Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://aboutthe80s.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

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 anonymized 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 approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. All images on this site are also used for educational purposes as a means of promoting the original source. About the 80s does not profit from the use of any image, however, any request to remove an image with proof of ownership can be taken down upon request.

Affiliate Links

About the 80s contains affiliate links to Amazon in which we earn a fee from qualifying sales. Your support is much appreciated!

Exclusion of Liability from Third Party Websites

We accept no liability with respect to any of the products, information, material or services offered or provided by any persons or other organizations listed on, or linked to, the Website, nor do we endorse any of them or any of their products or services unless otherwise stated. Should you decide to contract with any such person or organization, the contract will be directly between you and that other party. We will have no contractual involvement, and will not be liable to you in contract or otherwise for any losses or damages that you suffer in relation to and as a result of products, information, materials or services provided to you by any of these organizations.

Contact forms

Cookies

While this site does not contain any login function, if you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

How Google uses your data

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 exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

About the 80s does not currently share any data with any parties; however, this is subject to change at any time without notice.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this 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 any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Additional information

How we protect your data

All info submitted to the site is protected through Anti-virus, Firewall and Malware Scan software.

What third parties we receive data from

About the 80s currently does not receive data from any 3rd parties, however, this is subject to change at any time without notice.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

This privacy policy will be updated from time to time without notice, however, we try to keep this policy as updated as possible to keep our users informed.

Please check back to this page frequently for concerns about any changes.

Contact Us

For any questions related to our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us. We will most likely respond within 24 hours.