Last updated: June 26th 2025

Your privacy is important. This policy explains how your personal information is collected and used when you visit this website, leave a comment on the blog, or get in touch via the contact form.

1. Who We Are

This is the official website of Avril Silk, used for sharing blog posts, updates, and contact information. The website address is: www.avrilsilk.com.

2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the blog, we collect the data shown in the comments form (such as your name and comment), your IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

Contact Form

If you contact us using the contact form, we collect your name and email address so that we can respond to your message. This information is not used for marketing or added to any mailing list.

Cookies

This site may use minimal cookies to improve performance or remember simple preferences (like your name if you comment more than once), but we do not use cookies for advertising or analytics purposes.

3. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not share your personal data with third parties. The only exception is where it is necessary to comply with legal obligations or to protect the site from spam or abuse (e.g. automated spam detection services).

4. How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so any follow-up comments can be recognised and approved automatically. Messages sent through the contact form may be retained for up to 12 months for reference purposes but are not used for any other reason.

5. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you’ve left a comment or submitted a message, you can request to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for legal or security purposes. To make a request, please contact me.

6. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your information and keep the website secure. However, no website can guarantee 100% security.

7. Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please get in touch using the contact form.