Author Privacy Policy

 

What information do we collect?

 

Newsletter or ARC sign-up

 

If you voluntarily sign up for my newsletter or ARC team, your email address will be collected. You can refuse to supply personal information, but that will exclude you from certain related activities such as receiving newsletters, ARCs and other content. 

 

Subscribers may unsubscribe at any time. You may ask for all your data to be deleted at any time. 

 

Non-Personal Information

 

I may collect non-personal information in google forms such as your social media handles and public Amazon review profile. 

 

Legal right to gather information

 

Under the UK GDPR the lawful basis we rely on for processing this information is your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting alexisgraceauthor@icloud.com

 

How is this information used?

 

Newsletter subscribers and ARC team sign-up email addresses and details will only be used for receiving the newsletter or emails related to the ARC team.

 

Sharing of personal information

 

Subscriber and ARC team member’s information is never shared with a third party.

 

Security of information  

 

All information is stored by Alexis Grace in icloud/Google Drive and only I can access it. Should a data breach ever occur, subscribers will be notified as soon as practicable. 

 

Age restrictions

 

All subscribers and ARC team members must be 18 or older or have the consent of a parent or guardian.

 

Changes to this privacy policy

 

I may update this Privacy Policy at any time. A notice about such changes will be emailed to subscribers. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically and become aware of modifications. 

 

Your data protection rights

 

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. 

 

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to 

ask us to complete information you think is incomplete. 

 

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances. 

 

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. 

 

Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to 

the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

 

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances, where you have supplied the information for contractual purposes, but not where we are required to col collect it to meet our legal obligations. You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. Please contact us at alexisgraceauthor@icloud.com if you wish to make a request.

 

 

How to complain

 

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at alexisgraceauthor@icloud.com

 

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address: 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk