Privacy Notice for Users of the Website

Introduction

The UK General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (“PECR”) seek to protect and enhance the rights of data subjects. These rights cover the safeguarding of personal data and protection against the unlawful processing of personal data.

Christopher Ford, a Sole Trader registered in Australia under Australian business number (ABN) 95 602 808 910 is the personal data controller (hereinafter “Controller”) for the processing of your personal data.

The Controller takes your privacy seriously and is committed to protecting your personal information.

This Privacy Notice explains what personal information the Controller collects, how does he use that personal information, with whom does he share it, and in what circumstances.

The Controller is pleased to provide this Privacy Notice which covers this website (“Website”). You might find external links to third party websites on the Website and those websites may have their own privacy notices which are different to this Privacy Notice. This Privacy Notice does not apply to your use of a third party site and you should therefore make sure that you are comfortable with their privacy notices prior to using those sites.

Categories of personal data. Legal grounds

The categories of personal data of users of the Website and the legal grounds on which this personal data processing is based upon are as follows:

Information from the email subscription form

Purposes of the personal data processing

The Controller processes your personal data for purposes relating to the functioning of the Website:

• Email subscription form: to be able to send subscribers occasional emails (once per week on average) with free programming ebooks and puzzle worksheets or updates about upcoming publications by the Controller and book launch promotions.

Personal data retention periods

The Controller retains your personal data for the period necessary to achieve the purposes for which the data is collected unless a legal obligation or another legal ground for longer data retention exists.

Sharing of personal data

The Controller may, on occasion, pass your personal data to third parties exclusively to process such data on Controller’s behalf (e.g., MailerLite for sending the Controller’s promotional information). The Controller requires any such third parties to agree to process your personal information based on our instructions and requirements consistent with this Privacy Notice, the UK GDPR and PECR.

We do not broker or pass on information gained from your engagement with this Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Controller may disclose your personal information to meet his legal obligations, to comply with applicable regulations or a valid governmental request.

Data subject rights

At any point whilst the Controller holds your personal information, you have a number of rights available to you, including the following:

• Right of access - you have the right to access a copy of the information that we hold about you and to obtain information about how we process it
• Right of rectification - you have a right to request that we correct data that we hold about you if it inaccurate or incomplete
• Right to be forgotten - in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold to be erased from our records
• Right to restriction of processing - where certain conditions apply you have a right to request that we restrict the processing of your information
• Right of portability - you have the right to have the data we hold about you provided to you in an electronic format and/or to request that it is transferred to another organisation
• Right to object - you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing
• Right to object to automated processing including profiling - you also have the right not to be subject to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling
• Right to withdraw consent - to withdraw the consent given by you when this is the data processing legal ground

You can exercise these rights in the first instance by contacting the Sole Trader (see the contact section on this website). Should you wish to do so, the Sole Trader may require you to provide additional information to confirm your identity as follows:

• One piece of photographic identification (e.g., passport, other national identity card or photocard driving license); and/or
• One proof of address (e.g., utility bill dated the last 3 months)

If you exercise any of the rights listed above, the Sole Trader will generally reply within a month. We will advise you promptly if we require further information in order to fulfil your request.

Non-personal data collection

We collect general, aggregate data such as page visit numbers to analyze website traffic and improve our content. This data is non-personal and is not linked to individual users. Importantly, we do not use cookies or similar tracking technologies for collecting this data. Our website's analytics are designed to respect your privacy and ensure that your online experience remains anonymous.

Updates

The Sole Trader may amend this Privacy Notice from time to time to keep it up to date with legal requirements, best practice and/or the way the Sole Trader operates its business. If the Sole Trader decides to change the Privacy Notice, any updates on this website will be placed.

Contacts

In the event that you have any questions, concerns or wish to make a complaint about how your personal data is being processed or regarding the Sole Trader’s compliance with this Privacy Notice, you are encouraged to contact the Sole Trader via email.

Email: chris@nomadmajestybookhouse.com

Alternatively you may contact the UK Information Commissioner’s Officer.