This site is a personal blog run by one person. I do not sell your data, I do not have a mailing list I add you to without asking, and I collect as little as the site can function on. Below is the full detail, written to be readable rather than lawyerly.
Fit & Myth (fitandmyth.com) is owned and run by Adriana, based in the United Kingdom. For the purposes of UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, I am the data controller for this website.
Contact for anything on this page: fitandmyth@gmail.com
If you leave a comment, the form collects your name, email address, website (if you enter one), your IP address and browser user agent string. This is used to display the comment and to help with spam detection. Your email address is never published and never shared.
If you email me, I hold that email and your address in my inbox so I can reply to you. I do not add you to any list on the strength of an email.
If you sign up for the newsletter, your email address is stored with Hostinger Reach, the email marketing service I use to send it. It is used only to send you the newsletter you signed up for, confirmed by a double opt-in email before anything is sent, and you can unsubscribe with one click in any email.
This site uses Google Analytics and Google Search Console to understand which pages people read and how they arrived. This produces aggregated, anonymised information — page views, rough location at country or city level, device type, referring site. It does not tell me who you are. Analytics data is processed by Google; see Google’s privacy policy.
My hosting provider keeps standard access logs, which include IP addresses, for security and troubleshooting. This is normal for any website and is retained by the host under their own policy.
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. This site uses:
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time. Blocking analytics and affiliate cookies will not stop the site working.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. The same applies to Aviasales (flights) and Stay22 (accommodation) links in the race guides. Clicking any of these takes you to that provider's site, where their privacy policy and cookies apply, not mine.
I never see who clicked what. Amazon, Aviasales and Stay22 all report sales or bookings to me as anonymous totals — a product or booking and a number, with no customer information attached. Full detail on the affiliate disclosure page.
Nobody, in the sense that matters: I do not sell, rent or trade personal data, and I do not share it with advertisers. The only third parties that process anything are the services the site runs on — my web host, Google Analytics, the spam filter on comments, Hostinger Reach (newsletter emails), and the affiliate providers Amazon, Aviasales and Stay22 when you click their links. Each processes data under its own agreement and privacy policy.
Under UK GDPR you have the right to ask me for a copy of the personal data I hold about you, to have it corrected, to have it erased, to restrict or object to how it is used, and to have it provided in a portable format.
To exercise any of these, email fitandmyth@gmail.com. I will respond within one month, and it is free. In practice, for almost everyone, the answer is that the only thing held is a comment or a newsletter subscription — and I will delete it the same day you ask.
If you are unhappy with how I have handled your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.
The site runs over HTTPS, so traffic between your browser and the server is encrypted. No system is perfectly secure, but no sensitive personal data — no payments, no accounts, no health records — is collected or stored here in the first place.
This site is written for adults and is not directed at children. I do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 13. If you believe a child has submitted information through the comment form or newsletter, email me and I will remove it.
Pages here link out to Amazon, Aviasales, Stay22, research papers, race organisers and charities. Once you follow a link you are on somebody else’s site, under their privacy policy, and I have no control over what they collect.
If this policy changes in any way that affects you, the updated date below will change and the new version will be published here.