect & Why

When you leave a blog post comment Moral Fibres collects the following information:

  • Your name – this is visible to the public.
  • Your email address – this is not visible to the public and remains private at all times,
  • And optionally, your website address, if you choose to provide it – this is visible to the public.

If you sign up to the Moral Fibres mailing list via Brevo we require your name and email address. Neither of these is visible to the public. Please note that the mailing list is administered by Brevo, which stores your details solely for the purpose of Moral Fibres being able to email you. You can read the Brevo privacy policy here. You can also unsubscribe from the email at any time via the link in the email, or you can email Moral Fibres and I can unsubscribe you.

What We Do With The Information We Gather

When you leave a blog post comment we require your name so that Moral Fibres and other users of the site are able to identify you. You do not have to use your own name or your full name in the comment section if you do not wish to.

We require your email address to be able to notify you if someone has replied to your comment. Your email address is used for no other purpose. Moral Fibres will never use your email address for marketing purposes or share, lease or sell your email address to any third parties.

If you wish you can provide a link to your own website when you leave a comment. This allows Moral Fibres and Moral Fibres readers the ability to visit your website. This data is used for no other purposes. You do not have to provide this information if you do not want to.

If you have opted in to receive the Moral Fibres email list, then we use your name and email address to send you our monthly email, and any other emails as we see fit. This will be no more than twice per month. Your details are held securely by Brevo and are never shared, leased, or sold to any third parties, or used for any other purposes. Furthermore, you are free to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any point using the link provided in the newsletter.

Website Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by the use of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. You can read Google’s privacy policy for more information on what it does with this data. 

Advertising Partners

This site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. Learn more about Raptive’s data usage.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical and electronic procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How We Use Cookies

A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Moral Fibres contains links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over any external websites that we link to. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide whilst visiting such sites. Such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling Your Personal Information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

  • if you have previously left a blog post comment, you may request the removal of the blog post comment by emailing us at [email protected]
  • If you subscribe to the Moral Fibres newsletter via Brevo, you can unsubscribe at any point by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the newsletter. You will not be contacted again unless you choose to opt back in.

Further Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices of this site, please contact us at [email protected]