Privacy Policy

 

This notice is for this website; www.dkandersonauthor.com owned by DK Anderson and governs the privacy of those who use it. It explains how we control, process, handle and protect your personal data while browsing or using this website, including your rights under current laws and regulations.

 

Definitions:

 

GDPR means General Data Protection Act.

 

Processing of your personal data

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we control and process personal information about you electronically. We do not knowingly distribute or share any personal information through this website. Any email marketing messages we send are done so through our email marketing service provider Mailchimp.com (see our email marketing terms below).

 

Lawful basis: Consent
 

1. The reason we use this basis: You gave consent to use your data when you bought a book or negotiated to by a book, or signed up for our newsletter from the website.

2. We process your information in the following ways: To send you a book and keep you updated with special offers and news about my books.

3. Sharing your information: Your information is not shared with third parties

 

Lawful basis: Legal obligation
 

1. We process your information in the following ways: To maintain a list of clients with name and email address, and purchases for tax inspections in line with UK tax law.

2. Data retention period: Six years

3. Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties.

4. If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.

 

Your rights

 

Under the GDPR your rights are as follows.

• the right to be informed;

• the right of access;

• the right to rectification;

• the right to erasure;

• the right to restrict processing;

• the right to data portability;

• the right to object;

 

Internet cookies

 

We and our trusted partners use cookies and other technologies in our related services, including when you visit our Site or access our services. 

 

A "cookie" is a small piece of information that a website assigns to your device while you are viewing a website. Cookies are very helpful and can be used for various different purposes. These purposes include allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, enabling automatic activation of certain features, remembering your preferences and making the interaction between you and our Services quicker and easier. Cookies are also used to help make sure that the advertisements you see are relevant to you and your interests and to compile statistical data on your use of our Services. 
 

The Site uses the following types of cookies:

 

a. 'session cookies' , which are stored only temporarily during a browsing session in order to allow normal use of the system and are deleted from your device when the browser is closed; 

 

b. 'persistent cookies', which are read only by the Site, saved on your computer for a fixed period and are not deleted when the browser is closed. Such cookies are used where we need to know who you are for repeat visits, for example to allow us to store your preferences for the next sign-in; 

 

c. 'third-party cookies' , which are set by other online services who run content on the page you are viewing, for example by third-party analytics companies who monitor and analyse our web access.

 

Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but Personal Information that we store about you may be linked, by us, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. You may remove the cookies by following the instructions of your device preferences; however, if you choose to disable cookies, some features of our Site may not operate properly and your online experience may be limited.

 

Data security and protection

We ensure the security of any personal information we hold by using secure data storage technologies provided by MailChimp.com We use this company to manage data.

 

Sponsored links, affiliate tracking & commissions

Our website may contain adverts, sponsored and affiliate links on some pages. These are served through our advertising partners Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com, or are served through our own means.

 

Clickable sponsored or affiliate links may be displayed as a website URL like this; www.amazon.co.uk or as a titled text link.

 

Clicking on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links may track your actions by using a cookie saved to your device. You can read more about cookies on this website above. Your actions are usually recorded as a referral from our website by this cookie. We might earn a very small commission from the advertiser or advertising partner, at no cost to you, whether you make a purchase on their website or not.

 

We use advertising partners in these ways to help generate an income from the website, which allows us to continue our work and provide you with the best overall experience and valued information.

 

If you have any concerns about this we suggest you do not click on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links found throughout the website.

 

Email marketing messages & subscription

 

Under the GDPR we use the consent lawful basis for anyone subscribing to our newsletter or marketing mailing list. We only collect certain data about you, as detailed in the "Processing of your personal data" above. Any email marketing messages we send are done so through an email marketing service provider. We use: Mailchimp.com

 

Here is their Privacy Policy:

 

Mailchimp Privacy Policy

 

They collect:

 

Name and Email address

Subscription time & date

 

You can opt out of receiving emails or ask to see the data we hold for you, or request we remove your data at any time by the following methods:

 

Contacting: daa@btinternet.com or

Unsubscribe at the bottom of the email

 

UPDATED March 2019