rivacy Policy
Last Updated: October 2025
Welcome to Better Digital Health (“we”, “our”, or “us”).
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you visit our website:
👉 https://betterdigitalhealth.com
1. Who We Are
Better Digital Health is an online platform focused on sharing reliable information, tools, and insights about digital health, wellbeing, and health technology.
Our website address is: https://betterdigitalhealth.com.
For any privacy-related queries, you can contact us via our contact form or by email at privacy@betterdigitalhealth.com.
2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect:
- The data shown in the comments form,
- The visitor’s IP address, and
- Browser user agent string (for spam detection).
An anonymized string (hash) of your email address may be provided to Gravatar to check if you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After your comment is approved, your profile image may be publicly visible next to your comment.
Media
If you upload images, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other visitors could potentially download and extract location data from these images.
Cookies
We use cookies to improve your experience and for essential site functions such as login and comment preferences.
- If you leave a comment, you can choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience (lasts 1 year).
- Login and display cookies are used for registered users and last 2 days to 1 year, depending on your settings.
- If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for 2 weeks.
- Editing or publishing an article stores a temporary cookie containing the post ID (expires in 1 day).
You can adjust or delete cookies anytime through your browser settings.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles or pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, or articles).
Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited those websites directly.
They may collect data, use cookies, and track your interaction with that content, especially if you are logged into their platform.
3. Who We Share Your Data With
- Password resets: Your IP address is included in password reset emails.
- Spam detection: Comments may be processed by automated spam detection services (e.g., Akismet).
- Analytics: We may use third-party analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics) to understand how visitors use our site. These services collect anonymized data such as browser type, pages visited, and visit duration.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data with third parties.
4. How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments: Indefinitely, to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments.
- User Accounts: For registered users, personal information is stored in your profile. You can edit or delete it anytime (except username changes).
Administrators can view and edit user information when required.
5. Your Rights Under UK GDPR
You have the right to:
- Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Request corrections to any inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of your data (except where required for legal or security purposes).
- Withdraw consent for any optional data collection (e.g., newsletters).
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@betterdigitalhealth.com.
6. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Analytics data may be processed by trusted third parties (e.g., Google) under GDPR-compliant agreements.
7. How We Protect Your Data
We implement appropriate security measures, including SSL encryption, regular updates, and limited administrative access, to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure.
8. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. The “Last Updated” date at the top will always reflect the most recent version.
We encourage you to review this page regularly to stay informed about how we protect your information.
Contact Us:
If you have any concerns or questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact:
📧 privacy@betterdigitalhealth.com
🌐 https://betterdigitalhealth.com
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Suggested text: Our website address is: https://betterdigitalhealth1492.live-website.com.
Comments
Suggested text: 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
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Suggested text: 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.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: 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.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: 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
Suggested text: 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 your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.