Privacy Policy
We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors, readers, and service users. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal data, and how we comply with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).By using our website, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
How We Use Your Personal Data
We may process your personal data for the following purposes and based on the following legal grounds:
Usage Data: We process data about your use of our website through third-party analytics tools, such as Google Analytics.
This data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views, and navigation paths.
Legal Basis: Legitimate interests in monitoring and improving our website.
Account and Profile Data: Includes information you provide, such as your name, email address, phone number, and any other demographic details.
Legal Basis: Contract performance or your consent.
Transaction Data: Data related to your purchases of goods or services through our website.
Legal Basis: Contract performance and legal obligations.
Subscription Data: Information provided when subscribing to email notifications or newsletters.
Legal Basis: Consent.
Marketing Communications: With your explicit consent, we may use your data to send promotional materials.
You can withdraw consent at any time by clicking “unsubscribe” in any email or contacting us directly.
Providing Your Personal Data to Others
We may share your personal data with the following entities:
Service Providers: Third-party processors, such as payment providers (e.g., Stripe or PayPal), to handle financial transactions.
Analytics providers like Google Analytics.
Scope of Sharing: Limited to what is necessary for providing services.
Legal Obligations: We may disclose your personal data if required to comply with a legal obligation or to protect your rights or the rights of others.
International Transfers
If your data is transferred outside the UK/EU, we will ensure compliance with GDPR through safeguards like Standard Contractual Clauses or adequacy decisions.
Retention of Personal Data
We retain personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy:
Analytics Data: Retained for 26 months.
Account Data: Retained while your account is active and deleted within 30 days of closure unless required by law.
Transaction Data: Retained for 7 years for tax and legal compliance.
Security of Personal Data
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to secure your personal data, including:
Encryption of data in transit and at rest.
Secure storage on protected servers, devices, and manual record-keeping systems.
Limiting access to authorized personnel only.
While we strive to protect your data, no method of transmission over the Internet is completely secure. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential.
Your Rights
You have the following rights under applicable data protection laws:
Right to Access: Confirm and access personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your data (subject to legal exceptions).
Right to Restrict Processing: Limit processing in certain circumstances.
Right to Object: Object to data processing for direct marketing or other purposes.
Right to Data Portability: Receive a copy of your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
Right to Complain: Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe your rights have been infringed.
Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on prior consent.
To exercise your rights, please contact us on the details below.
Children’s Data
Our website and services are targeted at individuals aged 16 and above. If we discover that we hold data for anyone under this age, we will delete it promptly.
