Who we are

Rolling Coasters is an independent theme park information website operated by Mark Wilson in the United Kingdom.

Our website is rollingcoasters.com.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle personal information, contact hello@rollingcoasters.com.

Comments

Visitors may be able to leave comments on Theme Park News articles.

When you leave a comment, we collect the information you enter in the comment form. The website may also record technical information such as your IP address and browser information for purposes including security and spam detection.

Your comment and the display name you choose may be visible publicly once the comment is approved. Your email address is not displayed publicly.

Comments and associated information may be retained so that we can manage discussions, recognise follow-up comments and maintain the integrity of conversations on the site.

Technical and security information

When you visit Rolling Coasters, our hosting and security systems may process technical information such as your IP address, browser and device information, pages or files requested, and the date and time of the request.

This information may be used to operate the website, diagnose technical problems, prevent abuse and help keep Rolling Coasters secure. Our website is hosted by Hostinger, which processes some of this information as our hosting provider.

Contacting us and sending information

If you contact Rolling Coasters by email, send us a correction or update, or contribute information about a theme park or attraction, we may receive personal information such as your name, email address and anything else you choose to include in your message.

We use this information to respond to you, investigate or verify information you have sent us and, where appropriate, improve or correct information on Rolling Coasters.

Please avoid sending personal or sensitive information that is not necessary for your enquiry or contribution.

We will not publish your name, email address or other personal details alongside information you contribute unless we have specifically agreed this with you.

Analytics and cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies to help Rolling Coasters work properly and to understand how people use the site.

We use Google Analytics to collect statistics such as which pages are visited, how visitors find Rolling Coasters and how the site is used. This helps us understand what is useful and where the site could be improved.

Google Analytics is managed on Rolling Coasters through Google Site Kit. Where consent is required, optional analytics cookies are not used unless you choose to accept them through our cookie consent system.

You can accept or deny optional cookies, choose your preferences and change your choice later using the Manage Consent control on the site.

For more detailed information about the cookies and services used by Rolling Coasters, including their purposes and retention periods, see our Cookie Policy.

Links and content from other websites

Rolling Coasters may link to other websites, such as theme park operators, accessibility resources or other useful services. If you follow one of these links, that website has its own privacy practices. Check its privacy information if you want to know how it uses your data.

We may also occasionally embed content from other websites, such as videos or social media posts. Embedded content can behave as though you had visited the website providing it directly. That provider may collect information about your visit or use cookies and similar technologies.

Where an embedded service requires consent for cookies or tracking, we aim to prevent it from loading until the appropriate consent has been given.

Who we share your information with

We do not sell your personal information.

We use trusted service providers to help operate Rolling Coasters. These may include website hosting, security, analytics and other technical services. Those providers may process limited personal information where necessary to provide their services.

For example, Google provides the analytics services we use to understand how Rolling Coasters is being used, and Hostinger provides our website hosting.

We may also disclose information where we are legally required to do so, or where it is reasonably necessary to protect the security of Rolling Coasters and its visitors.

Why we use your information

UK data protection law requires us to have a lawful reason for using personal information. The lawful basis depends on what information we are using and why.

We may rely on:

• Consent, for example where you choose to allow optional analytics cookies. You can withdraw consent at any time using the Manage Consent control on the site.
• Legitimate interests, where using information is reasonably necessary to operate, secure and improve Rolling Coasters, respond to enquiries, manage comments or consider corrections and information submitted to us, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.
• Legal obligations, where we need to use or retain information to comply with a legal requirement.

Where we ask for consent, refusing or withdrawing consent will not prevent you from accessing the core information on Rolling Coasters.

How long we keep your information

We keep personal information only for as long as we reasonably need it for the purpose for which it was collected, or where we need to retain it for legal, security or administrative reasons.

If you contact us or send us information, we may keep your correspondence for as long as it is useful for responding to your enquiry, maintaining an accurate record of information provided to Rolling Coasters, or dealing with any follow-up.

Comments and associated information may be retained while the relevant discussion or article remains on the site, or for longer where necessary for moderation, security or record-keeping.

Analytics information is retained according to the settings and retention periods used by the relevant analytics service. More information about cookies and their retention periods is available in our Cookie Policy.

Your data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, you may have rights over the personal information we hold about you. Depending on the circumstances, these can include the right to:

• ask us for a copy of your personal information;
• ask us to correct information that is inaccurate or incomplete;
• ask us to delete your personal information;
• ask us to restrict how we use your information;
• object to certain uses of your information; and
• ask for information you provided to us to be transferred to you or another organisation in certain circumstances.

Some rights only apply in particular circumstances, so we may not always be able to fulfil every request.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, or have a question about how we use your personal information, contact hello@rollingcoasters.com.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you are unhappy with how your personal information has been handled.

Where your information may be processed

Some of the companies and services used to operate Rolling Coasters may process personal information outside the United Kingdom.

Where a transfer is subject to the UK rules on international transfers, it must be covered by an applicable legal mechanism, such as UK adequacy regulations, appropriate safeguards or another permitted exception.

You can find more information about how individual services handle personal information in their own privacy policies and, where relevant, in our Cookie Policy.

Automated decision-making

Rolling Coasters does not currently use personal information to make solely automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects for visitors.