Who we are
Arthur Beverly Financial Management Limited is a firm of independent financial advisers based in Milngavie, Scotland.
Our website address is: https://www.abfm.co.uk.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s 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.
After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact Forms
The ABFM website includes a contact form which enables you to contact the company with queries and comments. The only data collected is:
- your name (first name and surname);
- your EMail address;
- your written query or comment;
- your IP address.
Cookies
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.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
This is a summary of the cookies currently open in your session now.
Cookie Name Cookie Category Description Duration wordpress_ 2 WordPress cookie for a logged in user. session wordpress_logged_in_ 2 WordPress cookie for a logged in user session wordpress_test_ 2 WordPress cookie for a logged in user session wordpress_test_cookie 2 WordPress test cookie session wp-settings- 1 Wordpress also sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies.
The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table.
This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
1 year wp-settings-time- 2 Wordpress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
1 year PHPSESSID 1 To identify your unique session on the website session SESS 1 To ensure that you are recognised when you move from page to page within the site and that any information you have entered is remembered. session
More information on cookies and how they are used can be found here.
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.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
In addition ABFM keeps track on how the site is being used by collating data using Google Analytics.
Backups of the site are held by Vaultpress which is part of the Automattic group of companies, of which WordPress (the tool with which the site is built) is another. WordPress and Automattic does not share any personal data with anyone.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
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.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
ABFM has set the data retention period for Google Analytics to 14 months.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. 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 administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments will be checked through an automated spam detection service. The ABFM website is hosted by a British company with servers sited in Britain.
Your contact information
Should you have questions specific to your own personal data and how it is used and protected by ABFM please contact the Data Protection Officer at the following address:
Jean Beverly
ABFM Data Protection Officer
Arthur Beverly Financial Management
106 Clober Road
Milngavie, Glasgow
G62 7SR