Website Privacy Policy

We understand that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your information is used and shared online.

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how your personal information is collected, used, disclosed and shared when you visit laura-dobsondesigns2.wixsite.com/surfacedesigner (“the website”.)

Your acceptance of this privacy policy is deemed to occur on your first use of the site. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using this site immediately.

Information about us

This website, lauradrewdesigns.com is owned and operated by Laura Dobson. Laura Dobson is the Data Protection Officer and can be contacted by using the Contact Information below.

Definitions

‘the/this site/website’ refers to laura-dobsondesigns2.wixsite.com/surfacedesigner

‘we/our/us/their/her’ refers to Laura Dobson the website and content owner/designer

‘you/your’ refers to any user of the website

What information do we collect?

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:

(1) Device information – this includes information about your computer, about your visits to and use of the website (including your IP address, geographical location, time zone, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views, website navigation, what website/search terms referred you to the Site).

Device information is collected using the following technologies:

: Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser to the website. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the site to recognise you and make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies.

When you use and access this website, cookie files may be placed in your web browser.

The website uses cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of the site, to provide analytics, to store your preferences, to enable advertisements delivery, including behavioural advertising. The website uses both session and persistent cookies and may use different types of cookies to run the site. The website may also use various third parties cookies to report usage statistics.

For more information about cookies in general and how to disable these please visit http://www.allabboutcookies.org.

DO NOT TRACK- Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

Log Files

These files track actions on the website and collect data including IP address, browsers type, Internet Service Provider, date/time stamps

Web Beacons/Tags/Pixels

These files are used to record information about how you browse/use the website

(2) Subscriber Information - information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters;

(3) Other Information - any other information that you choose to send to us.

Using your personal information

Personal information submitted to us via this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.

Device Information may be used to:

(a) administer the website;

(b) improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;

(d) assess the success of any marketing and advertising campaigns

Subscriber Information may be used to:

(a) improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;

(b) send you email notifications which you have specifically requested by filling in the contact form;

(d) screen order for potential risk or fraud

Disclosing/Sharing your Personal Information

Disclosure

We may disclose information about you to any of our officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.

In addition, we may disclose your personal information:

(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;

(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);

(d) to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling.

Sharing

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information as described above.

This Site is powered by Wix as such your Personal information will be shared with Wix– you can read more about how Wix uses your Personal Information at https://www.wix.com/about/privacy

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers/users use the website – you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. Should you wish to opt out of Google Analytics please visit https://tools.google.com/dipage/gaoptout.

Should you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license/permissions you grant to us.

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not disclose or share your information to third parties.

International data transfers

Some or all of your Personal Information may be stored or transferred outside of the United Kingdom and European Economic Area.

Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Information which you provide may be transferred to countries which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in our/your home jurisdiction.

In addition, personal information that you submit for publication on the website will be published on the internet and may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.

You expressly agree to such transfers of personal information. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as possible.

Security of your personal information

We will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

Your Rights

Following the end of the UK-EU transition period on 31 December 2020, the European Union General Data Protection Regulations (EU GDPR) forms part of a new body of retained EU Law. The retained EU GDPR has been renamed UK GDPR and together with the Data Protection Act 2018 creased a single UK data protection regime. There is virtually no difference between the UK version of GDPR and the EU regime, therefore if you are a resident of the UK you have the right to access personal information, we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us using the Contact Information below.

Pursuant to the European Union General Data Protection Regulations (EU GDPR) if you are a resident of the European Economic Area you have the right to access personal information, we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us using the Contact Information below.

Data Retention

We only keep your data for as long as we need to in order to comply with legal obligations and/or for as long as we have your permission to keep the said personal information.

Children

This Site is not intended to collect information from children. We do not target children with our service

Policy amendments

We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time or as required by law by posting a new version on our website. You will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of the Site following the alternations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to- date.

Third party websites

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third-party websites. You should exercise caution and look at/review the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information, please write to us by email at laura-dobson.designs24@hotmail.co.uk