Privacy

Cookies

We don’t use tracking or analytics cookies, and fonts and files are all served from this site. We set no cookies of our own for visitors: the only one is a session cookie for the site owner’s admin area, which is only sent on admin pages.

When you first visit, a bar asks whether you’re happy with ads cookies. We keep your answer in your browser’s local storage (or, if that’s blocked, in a small cookie from this site called ads_consent) for 6 months, so we don’t have to ask on every page. It holds only “accept” or “reject” and the date, and it isn’t sent to anyone.

Banner ads

Some pages have up to two banner ads: one under the menu, and one part-way through a guide, a camera page or a shortlist. There are none on this page, the contact, terms and affiliate pages, the forms or the search page. The ads come from 5od (5od.co.uk), a small ad service run by the owner of this site. They’re contextual: 5od chooses a banner to suit the page you’re reading, not you. 5od itself sets no cookies and builds no profile of you; your browser sends it the site, the ad position and size, and the address of the page.

The banners are for shops and brands in the Awin affiliate network. Awin’s banner images and links can set Awin’s own cookies: when a banner is shown, and when you click one, so that a purchase can be credited to us. That’s why nothing loads until you choose:

• Accept ads cookies: banners load, and Awin is told you agreed.
• Reject: no banners load at all, and your browser doesn’t contact 5od or Awin for ads.
• JavaScript off: no ads load and you won’t be asked.

Like any website, 5od’s server sees your IP address when your browser asks it for a banner. 5od doesn’t store raw IP addresses: it keeps a scrambled (salted and hashed) version for up to 2 days, only to limit abuse.

Changing your mind

Use Cookie settings (also at the bottom of every page) to see your current choice and change it at any time. If you switch from accept to reject, banners stop loading straight away. Any Awin cookies already set stay in your browser until they expire, or until you delete them in your browser’s settings (clearing this site’s data also resets your choice, and we’ll ask again).

Page counts

Each guide and camera page keeps a simple count of how many times it has been viewed, so we can see what people read. The count is just a number — it isn’t linked to you.

Our forms

When you use “Was this helpful?”, “Report a problem” or “Suggest a camera or guide”, we store what you send, the date, and a scrambled (hashed) version of your IP address that we use only to stop spam and repeat votes. Your email address is optional; if you give it we use it only to reply. We delete reports and suggestions once we’ve dealt with them.

Server logs

Like most websites, our hosting keeps standard web server logs — such as the page requested, the time, your IP address and browser type — for security and to fix problems.

Links to other websites

Links to other websites go through a short redirect on this site (/go/…). When you follow one we count the click — the date, which link and which of our pages it was on — but nothing that identifies you. Once you arrive on another website (for example a camera manufacturer, a reviewer or Amazon.co.uk) that site’s own privacy policy applies. Amazon may use cookies to record that you came from us so that any qualifying purchase can be credited to us.

Questions

Email hello@wildlifetrailcameras.co.uk. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.