Privacy PolicyÂ
1. Introduction
This privacy notice provides you with details of how we collect and process your personal data through your use of our site www.themedicalherbalist.co.uk including any information you may provide through our site when you contact us. It also tells you how to exercise your rights.
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Personal data is information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, such as name, age, address, date of birth, gender and contact details. It does not include anonymised data.
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We protect your personal data in line with the requirements of the UK General Data Protection Regulation UK (UK GDPR)
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2. Our contact details
Name: Laura Stannard
Phone Number: 07981 235048
E-mail: laura.stannard@gmail.com
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3. The type of personal information we collect
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We currently collect and process the following information::
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Identity Data may include your first/last name, title, date of birth, marital status and gender.
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Contact Data may include your billing address, postal address, email address and telephone numbers.
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Technical Data may include your login data, IP addresses and cookie strings, website user statistics and other technology on the devices you use to access this site.
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Usage Data may include information about how you use our website, products and services.
Sensitive Data
We do not collect any sensitive data about you via this website unless you choose to submit sensitive data via our contact form or email.
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4. How do we collect your personal data
We collect data about you through a variety of different methods including:
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Direct interactions: Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you by filling in forms on our site or by communicating with us by post, phone, email or otherwise
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Automated technologies or interactions: As you use and navigate our site, we may collect this data by using cookies, server logs and similar technologies.
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Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information e.g. how long visitors stay on our website. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity. You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the above website tell you how to remove cookies from your browser. However in a few cases some of our website features may not function as a result. Please see our cookie policy for further details.
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5. How we use your personal data?
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We will only use your personal data when legally permitted. The most common uses of your personal data are:
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To manage your interaction with us
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Where we need to perform the contract between us
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Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests
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Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation
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6. Disclosures of your personal data
We may share this information for legal reasons such as the prevention or detection of crime, or the assessment or collection of tax, or where disclosure is required by law or is necessary in connection with legal proceedings.
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7. How we store your personal information
Your information is securely stored.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
By law we have to keep basic information about our customers for six years after they cease being customers for tax purposes.
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8. Third-party links
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This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
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9. Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
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 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.
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 laura.stannard@gmail.com if you wish to make a request.
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You can read more about these rights at: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/
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