Lesbemums.com is a personal blog written and maintained by Kate & Sharon Everall (‘us’ / ‘we’ / ‘our’).
We understand that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits our website and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in ways that are consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this privacy policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Each time you use or visit our website you are implying that you accept this policy. If you do not accept and agree with this privacy policy, you must stop using our website immediately.
1. Definitions and interpretation
In this policy the following terms and meanings apply:
- Account: an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of our website.
- Cookie: a small text file placed on your computer or device by our website when you visit certain parts of the site and/or when you use certain features of the site – details of the cookies used by our website are set out in Part 14 below.
- Cookie Law: the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
2. Information about us
Our website is owned and operated by Kate Everall, a sole trader registered in England.
With regard to your privacy and personal data, Kate Everall is also the acting data protection officer.
3. What does this policy cover?
This privacy policy applies only to your use of our website.
Although our website does contain links to other websites, please note that we have no control over how these external sites collect, store, or use your data. We advise that you check the privacy policies of such websites before providing any data to them.
4. What is personal data?
Personal data is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679 – the ‘GDPR’) as “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, or an online identifier.”
In simpler terms, personal data is any information about you that can be used to identify you.
5. What are my rights?
You have the following rights under the GDPR, each of which we will always work to uphold:
- The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data: this privacy policy should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to find out more and to ask any questions you may have (please see Part 15 for contact details).
- The right to access the personal data we hold about you: please see Part 13 for details on how to do this.
- The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete: please contact us using the details in Part 15 to find out more.
- The right to be forgotten, ie. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data: please contact us using the details in Part 15 to find out more.
- The right to restrict or prevent the processing of your personal data.
- The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.
- The right to data portability: you can ask us for a copy of any personal data we hold about you to re-use with another service or business.
- Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling (we do not use your personal data in this way).
For more information about our use of your personal data, or about exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us using the details provided in Part 15.
Further information about your rights can also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.
6. What data do we collect?
Depending upon your use of our website, we may collect some or all of the following personal and non-personal data (please also see Part 14 regarding our use of cookies and associated technologies):
- Your name.
- Your email address.
- Your IP address.
- The type and version of web browser you use.
- The operating system you use.
- A list of URLs that you have browsed, specifically:
- the website or page that referred you to our website;
- the pages that you viewed on our website; and
- the website or page that you went to when you left our website.
7. How do you use my personal data?
Under the GDPR, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. This can be because the data is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data, or because it is in our legitimate business interests to use it. Your personal data may be used for the following purposes:
- Communicating with you, including responding to emails or calls from you.
- Supplying you with information by email when you have opted-in to receive it (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by contacting us).
- Analysing your use of our website to enable us to continually improve it and your user experience.
With your permission, and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your personal data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you by email with information relevant to the content and services we offer. You will not be sent any unlawful marketing or spam. We will always work to fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, and you will always have the opportunity to opt-out of any and all communications.
Third parties whose content appears on our website may use third-party cookies as detailed below in Part 14. Please refer to Part 14 for more information on controlling cookies. Please note that we do not control the activities of such third parties, nor the data that they collect and use themselves, and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such third parties.
8. How long will you keep my personal data?
We will not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Your personal data will therefore be kept for the life of the website unless requested otherwise.
9. How and where do you store or transfer my personal data?
We will only store or transfer your personal data in the UK. This means that it will be fully protected under the GDPR.
10. Do you share my personal data?
We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, subject to one important exception.
In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.
11. How can I control my personal data?
In addition to your rights under the GDPR, set out in Part 5, when you submit personal data via our website, you may be given options to restrict our use of that personal data. In particular, we aim to give you full control over our use of your data for direct marketing purposes (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from us, which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in our emails and at the point of providing your details).
You may also wish to sign up to one or more of the preference services operating in the UK: The Telephone Preference Service (the TPS), the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (the CTPS), and the Mailing Preference Service (the MPS). These may help to prevent you receiving unsolicited marketing. Please note, however, that these services will not prevent you from receiving marketing communications that you have consented to receiving.
12. Can I withhold information?
You may access our website without providing any personal data at all. For more information, please see Part 14.
13. How can I access my personal data?
If you want to know what personal data we hold about you, you can ask us for details of that personal data and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). This is known as a “Subject Access Request”.
All such requests should be made in writing and sent to the email or postal addresses shown in Part 15. To make this as easy as possible for you, a Subject Access Request Form is available for you to use. You do not have to use this form, but it is the easiest way to tell us everything we need to know so that we can respond to your request as quickly as possible.
There is not normally any charge for a Subject Access Request. If your request is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive’ (for example, if you make repetitive requests), a fee may be charged to cover our administrative costs in responding.
We will respond to your Subject Access Request within one month of receiving it. We aim to provide a complete response within that time, including a copy of your personal data. In some cases, however, particularly if your request is more complex, more time may be required up to a maximum of three months from the date we receive your request. You will be kept fully informed of our progress.
14. How do you use cookies?
Our website uses analytics services provided by Jetpack and Google, which both use cookies. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse usage statistics, enabling us to better understand how people use our website. For more information, please refer to our cookie policy.
15. How do I contact you?
To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a Subject Access Request, please use one of the options on our ‘Contact Us’ page.
16. Changes to this privacy policy
We may change this privacy notice from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.
Any changes will be immediately posted on our website and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of our website following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.
