Welcome to our Privacy Policy Page
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“We take your privacy seriously.”
Thanks for stopping by.
Don’t need to bore you with all of this stuff but I guess they are our necessary housekeeping rules!
Please have a look at our Privacy and other Policies that we use to keep you and ourselves safe.
These Policies explain when and why we collect your personal information when you visit our website; how we use it; the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.
We welcome your comments and we give helpful guidelines on how to make kind and useful comments on our blog posts via our Terms of Use Policy.
In addition, we use affiliate links and would like you to know that upfront as well as we offer no professional advice. Please see our Disclaimer Policy.
If there are any questions, please feel free to contact us using the information provided below.
Who is the Advancing Author?
We are a blog website which seeks to share how writers can transform their manuscripts into published products.
Your acceptance of our privacy policy
Data protection is of a high priority for us at The Advancing Author. This policy is effective from 25 May 2018. Your continued use and interaction with The Advancing Author means that you are happy for us to use your personal data as described in this policy.
Like other websites, we reserve the right to revise this policy at any time to reflect any changes to our privacy practices in accordance with changes to legislation, best practice or website enhancements. We would be grateful if you check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) at all times. Any data that you provide will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy.
What data is covered by this policy?
This policy covers information about or linked to a natural person (personal information). It includes data we obtain from you, like your name, email address, phone number, physical address and may include some financial information.
Why does The Advancing Author collect your personal information?
We seek to provide free and paid content to help you advance as an author and may communicate relevant information by post, email, telephone to those who have expressed and interest in our services. If there is a service on our website, or social media pages that you are interested in and processing your personal data becomes necessary, we will seek your consent. Also, we will process your data based on legitimate interests such as being better able to support you on your journey to becoming a published author.
When does The Advancing Author collect your personal information?
As a visitor, you may browse the pages of our website without any need for us to collect your personal data. We may collect personal information via any forms you fill in and during your interaction with our website and social media pages and when you correspond with us via email, telephone or post.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission to do so, are legally permitted or required to do so by law. However, we may pass only necessary information to our affiliates that provide services to us with regards to payment processing, website hosting, e-mail services or the fulfilment of products or services, you requested.
What are your personal information rights?
- Contact The Advancing Author:If you have any concerns about this policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us by email at: contact@theadvancingauthor.com or by post to: David Persaud, Apt 23616, Chynoweth House, Trevissome Park, Truro, TR4 8UN, Cornwall.
- Complaints:We generally hope to respond to you within 30 days from receipt of your correspondence related to privacy matters.
- Access:You have the right to ask for a copy of the personal data which we hold about you. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please do not hesitate to email us. We may ask you to verify your identity.
- Correction:The accuracy of your information is important to us. If you change email address, or believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to contact us and have us correct it.
- Erasure: You have the right to erasure (deletion) of your personal data if you later withdraw your consent to processing or when it is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was originally collected.
- Processing Restrictions:In some circumstances, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. Those circumstances are: you contest the accuracy of the personal data; processing is unlawful but you oppose erasure; we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of our processing, but you require personal data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; and you have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. Where processing has been restricted on this basis, we may continue to store your personal data. However, we will only otherwise process it: with your consent; for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public interest.
- Data Portability:You have the right to ask us to provide you with a structured format of your personal information. You can also ask us to transfer it to another controller, if it is technically feasible.
- Automated Individual Decision-making:The Advancing Author does not currently employ automated processing/profiling that produces legal effects on individuals. You have the right to object to direct marketing profile-see below.
Our Legitimate Interest to send you Direct Marketing Communications by email, post and phone
We believe that if you have expressed an interest in our services, it is legitimate for us to assume that you are interested in relevant communication from us. We believe that this type of communication is a legitimate interest of ours that also respects your rights and freedoms. (See ‘Right to object to Direct Marketing’ below).
Right to Object to Direct Marketing
You have the right to object to receiving direct marketing from us even if we believe that it is our legitimate interest to communicate with you.
How to stop Email Marketing
Simply send us an email to: contact@theadvancingauthor.com, requesting to be unsubscribed.
You can also do so by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email message sent to you.
Even after you unsubscribe from promotional messages, you may still receive transactional (non-marketing) messages from us.
Security, Data Retention, Storage and International Transfer Security Policy
We strongly believe in data security and we are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. With this in mind, we will treat your personal data with the utmost care and take all appropriate steps to protect it. Our website uses ‘https’ technology/ SSL Certificates. Also, we use Site Lock Security to regularly monitor our system for possible vulnerabilities and attacks.
We have implemented numerous measures to ensure the protection of your personal data processed through this website. We do not store credit/debit card details. However, internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed. For this reason, you are free to transfer personal data to us via alternative means, e.g. by post. We cannot guarantee the security of the information that you disclose to us online and by submitting your information you accept the risks of providing information and dealing on-line and will not hold us responsible for any breach of security. However, in the event of any breach of security you will be informed of the measures taken to rectify the situation.
Data Retention
We will keep your personal data for as long as we maintain a relationship with you to provide goods and services or information you have requested, or to comply with the law. We will not communicate with individuals who have asked us not to contact them and when we no longer need your information, we will dispose of it securely.
Storage and International Data Transfer
Personal information is stored by us on password protected computers in the UK. We may transfer personal data to reputable third party organisations situated inside or outside the European Economic Area. These areas are required to safeguard personal information pursuant to their contractual obligations or participation in international data transfer mechanisms including the US-EU Privacy Shield framework.
As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. Please see our Cookie Policy.
Links To Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Collection Of General Data and Information
We collect general data and information when you visit the website which are stored in the server log files. The data collected may be: the browser types and versions used; the operating system used by the accessing system; the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers); the sub-websites; the date and time of access to the Internet site; an Internet protocol address (IP address); the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using these general data, we do not draw any conclusions about you. This information is needed to: deliver the content of our website correctly; optimize the content of our website as well as its advertisement; ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology, and to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack. Therefore, we analyse anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
Contact Possibility Via The Website
The Advancing Author website contains information that enables a quick electronic contact to us, as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general e-mail address. If you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis are stored for the purpose of processing or contacting you. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.
Comments Function In The Blog On The Website
The Advancing Author offers users the possibility to leave individual comments on individual blog contributions on a blog, which is on the website. A blog is a web-based, publicly-accessible portal, through which one or more people called bloggers or web-bloggers may post articles or write down thoughts in so-called blogposts. Blogposts may usually be commented by third parties.
If you leave a comment on the blog published on this website, the comments you make are also stored and published, as well as information on the date of the commentary and on the user’s (pseudonym) chosen by you. In addition, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) to you is also logged. This storage of the IP address takes place for security reasons in case you violate the rights of third parties, or post illegal content through a given comment. The storage of these personal data is, therefore, in the own interest of The Advancing Author, so that we can exculpate in the event of an infringement. This collected personal data will not be passed to third parties, unless such a transfer is required by law or serves the aim of the defence of The Advancing Author.
Subscription To Comment In The Blog On The Website
The comments section in the blog of The Advancing Author may be subscribed to by third parties.
If you decide to subscribe to this option, you will be sent an automatic confirmation e-mail to check whether the owner of the specified e-mail address decided in favour of this option.
The option to subscribe to comments may be terminated at any time.
16 Or Under
We are concerned to protect the privacy of children aged 16 or under. If you are aged 16 or under‚ please get your parent/guardian’s permission and send it to us via email before you provide us with personal information. If we discover otherwise, your personal data will be removed from our database.
Jurisdiction
All cases will fall under the jurisdiction of English Law (London).
Links
Although we link to only reputable sites it is not possible to review all of the sites linked to this website and as such we are not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by The Advancing Author of the site. Use of any such linked website is at the user’s own risk.
Modifications
We may revise these terms of service for its website at any time without notice. By using this website you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these terms of service.
Any Questions?
We hope this Privacy Policy and our other Policies have been helpful in setting out the respect we have for you and your personal data.
If you have any questions, please contact us at:
email: contact@theadvancingauthor.com
Address: Apt 23616, Chynoweth House, Trevissome Park, Truro, TR4 8UN, Cornwall.
Updated: 06/06/ 2020
