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This privacy notice for Laura Williams (doing business as Laura Williams Editorial) (“Laura Williams Editorial”, “I”, “my”, or "mine") describes how and why I might collect, store, use, and/or share (“process”) your information when you use my services and website (“services”, "site"), such as when you:
Visit my website at www.laurawilliamseditorial.com, or any website of mine that links to this privacy notice
Engage with me in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events.
Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with my policies and practices, please do not use my services or site. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact me at laurawilliamseditorial@gmail.com.
Personal Information You Disclose to Me
I collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you express an interest in obtaining information about me or my products and services, when you participate in activities on the site, or otherwise when you contact me. These collection methods include:
Website contact forms
Personal Information Provided by You
The personal information that I collect depends on the context of your interactions with me and the site, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information I collect may include the following:
Names
Email addresses
Billing addresses
Telephone numbers
Other pertinent information relevant to your query and the services you require.
Sensitive Information
I do not process sensitive information.
All personal information that you provide must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify me of any changes to such personal information.
Information Automatically Collected
Certain information is automatically collected when you visit, use, or navigate the site. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use the site, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of the site, and for internal analytics and reporting purposes..
I process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with my site and services, including:
To deliver and facilitate delivery of services. I may process your information to provide you with the requested service.
To respond to inquiries/offer support. I may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.
To send administrative information to you. I may process your information to send you details about products and services, changes to terms and policies, and other similar information.
To fulfil and manage your orders. I may process your information to fulfil and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the site.
To request feedback. I may process your information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of the site.
To send you marketing and promotional communications. I may process the personal information you send to me for my marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt out of marketing emails at any time. For more information, see What Are Your Privacy Rights? below.
To identify usage trends. I may process information about how you use the site to better understand how it is being used so I can improve it.
To determine the effectiveness of marketing and promotional campaigns. I may process your information to better understand how to provide marketing and promotional campaigns that are most relevant to you.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require me to explain the valid legal bases I rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, I may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:
Consent. I may process your information if you have given me permission (i.e. consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
Performance of a Contract. I may process your personal information when I believe it is necessary to my contractual obligations to you, including providing services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.
Legitimate Interests. I may process your information when I believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve my legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, I may process your personal information for some of the purposes described in order to:
Send users information about special offers and discounts on products and services
Analyse how my site services are used so I can improve them to engage and retain users
Support my marketing activities
Understand how my users use my site, products, and services so I can improve user experience.
Legal Obligations. I may process your information where I believe it is necessary for compliance with my legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend my legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which I am involved.
Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. I may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents (“third parties”) who perform services for me or on my behalf and require access to such information to do that work. I have contracts in place with my third parties, which are designed to help safeguard your personal information. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless I have instructed them to do it. They will also not share your personal information with any organisation apart from me. They also commit to protect the data they hold on my behalf and to retain it for the period I instruct. The categories of third parties I may share personal information with are as follows:
Data Analytics Services
Payment Processors
Sales & Marketing Tools
Communication & Collaboration Tools
Data Storage Service Providers
Government Entities
Website Hosting Service Providers
Social Networks
I also may need to share your personal information in the following situations:
Business Transfers. I may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of my business to another company.
Other Users. When you share personal information or otherwise interact with public areas of the site, such personal information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly made available outside the site in perpetuity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you within the site, and view your profile.
I use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how I use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in my cookie policy.
Countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) do not always offer the same levels of protection to your personal data, so European law has prohibited transfers of personal data outside of the EEA unless the transfer meets certain criteria.
Many third parties service providers are based outside the European Economic Area (EEA) so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the EEA.
Whenever your personal data is transferred out of the EEA, I do my best to ensure a similar degree of security of data by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is in place:
I will only transfer your personal data to countries that the European Commission have approved as providing an adequate level of protection for personal data
When using certain service providers, I may use specific contracts or codes of conduct or certification mechanisms approved by the European Commission which give personal data the same protection it has in Europe
If I use US-based providers that are part of EU-US Privacy Shield, I may transfer data to them, as they have equivalent safeguards in place.
If none of the above safeguards is available, I may request your explicit consent to the specific transfer. You will have the right to withdraw this consent at any time.
I will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).
I have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organisational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information I process. However, despite my safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so I cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat my security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although I will do my best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from my site is at your own risk. You should only access the site within a secure environment.
In some regions (like the EEA, UK, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting me by using the contact details provided in the section How Can You Contact Me about This Notice? below.
I will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe I am unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm
If you are located in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html
Withdrawing your consent: If I am relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting me by using the contact details provided in the section How Can You Contact Me about This Notice? below.
However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
Opting out of marketing and promotional communications: You can unsubscribe from my marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that I send, or by contacting me using the details provided in the section How Can You Contact Me about This Notice? below. You will then be removed from the marketing lists. However, I may still communicate with you – for example, to send you service-related messages that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes.
Cookies and similar technologies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of the site. To opt out of interest-based advertising by advertisers on my site visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email me at: laurawilliamseditorial@gmail.com.
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. I do not control these third-party websites and am not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave this website, I encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
I may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If I make material changes to this privacy notice, I may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. I encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how I am protecting your information.
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact me via email me at: laurawilliamseditorial@gmail.com, or by post at: Laura Williams, Roadside, Raggra, Thrumster, KW1 5SE.
Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information I collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please contact me on laurawilliamseditorial@gmail.com.
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