Here at ModelRailwayEngineer, I take your privacy seriously and strive to keep any and all personal information of individuals that visit this website and make use of our online facilities and services accurate, confidential, secure and private.

Below is the information collected and how it is used. By using this website and related services, you consent to this use.

Non-Identifying Information

As with the majority of other websites, ModelRailwayEngineer.com uses and stores non-identifying and aggregate information for general management of the site, to improve the content and your experience when using the site and for analytical purposes.

This is collected chiefly through Google Analytics, Google Advertising Services and cookies detailed below.

Email Addresses

If you subscribe to the ModelRailwayEngineer email newsletter, your email address is collected and then stored by my email partners, SendinBlue, to send and administer my regular emails.

The data stored includes your email address, first name, your interests related to this site (model railways, model making, wargaming etc) and optionally your surname.

You can change these settings or unsubscribe from my newsletter by clicking on the link at the bottom of every email sent.

SendinBlue also stores some additional information, including the IP used at the time of your sign-up and if you opened my emails. SendinBlue’s data protection policy is available here.

If you leave a comment on an article on this website, your email address is also stored. If you subscribe to notifications of updates to articles on which you have commented, your email address is stored to send you these notifications. These are automatically removed every 6 months.

You can remove this at any time by deleting the comment left.

Cookies

ModelRailwayEngineer.com uses cookies (small files sent between your web browser and the servers providing this website and related services) to store information, such as when you visit the site. The cookies used by this site include:

Google Analytics, is a service which transmits website traffic data to Google servers in the United States. Google Analytics does not identify individual users or associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. The reports provided by Google Analytics help me,  ModelRailwayEngineer’s owner, to understand website traffic and webpage usage. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described in Google’s Privacy Policy– external site and for the purposes set out above. You can opt out of Google Analytics if you disable or refuse the cookie, disable JavaScript, or use the opt-out service provided by Google– external site.

Advertising: You may also see third-party advertisements on the site which help fund the site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies for these adverts and which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program and AWIN for affiliate tracking) information including your IP address, your ISP, the browser and the device you used when visiting the site. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing English advertisements to someone living in England, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing soldering irons ads to someone who visits an electrical retailer).

You can stop these or tailor Google adverts here. Cookies for other advertising providers, such as AWIN, can be configured via the Cookie Settings option available via [wt_cli_manage_consent].

Facebook: Facebook uses tracking technologies, such as cookies or pixels, to record information about users who visit or interact with my website, and also collect data. This information allows them to deliver targeted advertisements and measure their effectiveness. The ModelRailwayEngineer website does not provide any personal information to Facebook. Read Facebook’s privacy policy here.

Cloudflare: I use web performance enhancement technologies from CloudFlare. Non-identifying cookies are used by this service to improve page loading speed and identify and block suspicious activity. You can read more about the Cloudflare cookies here.

To refine and update cookie usage on this website, click [wt_cli_manage_consent]. If you have visited the site before and subsequently want to update your cookie usage, please delete the existing cookies and reject or change your cookie settings on the previous link.

Legal Requirements

To the extent required by law, ModelRailwayEngineer may disclose personally identifiable information to government authorities pursuant to a subpoena or other legal process, and may also use or disclose your information as permitted by law to protect the rights or property of the site, it’s owners and users.

We also may disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency’s request, or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.

Further questions?

Although the owner and commercial partners of the site take measures to safeguard against unauthorised disclosures of information, we cannot assure or guarantee you that personally identifiable information that is collected will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about the information collected, the privacy policy or the disclaimer; or you wish to know or correct your personally identifiable information, please contact [email protected].

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