Privacy Policy for BabyHub.org.uk
Last Updated: July 1, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to BabyHub.org.uk! This Privacy Policy explains how BabyHub.org.uk (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal data when you visit our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you understand how your data is handled.
By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
2. Who We Are
BabyHub.org.uk is operated by Mac, a father and grandfather dedicated to providing practical parenting advice based on over 40 years of experience.
3. What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
We collect various types of information for different purposes to provide and improve our service to you.
Information You Directly Provide:
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.
Information Collected Automatically (via Cookies and Tracking Technologies):
Website Analytics: We use tools like Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. This collects information such as your IP address (anonymised), browser type, device type, operating system, pages visited, time spent on pages, referring websites, and general geographic location. This data helps us analyse traffic, improve our content, and enhance your user experience.
Essential Website Functionality: WordPress, our content management system, uses essential cookies to ensure the website functions correctly (e.g., remembering login details for administrators/editors, if applicable).
Spam Detection: Services like Akismet collect commenter’s IP addresses, user agent, referrer, and site URL (along with the comment content) to combat spam.
Server Logs: Our web hosting provider automatically collects server log data, including IP addresses, access times, browser types, and referring pages. This is standard practice for website operation and security.
4. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR)
We process your personal data under the following legal bases:
Legitimate Interests: We process data necessary for the operation and improvement of our website, security, spam detection, and responding to your direct inquiries (e.g., website analytics, server logs, contact form responses).
Consent: Where required, we obtain your explicit consent for specific processing activities, such as for non-essential cookies.
Compliance with a Legal Obligation: In some cases, we may be required to process your data to comply with legal obligations.
5. How We Share Your Personal Data
We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We may share your data with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and delivering our services, under strict confidentiality agreements. These include:
Hosting Provider: The company that hosts our website.
Analytics Providers: Such as Google Analytics.
Anti-Spam Services: Such as Akismet.
Affiliate Partners: When you click on an affiliate link on our site, you are redirected to a third-party website (e.g., Amazon). We do not control their data collection practices, and their privacy policies will apply. We earn a commission from purchases made through these links.
6. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to allow us to recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
Analytics Data: Retained according to Google Analytics settings.
Server Logs: Retained by our hosting provider for a limited period, typically a few weeks to months.
7. Your Data Protection Rights (Under GDPR)
As a data subject under GDPR, you have the following rights concerning your personal data:
The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
The Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
The Right to Withdraw Consent: Where you have provided consent for specific processing, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us via our Contact Page. We will respond to your request within one month.
8. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to enhance your experience. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help us remember your preferences, understand how you use our site, and improve its functionality.
Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.
Performance/Analytics Cookies: These allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site.
Functionality Cookies: These enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation.
Third-Party Cookies: Some content embedded on our site (e.g., videos, social media feeds) may set their own cookies.
You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us via our Contact Page. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
10. Security of Data
The security of your data is important to us. We implement reasonable security measures, including using SSL/HTTPS encryption for data transmission and relying on the robust security practices of our hosting provider, to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
11. International Data Transfers
Our website servers are located within the UK. However, some of our third-party service providers (e.g., Google Analytics) may process data outside the UK or the European Economic Area (EEA). Where this is the case, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place (such as Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent mechanisms) to protect your data in accordance with GDPR requirements.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your data, or would like to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us:
By visiting our Contact Page.