Privacy Policy

 

It is our policy to respect your privacy regarding any information that we may collect from you or which you may provide to us, in the circumstances set out below. Accordingly, we have developed this privacy policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate, disclose, safeguard and otherwise make use of your personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”).  We will only collect and use your Personal Data where: 

• we have lawful grounds to do so – including complying with our legal obligations;

• we are performing a contract with you for our services; and

• we have legitimate interests in using your Personal Data and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

 

For the purposes of General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), Robyn Cain is the “data controller”. If you have any questions about this policy or about how we use your Personal Data, please contact us via our contact details at the end of this policy. We review our privacy practices on an ongoing basis, and as such we may change this privacy policy from time to time. Please check this page frequently to ensure you are familiar with its current content.

 

1. Personal Data we collect via this website [robyncain.com] (the “Website”)

 

We will only collect Personal Data where you choose to interact with us on the Website in the following ways: 

 

* The types of personal data collected when you complete the contact/enquiries form, signing up to receive free content, including eBooks, news, and offers;      Email address·      First name·      Last name

* Any other Personal Data which you provide to us in the free text box of the form; Payment details are held by our payment processor, not us.

* Data collected automatically; we automatically collect certain information when you visit our Website – such as the type of browser and operating system you are using, and the domain name of your Internet service provider. This information is not linked to any Personal Data. 

 

2. Use of Your Personal Data

 

We will only use your Personal Data within the law. Most commonly, it is to;

• process and manage your use of our website; 

• respond to your questions, comments and requests; 

• where you have opted-in to receive marketing from us, deliver communications that are relevant to

    your preferences / may be of interest to you; 

• improve our services and Website through analysis of information. 

 

3. Sharing of your Personal Data 

 

We take your privacy seriously and will not share your Personal Data with others, except as permitted/applicable by law or as set out below;

 

We share Personal Data as necessary with third parties who provide services or functions on our behalf and who require the information to provide those specific services to us. These third parties may include social media advertising platforms such as Facebook and Google Adwords for the purpose of custom audience generation and the development of targeting criteria for other audiences. Please note that we have appropriate data privacy safeguards in place with third parties with whom we share Personal Data as described above and who are providing services or functions on our behalf. 

 

4. Keeping your Personal Data secure 

 

We have implemented security policies and technical measures to safeguard the Personal Data we collect. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable law, including the GDPR, to safeguard Personal Data from accidental loss, destruction or damage and unauthorised access, use and disclosure. 

 

5. Retention periods for use of your Personal Data 

 

We will use and store your Personal Data only for as long as necessary, bearing in mind the uses of your Personal Data as described in this privacy policy and otherwise as communicated to you. We review the Personal Data we hold at regular intervals and delete permanently or anonymise any Personal Data which is no longer necessary. 

 

6. Children  

 

Children under the age of 16 must not provide us with any Personal Data and must seek the approval of a parent/guardian to use this Website.

 

7. Access to and control over your Personal Data 

 

You have legal rights under applicable law in relation to your Personal Data. You can ask the following questions, or take the following actions, at any time by contacting us via email or the website: 

• see what Personal Data we hold about you (if any), including why we are holding it and who it could be disclosed to; 

• ask us to change/correct your Personal Data; 

• ask us to delete your Personal Data;  

• withdraw any consents you have given us to the processing of your Personal Data; and 

• express any concerns you have about third parties’ use of your Personal Data. 

 

8. Change of purpose 

 

We will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to have an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us. If we need to use your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. 

 

9. Use of Cookies

 

This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience.

 

In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping baskets, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics.

 

As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser. Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

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