We ask that you read this privacy policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are, how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information, your rights in relation to your personal information and on how to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint.We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will let you now in the event of any significant change but we do recommend that you check back regularly.
This website is operated by Oliver Windle. I am a sole trader registered in England and Wales. More information can be viewed at me in the about page.We collect, use and are responsible for certain personal information about you. When we do so we are regulated under UK data protection legislation (such as the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003) which applies across the United Kingdom and we are responsible as ‘controller’ of that personal information for the purposes of those laws.
This privacy policy relates to your use of my website displayed at www.windle.design. Throughout this website we may link to other websites. These other third-party websites may also gather information about you in accordance with their own separate privacy policies. For privacy information relating to these other third-party websites, please consult their privacy policies as appropriate.
We collect personal information about you when you access our website, contact us or send us feedback.
We collect this personal information from you either directly, such as when you contact us or purchase products or services via our website or indirectly, such as your browsing activity while on our website.
The personal information we collect about you depends on what you provide when contacting us. This information includes:
- First name
- Email Address
We use this personal information to:
- Contact you in response to your enquiry.
We do not knowingly collect or use personal information relating to children.
When we use your personal information, we are required to have a legal basis for doing so.
There are various different legal bases on which we may rely, depending on what personal information we process and why.The legal bases we may rely on include:
• consent: where you have given us clear consent for us to process your personal information for a specific purpose.
• contract: where our use of your personal information is necessary for a contract we have with you, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract.
• legal obligation: where our use of your personal information is necessary for us to comply with the law (not including contractual obligations)
• legitimate interests: where our use of your personal information is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party (unless there is a good reason to protect your personal information which overrides our legitimate interests)
We routinely share your name & email address, with our partners for the purpose of processing your request. We will share personal information with law enforcement or other authorities if required by applicable law.We will not share your personal information with any other third party without your consent.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation you have a number of important rights free of charge.
In summary, those include rights to:
• fair processing of information and transparency over how we use your use personal information
• access to your personal information and to certain other supplementary information that this Privacy Notice is already designed to address
• require us to correct any mistakes in your information which we hold
• require the erasure of personal information concerning you in certain situations
• receive the personal information concerning you which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to a third party in certain situations
• object at any time to processing of personal information concerning you for direct marketing
• object to decisions being taken by automated means which produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you
• object in certain other situations to our continued processing of your personal information
• otherwise restrict our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, seethe Guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on individuals rights under theGeneral Data Protection Regulation. If you would like to exercise any of those rights, please:
• email us,
• let us have enough information to identify you,
• let us have proof of your identity and address (a copy of your driving licence or passport and a recent utility or credit card bill), and
• let us know the information to which your request relates.
We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost, or used or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.
We hope that we can resolve any query or concern you raise about our use of your information. Data protection legislation also gives you the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner who may be contacted at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ or telephone: 0303 123 1113.
Please contact us if you have any questions about this privacy notice, or the information we hold about you. If you wish to contact us please send an email to oliver@windle.design.