Who We Are
Strawberry Fields Forever is an independent Beatles fan website dedicated to news, reviews, articles, music features, and product recommendations related to The Beatles.
Our website address is:
https://strawberryfieldsforever.co.uk
Information We Collect
We may collect information when you:
- Visit our website
- Leave a comment
- Contact us
- Subscribe to updates or newsletters (if offered)
- Interact with advertisements or affiliate links
The information collected may include your name, email address, IP address, browser type, device information, and website usage data.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also known as a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it.
After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be publicly visible alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location information from images.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to improve your experience, analyse website traffic and support advertising and affiliate programmes.
Cookies may be used to:
- Remember your preferences
- Enable website functionality
- Measure website performance
- Analyse visitor behaviour
- Track affiliate referrals
- Deliver personalised or non-personalised advertisements
You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner and your browser settings.
Cookie Consent
We use a consent management platform to allow visitors to control the use of non-essential cookies.
Where required by law, visitors may choose to accept, reject, or customise cookie preferences. Consent choices can be changed at any time via the cookie settings available on the website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website.
Google Analytics may collect information including:
- Pages visited
- Time spent on pages
- Device and browser information
- Approximate geographic location
- Referring websites
This information helps us improve our content and website performance.
For more information, please see Google’s Privacy Policy.
Advertising and Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on this website.
Google and its partners may use cookies and similar technologies to serve personalised or non-personalised advertisements based on your visits to this and other websites.
Visitors in applicable regions may be presented with consent options regarding advertising and personalisation.
For information about how Google uses information collected through advertising, please visit their website.
Affiliate Disclosure
Strawberry Fields Forever participates in a number of affiliate marketing programmes, including Amazon Associates, the eBay Partner Network, and other affiliate programmes.
This means that when you click certain links on our website and make a qualifying purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate links may use cookies or similar tracking technologies to enable retailers to recognise that you visited their website through Strawberry Fields Forever. These technologies help track qualifying purchases and allow us to receive commission where applicable.
Any commission earned helps support the operation, maintenance, and continued development of this website and does not affect the price you pay for products or services.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this website may include embedded content such as:
- YouTube videos
- Social media posts
- Images
- Articles
- Music content
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same manner as if you had visited that website directly.
These third-party websites may:
- Collect information about you
- Use cookies
- Employ additional tracking technologies
- Monitor your interaction with embedded content
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely.
This allows us to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically rather than holding them for moderation.
For users who register on the website (if any), we store the personal information provided within their user profile. Users may view, edit or delete their personal information at any time, except for their username. Website administrators may also access and edit this information.
Your Rights
Under applicable data protection laws, including the UK GDPR, you may have the right to:
- Request access to your personal data
- Request correction of inaccurate data
- Request deletion of your personal data
- Restrict or object to processing
- Request a copy of your information
Requests can be made using our contact details below.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.
Information collected by analytics, advertising, affiliate, and embedded content providers may also be processed by those third-party services in accordance with their privacy policies.
Data Controller
For the purposes of applicable data protection legislation, Strawberry Fields Forever is the data controller of the personal information described in this Privacy Policy.
Security
We use security measures designed to protect our website, its visitors and its content from unauthorised access, spam, malicious activity and abuse. These measures may process IP addresses and certain technical information where necessary to maintain the security and integrity of the website.
Performance and Content Delivery
To improve website performance, reliability and visitor experience, we use caching and content delivery technologies. These services may temporarily process technical information such as IP addresses and browser requests solely for the purpose of delivering website content efficiently and securely.