Privacy Policy
| 1. | Introduction | |
| 1.1 | We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and mailing list subscribers. | |
| 1.2 | This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors and mailing list subscribers; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data. | |
| 1.3 | We use a session cookie on our website. The cookie is called PHPSESSID, it does not contain any personally identifiable information, it contains a random hash code for the purpose of providing a consistent experience during your browsing session, and it expires once your browsing session is complete. | |
| 1.4 | We use MailChimp as our marketing automation platform. When you join our mailing list, you will need to explicitly state that you understand you are signing up for an email newsletter. This means we can contact you by email. All emails sent from Mailchimp will offer both an unsubscribe link and a link to update your profile at any time, which includes removing your consent to receive email communication from us. As email is our only form of communication, removing that consent is the same as unsubscribing. Mailchimp’s privacy policy can be found at https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy | |
| 1.5 | We use BookFunnel as an eBook delivery service. When you join our mailing list, your email address will be used by BookFunnel to deliver promotional content, such as the free gift for subscribing or advance reader copies. If you need help accessing your content, they may also use it to provide customer service via email. BookFunnel’s privacy policy can be found at https://bookfunnel.com/privacy | |
| 1.6 | In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" refer to Amanda Feyerbend. [For more information about us, see Section 13.] | |
| 2. | Credit | |
| 2.1 | This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (https://seqlegal.com). | |
| 3. | How we use your personal data | |
| 3.1 | In this Section 3 we have set out: | |
| (a) | the general categories of personal data that we may process; | |
| (b) | the purposes for which we may process personal data; and | |
| (c) | the legal bases of the processing. | |
| 3.2 | We may process your name, email address, and information on how you heard about us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters ("notification data"). The notification data may be processed for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletters. The legal basis for this processing is your consent, provided when you check “email” on our mailing list sign-up form. | |
| 3.3 | We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us ("correspondence data"). The correspondence data may include your name, email address, and the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the website contact forms. The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business and communications with users. | |
| 3.4 | We may process IP address information in relation to the web pages you access on our site, particularly downloads of copyrighted works ("access data"). The access data may be processed for the purposes of assuring valid and legitimate use of downloadable assets and for determining overall content usage to improve the user experience. | |
| 3.5 | We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others. | |
| 3.6 | We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our business against risks. | |
| 3.7 | In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this Section 3, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. | |
| 3.8 | Please do not supply any other person's personal data to us, unless we prompt you to do so. | |
| 4. | Providing your personal data to others | |
| 4.1 | We may disclose your personal data to our insurers and/or professional advisers insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice, or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. | |
| 4.2 | We may disclose notification data to MailChimp identified at https://mailchimp.com insofar as reasonably necessary for the administration and service of our mailing list. | |
| 4.3 | In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 4, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. | |
| 5. | International transfers of your personal data | |
| 5.1 | In this Section 5, we provide information about the circumstances in which your personal data may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). | |
| 5.2 | Our marketing automation platform, MailChimp is situated in The United States of America. The European Commission has made an "adequacy decision" with respect to the data protection laws of this country. The Privacy Shield framework constitutes one such example of an adequacy decision. MailChimp participates in and has certified its compliance to the Privacy Shield framework. Their privacy policy can be found at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy | |
| 6. | Retaining and deleting personal data | |
| 6.1 | This Section 6 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data. | |
| 6.2 | Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes. | |
| 6.3 | We will retain your personal data as follows: | |
| (a) | Correspondence data will be retained for a minimum period of 90 days following your most recent correspondence to us, and for a maximum period of 18 months following your most recent correspondence to us. | |
| 6.4 | In some cases it is not possible for us to specify in advance the periods for which your personal data will be retained. In such cases, we will determine the period of retention based on the following criteria: | |
| (a) | the period of retention of notification data will be determined based on how long we are actively selling the product related to the mailing list you subscribed to. | |
| 6.5 | Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. | |
| 7. | Amendments | |
| 7.1 | We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. | |
| 7.2 | You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy. | |
| 7.3 | We may notify you of changes to this policy by email if you are subscribed to our mailing list. | |
| 8. | Your rights | |
| 8.1 | In this Section 8, we have summarised the rights that you have under data protection law. Some of the rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in our summaries. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights. | |
| 8.2 | Your principal rights under data protection law are: | |
| (a) | the right to access; | |
| (b) | the right to rectification; | |
| (c) | the right to erasure; | |
| (d) | the right to restrict processing; | |
| (e) | the right to object to processing; | |
| (f) | the right to data portability; | |
| (g) | the right to complain to a supervisory authority; and | |
| (h) | the right to withdraw consent. | |
| 8.3 | You have the right to confirmation as to whether or not we process your personal data and, where we do, access to the personal data, together with certain additional information. That additional information includes details of the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned and the recipients of the personal data. Providing the rights and freedoms of others are not affected, we will supply to you a copy of your personal data. The first copy will be provided free of charge, but additional copies may be subject to a reasonable fee. You can receive your personal data by request by using the contact form on our website. | |
| 8.4 | You have the right to have any inaccurate personal data about you rectified and, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have any incomplete personal data about you completed. | |
| 8.5 | In some circumstances you have the right to the erasure of your personal data without undue delay. Those circumstances include: the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; you withdraw consent to consent-based processing; you object to the processing under certain rules of applicable data protection law; the processing is for direct marketing purposes; and the personal data have been unlawfully processed. However, there are exclusions of the right to erasure. The general exclusions include where processing is necessary: for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; for compliance with a legal obligation; or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. | |
| 8.6 | In some circumstances you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. Those circumstances are: you contest the accuracy of the personal data; processing is unlawful but you oppose erasure; we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of our processing, but you require personal data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; and you have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. Where processing has been restricted on this basis, we may continue to store your personal data. However, we will only otherwise process it: with your consent; for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public interest. | |
| 8.7 | You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation, but only to the extent that the legal basis for the processing is that the processing is necessary for: the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of any official authority vested in us; or the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party. If you make such an objection, we will cease to process the personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. | |
| 8.8 | You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes (including profiling for direct marketing purposes). If you make such an objection, we will cease to process your personal data for this purpose. | |
| 8.9 | You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes on grounds relating to your particular situation, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest. | |
| 8.10 | To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal data is: | |
| (a) | consent; or | |
| (b) | that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, | |
| and such processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive your personal data from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. However, this right does not apply where it would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others. | ||
| 8.11 | If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. | |
| 8.12 | To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal information is consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal. | |
| 8.13 | You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us OR by using the contact form on our website, in addition to the other methods specified in this Section 8. | |
| 9. | About cookies | |
| 9.1 | A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. | |
| 9.2 | Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. | |
| 9.3 | Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies a user, and personal information that we store about you is not linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. We only use session cookies for users in the general public. | |
| 10. | Cookies that we use | |
| 10.1 | We use cookies for the following purposes: | |
| (a) | session - we use cookies to provide a consistent experience as you navigate our website (cookies used for this purpose are: PHPSESSID; | |
| 11. | Cookies used by our service providers | |
| 11.1 | Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. | |
| 11.2 | We use MailChimp as our marketing automation platform. If you join our mailing list, you will be subject to MailChimps terms, including their Cookie Statement available at https://mailchimp.com/legal/cookies. | |
| 12. | Managing cookies | |
| 12.1 | Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links: | |
| (a) | https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome); | |
| (b) | https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox); | |
| (c) | http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera); | |
| (d) | https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer); | |
| (e) | https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and | |
| (f) | https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge). | |
| 12.2 | Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. | |
| 12.3 | If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website. | |
| 13. | Our details | |
| 13.1 | This website is owned and operated by Amanda Feyerbend. | |
| 13.2 | Our principal place of business is at P.O. Box 1404, Austell, GA 30168, United States of America. | |
| 13.3 | You can contact us: | |
| (a) | by post, to the postal address given above; | |
| (b) | using our website contact form; | |