Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://roamreturns.com.

We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency about how we handle your personal data in compliance with the UK GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and the EU GDPR where applicable.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why

1. Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect:

The data entered in the comments form
The visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to detect spam
An anonymised hash of your email address may be provided to Gravatar to check if you use their service (see Gravatar’s Privacy Policy).

Legal Basis for Processing

Legitimate interests: Ensuring site security and preventing spam.

2. Media

If you upload images to our website, please avoid embedding location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract this information.

Legal Basis for Processing

User consent: You voluntarily upload media.

3. Cookies

We use cookies to enhance user experience. These may include:

Comment cookies: If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last one year.
Login cookies: If you log in, we set cookies to remember your credentials and preferences.
Editing cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will store the post ID for one day.

How to Manage Cookies

We display a cookie consent banner when you visit our site. You can accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings.

Legal Basis for Processing

Consent: Non-essential cookies require user consent.
Legitimate interests: Essential cookies are required for site functionality.

4. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). This behaves as if you visited the external site, which may:

Collect your data
Use cookies
Track your interactions

We recommend reviewing their privacy policies.

Legal Basis for Processing

User consent: When engaging with embedded content.

5. Who We Share Your Data With

We only share your data when necessary. This includes:

Spam detection services (e.g. Akismet) to prevent abuse.
Gravatar (if you use their service for profile pictures).
Analytics providers (if enabled, for improving user experience).

We do not sell your data to third parties.

International Data Transfers

Some services we use (e.g. Gravatar, Google Analytics) may transfer data outside the UK/EU. We ensure appropriate safeguards, such as:

EU-UK Data Adequacy Decisions
Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)

Your Rights Under GDPR

You have the right to:

✅ Access your personal data.
✅ Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
✅ Request deletion of your data (except where required by law).
✅ Restrict processing in certain circumstances.
✅ Withdraw consent at any time (for cookies, etc.).
✅ Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
✅ Request data portability (if applicable).
✅ Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority.