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Policy Summary
When it comes to your privacy, the society follows three key principles. These are:
- Simple We want to make it easy for you to understand how we use your personal data. We try to use plain words to describe our policy and processes, so that you can make informed choices.
- Transparent We want to be open about the personal information we ask for, why we ask for it, and how we use and process it.
- Controllable We want you to have control over your personal information and, should you need it, access to the data we hold about you.
You can view/download the full Privacy Policy here
The privacy policy makes reference to our Cookies Policy. You will find that here
Your rights
GDPR provides you with the rights to:
- Request a copy of your personal data
- Request to have your personal data corrected
- Make a complaint
- Request deletion of your user account
You can exercise any of those options here
28 May 2026
This site uses the Pinterest API for the sole purpose of cross-posting articles and event announcements from berksfhs.org to our own Pinterest profile. This site and the Berkshire Family History Society are not endorsed by or affiliated with Pinterest.
What Pinterest-derived data we store and why:
- We store the OAuth access token and refresh token issued by Pinterest in the WordPress database. These credentials authorise our site to publish content to our own Pinterest profile and serve no other purpose.
- We do not retrieve, store or use any other Pinterest-derived data (such as boards, pins, followers, analytics, or any data belonging to other Pinterest users).
- We do not resell or redistribute Pinterest content or Pinterest-derived data to any third party.
- When the Pinterest connection is disconnected from our admin (or when we are notified that access has been revoked from the Pinterest side), the OAuth tokens are deleted from our database immediately.
- Users can revoke access at any time via their own Pinterest account settings.
For questions about our use of the Pinterest API, please contact us at webmaster@berksfhs.org.uk.