www.raymondgriffithsauthor.com Privacy Policy

Type of website: Portfolio

Effective date: 9th day of October, 2022 

www.raymondgriffithsauthor.com (the “Site”) is owned and operated by Raymond Griffiths. Raymond Griffiths is the data controller and can be contacted at:

ray.griffiths@wickedinkpublishing.com

Calgary, AB, T3N 1E8

Purpose

The purpose of this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is to inform users of our Site of the following: 

1.     The personal data we will collect;

2.     Use of collected data;

3.     Who has access to the data collected; and

4.     The rights of Site users.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

GDPR

For users in the European Union, we adhere to the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.

We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer as we do not fall within the categories of controllers and processors required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under Article 37 of the GDPR. 

Consent

By using our Site users agree that they consent to:

1.     The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, it will not make processing which we completed before you withdrew your consent unlawful. 

You can withdraw your consent by: Contacting Raymond Griffiths.

Legal Basis for Processing

We collect and process personal data about users in the EU only when we have a legal basis for doing so under Article 6 of the GDPR.

We rely on the following legal basis to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU: 

1.     Users have provided their consent to the processing of their data for one or more specific purposes.

Personal Data We Collect

We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.

Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way

We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our Site. 

1.     First and last name; and

2.     Email address.

This data may be collected using the following methods:

1.     Newsletter Sign Up.

How We Use Personal Data

Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

The data we collect when the user performs certain functions may be used for the following purposes:

1.     Communication.

Who We Share Personal Data With

Data will only be disclosed to Raymond Griffiths who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Other Disclosures

We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:

1.     If the law requires it;

2.     If it is required for any legal proceeding; and

3.     To prove or protect our legal rights.

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

How Long We Store Personal Data

User data will be stored until the purpose the data was collected for has been achieved.

How We Protect Your Personal Data

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

International Data Transfers

We transfer user personal data to the following countries:

1.     Canada.

When we transfer user personal data we will protect that data as described in this Privacy Policy and comply with applicable legal requirements for transferring personal data internationally.

If you are located in the United Kingdom or the European Union, we will only transfer your personal data if:

1.     The country your personal data is being transferred to has been deemed to have adequate data protection by the European Commission or, if you are in the United Kingdom, by the United Kingdom adequacy regulations; or

2.     We have implemented appropriate safeguards in respect of the transfer. For example, the recipient is a party to binding rules, or we have entered into standard EU or United Kingdom data protection contractual clauses with the recipient.

Your Rights as a User

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

1.     Right to be informed;

2.     Right to access;

3.     Right to rectification;

4.     Right to erasure;

5.     Right to restrict processing;

6.     Right to data portability; and

7.     Right to object.

Children

We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 16 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact Raymond Griffiths.

How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected

If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we disclosed your personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights under the GDPR, please contact Raymond Griffiths.

Do Not Track Notice

Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers. We do not track the users of our Site over time and across third party websites and therefore do not respond to browser-initiated DNT signals. 

How to Opt-Our of Data Collection, Use or Disclosure

In addition to the method(s) described in the How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected section, we provide the following specific opt-out methods for the forms of collection, use, or disclosure of your personal data specified below:

1.     You can opt-out of the use of your personal data for marketing emails. You can opt-out by clicking “unsubscribe” on the bottom of any marketing email.

Modifications

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email changes to this Privacy Policy.

Complaints

If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact me through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that I can, where possible, resolve the issue. If you feel I have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner you may contact a supervisory authority. You also have the right to directly make a complaint to a supervisory authority. You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority by contacting the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK, Data Protection Commission in Ireland.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact me at:  ray.griffiths@wickedinkpublishing.com