This is the Privacy & Cookie Policy for Diana Damrau’s website, located at diana-damrau.com. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors. We believe you have the right to privacy on the web. This policy sets out how we will treat your personal information and explains how we use cookies through our website.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:
(a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website including your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views;
(b) information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website;
(c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters; and
(d) any other information that you choose to send to us.
How we use this personal data
Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.
We may use your personal information to:
(a) administer the website;
(b) improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;
(d) send you email notifications which you have specifically requested (ie. newsletters);
(d) provide third parties with statistical information about our users – but this information will not be used to identify any individual user; and
We will not sell, rent or share your personal data with third party organisations.
Cookies
This website uses “cookies” to help personalise your online experience.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. If you do not wish to accept our use of cookies, then please disable them following the guidance below.
Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies for several purposes:
- To collect anonymous statistics – the information collected by cookies enables us to improve the website through usage figures and patterns. For example, it’s really useful for us to be able to see which pages and news articles are the most popular and how people are interacting with them. We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html. Our advertisers/payment services providers may also send you cookies.
- Serve localised content – in the instance of content being provided in multiple languages, we use cookies to detect and serve the content that’s most appropriate for you. The cookie helps remember your language preference for the next time you visit the website.
- Help us improve security – we use a cookie to determine whether your computer/device is trusted
The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why.
| Name of cookie | Owner | Purpose for the cookie | Duration |
| Cookie consent (cookieconsent_status) | diana-damrau.com | Identifies whether the user has accepted the use of cookies on the website. | Persistent |
| WordPress | diana-damrau.com | Recognises users and provides secure log-in to our website and associated systems. This is mainly used by our staff and contributors. | Session |
| Language detection (qtrans_front_language) | diana-damrau.com | This is part of our websites functionality to detect and set the current language of the website. This allows us to serve the content that’s most appropriate for the visitor and remember their language preference for the next time they visit the website. | Persistent |
| Google Analytics (multiple: _ga, _gat_gtag_UA_, _gid) | This is a web analytics service provided by Google, which uses cookies to show us how visitors found and explored our website, and how we can enhance their experience. It provides us with information about the behaviour of our visitors (for example, how long they stayed on the site, or which pages or news articles are particularly popular) and also tells us how many visitors we have had. For more information on Google analytics, click here. | Persistent | |
| CloudFlare (_cfuid) | CloudFlare | This is for security and set by the proxy firewall that we use called Cloudflare. It identifies individual visitors behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. For example, if a visitor is in a coffee shop where there may be several infected machines, but the specific visitor’s machine is trusted (for example, because they completed a challenge within your Challenge Passage period), the cookie allows Cloudflare to identify that client and not challenge them again. It does not correspond to any user ID in your web application, and does not store any personally identifiable information. For more information on this Cloudflare cookie, visit https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170156-What-does-the-Cloudflare-cfduid-cookie-do- | Persistent |
How to disable cookies
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. Cookie preferences are usually found in the options, settings or preferences menus of your browser or mobile device.
Click on the links below to find out how to change your cookie settings in:
You may opt-out of Google’s analytics cookies by visiting Google’s opt-out page – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
How we protect your data
We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. You are responsible for keeping your user details confidential.
Embedded content from other websites and third party 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.
Your rights
On receipt of proof of identity and a written request you may have a copy of any information that we hold about you. Please contact us.
Unsubscribing
You may unsubscribe from any marketing emails you receive from us at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email we send.
Policy amendments
We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes. We may also notify you of changes to our privacy policy by email.
Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please Please contact us.