Privacy Policy December 2022

Our contact details

The type of personal information I collect

I currently collect and process the following information:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Attendance at or intention to attend at an event (in person or online)

How I get the personal information and why I have it

Most of the personal information I process is provided to me directly by you for one of the following reasons:

  • To receive emails from me about my work and writing;
  • For me to communicate with you about events you plan to attend. Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases I rely on for processing this information is:

(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting me (details above).

How we store your personal information

Your information is securely stored.

We keep the data detailed above for 3 years after the end of our work together. We will then dispose of your information.

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 the email address above if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about my use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to me at the email address above.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how me have used your data.

The ICO’s address:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk