Last Updated: 30 May 2026
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://rubierubie.com. Rubie Rubie is an independently owned lifestyle and personal development blog based in Surrey, United Kingdom.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form — your name, email address, and optional website URL — as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymised string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to display a profile picture. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact Forms
When you submit a message through our Contact page, we receive your name, email address, and the content of your message. This information is used only to respond to your enquiry and is not stored long-term or shared with third parties.
Email Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, your email address is stored securely and used only to send you updates from Rubie Rubie. You may unsubscribe at any time using the link in any newsletter email.
Cookies
We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. Here is a summary of the cookies we use:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function. They include session cookies that keep you logged in (if you have an account) and security cookies.
Comment Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.
Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. This service uses cookies to collect information such as pages visited, time spent on site, and general location (country/region). This data is anonymised and used only to improve our content. You can opt out via your cookie consent settings.
Advertising Cookies
Rubie Rubie displays advertisements served by Google AdSense. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. These advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to show you relevant ads across the internet. You may opt out of personalised advertising at any time by visiting Google’s Ad Settings or by adjusting your cookie preferences using our cookie consent tool.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited that website. These websites may collect data about you and use tracking cookies.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. We share data only where necessary to operate the website — for example, with our email newsletter provider, spam detection services, and advertising partners (Google AdSense). If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognise and approve follow-up comments. Newsletter subscribers’ email addresses are retained until you unsubscribe. Contact form submissions are reviewed and deleted within 30 days.
Your Rights Under UK GDPR
As a website based in the United Kingdom, we comply with UK GDPR. You have the right to: access the personal data we hold about you; request correction of inaccurate data; request deletion of your data; object to processing; and withdraw consent at any time. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@rubierubie.com.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service (Akismet). Analytics data is processed by Google. Advertising data is processed by Google AdSense. These services may process data outside the United Kingdom.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@rubierubie.com.