Privacy policy
Last updated: May 23, 2018
I take your
privacy very seriously. The following Privacy Policy outlines why and how I
collect and use your personal information. To put it in as plainly as I can:
1. I will only use your information for the purpose for which it was collected.
2. I will keep your information secure.
3. I will remove your information upon request, or when it is no longer relevant or needed.
1. Introduction
1.1 We are committed to safeguarding the
privacy of our website visitors and service users.
1.2 This policy applies where we are
acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors and service users; in
other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.
1.3 We use cookies on our website. Insofar
as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask
you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.
1.4 In this policy, "we",
"us" and "our" refer to Paula King.
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 case of personal data that we did not obtain directly from you, the source and ;
(c) the purposes for which we may process personal data; and
(d) the legal bases of the processing.
3.3 We may process [your account data] ("account data"). The account data may include your name and email address, website, and IP address. The source of the account data is Blogger.com account. The account data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely [the proper administration of our website and business. Blogger.com ‘s is available here: policies.google.com.
3.4 We may process your information included in your personal profile on social networking sites and apps ("social networking data). The source of this social networking data is your social network profiles on sites such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Patreon, or other social networking sites or apps not specifically named here. The profile data may include your name, address, telephone number, email address, profile pictures, gender, date of birth, relationship status, interests and hobbies, educational details and employment details and any other personal information included in your social network profile(s). The profile data may be processed for the purposes of enabling and monitoring your use of our website and services. If you do not want us to access this information , please go to the specific social networking site and change your privacy settings.
3.5 We may process your personal data that are provided in the course of the use of our services ("service data"). The service data may include any information that you provide to us. The source of the service data is you. The service data may be processed providing our services and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.
3.6 We may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding goods and/or services] ("enquiry data"). The enquiry data may be processed for the purposes of offering, marketing and selling relevant goods and/or services to you. The legal basis for this processing is consent
3.7 We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of goods and services, that you enter into with us and/or through third parties ("transaction data"). The source of this transaction date is the third party through which the transaction was processed, such as PayPal, Ravelry, Etsy, LoveKnitting, or other third party sites not named here. The transaction data may include your name, email address, third party website handle/login name, and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed for the purpose of supplying the purchased goods and services and keeping proper records of those transactions. The legal basis for this processing is [the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.
3.8 We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters ("notification data").The notification data may include your name and email address. The notification data may be processed for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletter. The legal basis for this processing is consent.
3.9 We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us ("correspondence data"). The correspondence data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website (through Blogger.com 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.
3.10 We may process information that you post for publication on our website or through our services ("publication data"). The publication data may be processed for the purposes of enabling such publication and administering our website and services. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.
3.11 We may process other data that you provide to us in order to participate in a contest, giveaway, event, or survey (“other data”). You will be prompted for this information and it will be clear that you are offering this kind of information in exchange for an entry into such a contest, giveaway, event, or survey. The other data will be processed for the purpose of administering the contest, giveaway, event or survey. The legal basis for this processing is consent.
3.12 We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for [the establishment, exercise or defense 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.
3.13 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.
3.14 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.
3.15 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, for managing risks, obtaining professional
advice, or the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in
an administrative or out-of-court procedure.
4.2 Financial transactions relating to our
website and services are handled by our payment
services provider, PayPal. We will
share transaction data with our payment services providers only to the extent necessary for the
purposes of processing your payments, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating
to such payments and refunds. You can find information about the payment services providers' privacy policies
and practices at https://www.paypal.com/en/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.
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 defense 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 maybe transferred internationally.
5.2 The hosting facilities for our website
are situated in the Unites States. The European Commission has made
an "adequacy decision" with respect to the data protection laws of
the United States. Transfers to the
United States will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely if you reside in the European Union,
some of your data will be transferred internationally to those servers. Transfers will be protected by appropriate
safeguards, namely the EU-US Privacy Shield. More information on the Privacy Shield can be found at: https://www.privacyshield.gov/welcome.
5.3 You acknowledge that personal data
that you submit for publication through our website or services may be available, via the internet, around the world.
We cannot prevent the use (or misuse)
of such personal data by others.
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.
You may request that we delete your data at any time.
6.3 Personal data that is required for
maintaining your account and conducting business with you shall be kept indefinitely, until and unless
you request for it to be deleted.
6.4 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.
6.5 We cannot control the data retention
policies of third parties. To delete personal data processed by third parties, you will need to contact
those third parties directly. You may request from us a list of all third parties to whom we have transmitted
your data.
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 significant
changes to this policy by email
8. Your rights
8.1 In this Section 8, we have summarized
the rights that you have under data protection law. Some of 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 are 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.
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 purpose 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 defense 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 defense 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 defense 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 defense 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 one of the following, 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:
(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,
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.
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 typically contain any
information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be
linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
10. Cookies that we use
10.1 Our use of cookies is limited to the Blogger.com Cookie Policy which is available at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
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 Google Analytics to analyse the
use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of
cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website.
Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
11.3 We cannot control the use of cookies by
third parties. Third parties have their own
cookie policies which should be
reviewed before use.
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);
(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); and12.2 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 Paula
King.
13.2 You can contact us by using our website contact form.(coming soon)
