PRIVACY NOTICE

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This Privacy Notice outlines your rights under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and explains how your personal information is collected, used, stored, and protected when you interact with this website.

1. What is Personal Information?

“Personal Information” means any data that can be used to identify you — for example, your name, email address, or postal address.

2. What Does ‘Processing’ Mean?

“Processing” refers to any action taken with your Personal Information, including collecting, recording, storing, using, sharing, or deleting it.

3. Why This Privacy Notice Exists

UK GDPR requires all individuals and organisations that process Personal Information to be transparent about how that data is handled. This notice provides you with the information you need to understand your rights and how your data is managed here.

4. What Personal Information Do We Collect?

Depending on your interaction with this website, we may collect:

  • Newsletter or Blog Sign-Up: Your email address.

  • Links Clicked in Emails / Forms Submitted: Recorded to help improve future content.

  • Giveaways: Your email address, and if you win a physical prize, your name and postal address.

  • Cookies: To enhance your browsing experience. These may be placed on your device for record-keeping or analytics. You can adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies or receive alerts when they are used, though some site features may not work properly without them.

5. Why Do We Process Your Personal Information?

We process your Personal Information only to communicate with you and provide the services you request. This includes:

  • Sending newsletters, blog posts, and other updates.

  • Managing giveaway entries and notifying winners.

  • Improving email content based on reader interaction (e.g., which links are most popular).

  • Using affiliate links on the site or in emails where relevant.

6. Legal Basis for Processing

Your Personal Information is only processed with your consent — for example, when you subscribe to the newsletter, blog, or enter a giveaway.

All subscribers and entrants must be 18 or older, or have the consent of a parent or guardian.

7. Sharing Your Personal Information

Your information will never be sold or shared with unauthorised third parties.

  • Data is stored securely by Squarespace, our website platform.

  • Access is limited to myself (Tony Kent) and Charlotte Duckworth Studio, who assists with website management.

8. How Long Will We Keep Your Data?

We will keep your Personal Information for as long as you remain a subscriber, or as required by law.

In the unlikely event of a data breach, you will be notified within seven days.

9. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

You have the right to:

  • Request a copy of the Personal Information we hold about you.

  • Ask for your information to be corrected or deleted.

  • Withdraw your consent at any time.

  • Restrict processing if you believe the data is inaccurate or being used unlawfully.

  • Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

10. Updates to This Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice may be updated from time to time. Any changes will be communicated to subscribers by email.

Questions?

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or how your data is handled, please contact:
📧 info@tonykent.net