It is Linda G. Hill’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information she may collect from you or which you may provide to her, in the circumstances set out below. Accordingly, she has developed this privacy policy in order for you to understand how she collects, uses, communicates, discloses, safeguards and otherwise makes use of your personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”).
She will only collect and use your Personal Data where:
- she has lawful grounds to do so, including to comply with her legal obligations;
- she is performing a contract with you for her services; and
- she has legitimate interests in using your Personal Data and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”), she, Linda G. Hill, is the “data controller”. If you have any questions about this policy or about how she uses your Personal Data, please contact her via her e-mail at the end of this policy.
This policy is effective as of May 25, 2018. She reviews her privacy practices on an ongoing basis, and as such she may change this privacy policy from time to time. Please check this page frequently to ensure you are familiar with its current content.
1.Personal Data she collects via her websites lindaghill.com and lindaghillfiction.com (the “Websites”)
Personal Data that you provide to her
She only collects Personal Data where you choose to interact with her on the Websites in the following ways:
Activity:
When you sign-up to:
- her newsletter;
- access the online community
Types of Personal Data Collected:
- Email address
Data that she collects automatically
She automatically collects certain information when you comment on her Websites – IP address as per WordPress. She does not link this information with any Personal Data.
WordPress may also collect data automatically through use of cookies on the Website. Please see WordPress’s cookie policy to find out about the types of cookies they set and why, and how you can adjust your settings to disable cookies.
2. Use of your Personal Data
She will only use your Personal Data when the law allows her to. Most commonly, she uses your Personal Data to:
- respond to your comments;
- where you have opted-in to receive e-mails from her, deliver communications that are relevant to your preferences / may be of interest to you.
3. Sharing of your Personal Data
She takes your privacy seriously and will not share your Personal Data with others, except as permitted by applicable law.
4. Keeping your Personal Data secure
WordPress and MailerLite, the companies that manage her websites and newsletter, have implemented security policies and technical measures to safeguard the Personal Data they collect. They maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable law, including the GDPR, to safeguard Personal Data from accidental loss, destruction or damage and unauthorised access, use and disclosure.
5. Retention periods for use of your Personal Data
She will use and store your Personal Data only for as long as necessary, bearing in mind the uses of your Personal Data as described in this privacy policy and otherwise as communicated to you. She reviews the Personal Data she holds at regular intervals and deletes permanently or anonymises any Personal Data which is no longer necessary.
6. Children
This Websites are aimed at adults, and she does not knowingly collect any Personal Data relating to children aged under 15 years old. If you are under the age of 15, please do not provide her with any of your Personal Data, including your email address.
7.Access to and control over your Personal Data.
You have legal rights under applicable law in relation to your Personal Data. You can ask the following questions, or take the following actions, at any time by contacting her via e-mail hilllindagmaru@gmail.com.
- see what Personal Data she hold about you (if any), including why she is holding it and who it could be disclosed to;
- ask her to change/correct your Personal Data;
- ask her to delete your Personal Data;
- object to the processing of your Personal Data;
- ask her to restrict the processing of your Personal Data;
- withdraw any consents you have given her to the processing of your Personal Data; and
- express any concerns you have about third parties’ use of your Personal Data.
8. Change of purpose
She will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which she collected it, unless she reasonably considers that she needs to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to have an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact her.
If she needs to use your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, she will notify you and she will explain the legal basis which allows her to do so.
9. International transfers of your Personal Data
No data is passed to organisations outside the EU
10. Contact Us
Our full details are:
Linda G. Hill.
Email for Privacy Questions: hilllindagmaru@gmail.com
lindaghill.com 