Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for RU Company

At RU Company, we are committed to safeguarding your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you visit our website: https://www.rucompany.co.uk.

Who We Are

RU Company specialises in personalised merchandise for sports clubs. Our website address is: https://www.rucompany.co.uk.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with 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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if applicable) will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to our website, please ensure you avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site may be able to download and extract location data from images.

Cookies

  • Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not need to fill in your details again for future comments. These cookies will last for one year.

  • Login Page: When 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.

  • Logged-In Users: If you log in to our site, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” will keep you logged in for two weeks. Logging out will remove these cookies.

  • Article Editing: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie containing the post ID of the article will be saved. This cookie does not store personal data and expires after one day.

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 same way as if you visited those websites directly. These external sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking if you have an account and are logged in to their website.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We do not share your personal data with third parties except as necessary for the operation of our website and services (e.g., hosting providers, security tools).

How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically without holding them in a moderation queue.

  • Registered Users: For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also see and edit user information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on our 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 data we are obliged to keep for administrative