Susanna Downes will be what’s known as the ‘Data Controller’ of your personal data processed in relation to your use of this website. This privacy notice will explain how Susanna Downes will process your personal data. This notice does not cover the links within this site to external internet sites.
Why we need to use your personal data
We are collecting your personal data in order to provide this website to you. We will only collect data that is necessary for this purpose.
What personal data we collect
Log files
The website does not automatically capture or store personal data from visitors to the website, other than to log your IP address and session information. Session information includes the time and duration of your visit to the site, the files requested, and the browser used. This information will only be accessed by Susanna Downes and her web manager. The information will be retained by her and will only be used for the purpose of (a) managing the site system, (b) the identification of broken links, and (c) for statistical and audit purposes.
Web forms
You will be asked to provide personal information when you fill in the form to contact Susanna Downes. This data will be sent by email to Susanna and will not be contained within the website. The only copy of this information will exist in Susanna’s inbox.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by the web server via your browser, and may be used to collect information to help identify you and prepare customised pages for you. Cookies may remain on your computer either for the duration of the session or indefinitely. You can configure most standard web browsers to refuse cookies. Information on cookies can be obtained from allaboutcookies.org.
Google Analytics
Susanna Downes makes use of Google Analytics to produce anonymised statistics on website usage: to help us to improve our site and the experience of our users. Google Analytics uses cookies in this process. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. All data collected is anonymised.
Legal basis for processing your data
We must have a legal basis for processing all personal data. In this instance, the legal basis is:
- Contract (to provide this website to you)
- Consent (to enable you to contact Susanna)
- Consent (for cookies)
Who do we share your data with
We have engaged the services of Hostnet to host the website. Hostnet shall not take cognisance of data that the we store and/or distribute through Hostnet’s systems, unless this is necessary for proper performance of the hosting agreement or Hostnet is required to do so under a statutory provision or court order. In such a case, Hostnet shall make every effort to limit knowledge of the data as much as possible, as far as this is within its power.
How long do we keep it for
Your data will be retained by Susanna Downes for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose. After this time, data will be securely deleted.
What are your rights?*
You have the right to:
- be informed as to how we use your data (via this privacy notice)
- access or request a copy of the data we hold about you (see below)
- opt out of specific types of processing
- ask us to remove your data from our records (see below)
- withdraw consent, where it is used as a legal basis for processing.
You can request access to the information we process about you at any time. If at any point you believe that the information we process relating to you is incorrect, you can request to see this information and may in some instances request to have it restricted, corrected or, erased. You may also have the right to object to the processing of data and the right to data portability.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please submit your request via the web form.
*Please note that the ability to exercise these rights will vary and depend on the legal basis on which the processing is being carried out.
Complaints
If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, you can contact us to investigate the matter.
If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are not processing your personal data in accordance with the law, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) https://ico.org.uk/