Privacy Policy for brianhoskins.uk

Who Operates This Website

brianhoskins.uk is operated by Brian Hoskins. If you have a privacy-related question, you can contact the site owner via the contact page.

Information Collected When You Sign In

When you create an account with email and password, this site stores the information needed to operate your account:

• Your email address.
• A password hash managed by the site's account system.

When you choose to sign in with a social media account, this site requests the minimum account information required for authentication:

• Your display name.
• Your email address.
• Your profile picture URL, when provided by the sign-in provider.
• Your external login identifier and authentication tokens returned during sign-in.

The site does not request access to your wider social media account data beyond the basic profile information and email address needed for authentication.

How This Information Is Used

Information received through local account creation or social sign-in is used only for operating your account on this website. That includes:

• Creating or linking your user account.
• Signing you in and maintaining your authenticated session.
• Displaying your name and profile image within the site interface when available.
• Refreshing your saved profile image when you sign in again through an external provider.
• Storing authentication tokens in the site authentication system so the external login connection can function correctly.
• Validating your email/password credentials when you choose local sign-in.

Cookies and Session Data

After a successful login, brianhoskins.uk stores an authentication cookie in your browser so the website can recognise you across requests. This cookie is used only for authentication and account access on this site.

How Long Data Is Kept

Account data associated with local accounts or social sign-in is retained for as long as it is needed to provide your account and access to the website. Profile information may be updated the next time you sign in through an external provider. If you want your account data removed, contact the site owner using the email address above.

Sharing of Data

Personal data collected through local accounts or social sign-in is not sold. It is only processed by the website itself and by the external services needed to run the site, such as hosting, storage, and the authentication provider used during sign-in.

Your Choices

You do not have to sign in to browse the public parts of this website. If you choose to create an account, you can use either social sign-in or an email/password login. If you want your account data deleted, contact the site owner.

Changes To This Policy

This policy may be updated from time to time if the authentication flow or data handling on brianhoskins.uk changes. The current version will always be published on this page.