Who We Are
Freelance It Out is a UK-based website providing guides and reviews for freelance services. Our website address is https://freelanceitout.co.uk
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your data, you can contact us at hello@freelanceitout.co.uk
What Data We Collect and Why
Comments
When you leave a comment on our site we collect the information shown in the comment form – your name, email address, and optional website URL. We also collect your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
Your email address may be used to generate an anonymised string (a hash) which is shared with the Gravatar service to check whether you have a profile picture associated with your email. You can read Gravatar’s privacy policy at automattic.com/privacy. If your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible publicly alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to this website, please avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS data). Other visitors to the site may be able to download and extract location data from any images published on the site.
Contact Forms
If you contact us via our contact form or by email, we retain your message and contact details in order to respond to your enquiry. We do not add you to any mailing list as a result of contacting us directly.
Newsletter Sign-Up
If you choose to subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address for the purpose of sending you our regular roundup of Fiverr guides and recommendations. We use a third party email service provider to manage our mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link included in every email we send.
We will never sell your email address or share it with third parties for marketing purposes.
Analytics
We use analytics software to understand how visitors use our site. This may include data such as pages visited, time spent on site, and general geographic location (country level only). This data is anonymised and aggregated – we cannot identify individual visitors from it.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Here is how we use them.
Comment cookies. If you leave a comment you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies last for one year.
Login cookies. If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser. If you log in, additional cookies are set to save your login information and display preferences. Login cookies last two days and display preference cookies last one year. Selecting Remember Me extends login persistence to two weeks. Logging out removes all login cookies.
Editor cookies. If you edit or publish content, a cookie is saved containing the post ID of the article you edited. This contains no personal data and expires after one day.
Affiliate and third party cookies. This site participates in the Fiverr Affiliate Programme. When you click an affiliate link, Fiverr may set cookies on your device to track whether you make a purchase. This is standard affiliate tracking practice. You can read Fiverr’s privacy policy at fiverr.com/privacy-policy.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Some articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or social media posts from other websites. Embedded content behaves in exactly the same way as if you had visited those websites directly. These third party websites may collect data about you, use their own cookies, and monitor your interaction with their embedded content.
Affiliate Links
Freelance It Out participates in the Fiverr Affiliate Programme. Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only link to services we have researched and believe are genuinely useful to our readers. Affiliate commissions never influence our editorial content or recommendations.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal data to third parties.
We may share data with trusted third party service providers who help us operate the site – including our email newsletter provider and analytics software. These providers are contractually required to keep your data secure and may not use it for their own purposes.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email as a security measure.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How Long We Retain Your Data
Comments. Approved comments and their associated metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognise and approve follow-up comments from the same person without holding them in a moderation queue.
User accounts. If you register an account on this site, your personal information is stored in your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete your personal information at any time by logging in to your account. Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
Newsletter subscribers. We retain your email address for as long as you remain subscribed. You can unsubscribe at any time and your data will be removed from our mailing list promptly.
Your Rights Under UK GDPR
As a UK resident you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Right of access. You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification. You can ask us to correct any inaccurate data we hold about you.
Right to erasure. You can ask us to delete the personal data we hold about you, subject to any legal obligations we may have to retain certain data.
Right to restrict processing. You can ask us to limit how we use your data in certain circumstances.
Right to data portability. You can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you in a commonly used format.
Right to object. You can object to our processing of your data in certain circumstances.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@freelanceitout.co.uk. We will respond within 30 days as required under UK GDPR.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
Where Your Data Is Stored
Our website is hosted in the UK. Some of our third party service providers may process data outside the UK. Where this is the case, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place in line with UK GDPR requirements.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page with an updated date at the top. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your personal data please get in touch.
Email: hello@freelanceitout.co.uk Website: https://freelanceitout.co.uk