Last Updated: 18 May 2026
Welcome to ThatC64Guy. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.
1. Important Information and Who We Are
The data controller responsible for this website is Dave Parker, operating it on behalf of ThatC64Guy. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact us via the contact options provided on the website.
2. The Data We Collect About You
Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, which we have grouped together as follows:
Identity Data: Includes names or usernames provided by you when using interactive site features.
Contact Data: Includes email addresses and website URLs provided when interacting with the site.
Technical Data: Includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
Usage Data: Includes information about how you use our website and services.
3. How We Collect Your Personal Data
We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including:
Direct Interactions: You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or by leaving comments on our website.
Automated Technologies or Interactions: As you interact with our website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies and other similar technologies. Please see section 5 (Cookies) for further details.
4. How We Use Your Personal Data
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
Consent: Where you have given clear and explicit consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., accepting analytics cookies).
Legitimate Interests: Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (e.g., keeping our website updated and relevant, managing our comment moderation, and ensuring site security) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
5. Cookies and Third-Party Tracking
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
We use the following specific third-party tools which deploy cookies:
A. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our site. This helps us understand visitor traffic, popular pages, and user behaviour so we can improve the platform. Google Analytics sets cookies that collect anonymised data, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from, and the pages they visited.
Consent Requirement: These analytics cookies are non-essential and will only be deployed if you actively click “Accept” or opt-in via our cookie consent banner.
B. wpDiscuz Commenting System
We use the wpDiscuz plugin to manage the comments section on our articles. If you choose to leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are strictly for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.
wpDiscuz generates specific browser cookies (such as comment_author_{HASH}, comment_author_email_{HASH}, and comment_author_url_{HASH}).
By default, you must check the provided “Save my data in this browser for the next time I comment” checkbox to consent to storing these credentials.
Your IP address and email address are also securely processed by WordPress to prevent comment spam and manage moderation.
C. Embedded YouTube Videos
We embed videos from YouTube on our pages. When you view a page with an embedded YouTube video, YouTube may set cookies or tracking identifiers on your device to analyse video playback performance, personalise advertising within their network, and track user engagement.
Where possible, we configure these embeds using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode, which restricts tracking until you press play on the video.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website (such as the commenting feature) may become inaccessible or not function properly.
6. Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
Comments: If you leave a comment via wpDiscuz, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
7. Your Legal Rights
Under data protection laws (UK GDPR), you have rights in relation to your personal data, including the right to:
- Request access to your personal data.
- Request correction of your personal data.
- Request erasure of your personal data (e.g., asking us to delete your comments or account information).
- Object to processing of your personal data.
- Request restriction of processing your personal data.
- Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
8. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We keep our privacy policy under regular review. Any updates or changes will be reflected on this page.