Introduction
Personal Information Collected
How your Personal Information is Used
Consent
Legitimate Interest
Where Your Personal Information is Stored
How Long Your Personal Information is Kept
Personal Information Security
Personal Information Disclosure
Age Restrictions
Third Party Services
Cookies
Accessing Your Personal Information
Privacy Policy Changes
Privacy Policy Acceptance
Further Information
Introduction
This Privacy Policy covers the website Lettering Tutorial (letteringtutorial.com) and any associated services. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, it is your responsibility to understand all details described throughout.
UK data protection law classifies Lettering Tutorial as a data controller. This means Lettering Tutorial has control over how your personal information is collected, why it is collected and how it is used.
For the purposes of enquiries, comments, competitions, events, giveaways and the sending of newsletters, Lettering Tutorial uses the lawful basis of consent to collect your personal information. This means that for these purposes your personal information will not be collected and used without your permission. It also means that you have the right to access, update and erase your personal information, have your personal information transferred (portability) and means you can withdraw your consent after you have provided it.
For the purpose of organising and publishing articles, content or features, Lettering Tutorial uses the lawful basis of legitimate interest to collect and use personal information.
At Lettering Tutorial privacy is taken very seriously. Frequent data audits and reviews are carried out to ensure that Lettering Tutorial is compliant with UK data law, relevant legislation and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Lettering Tutorial is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under the registration number ZA756615.
Personal Information Collected
Lettering Tutorial collects and uses both personally identifying information and non personally identifying information for the purpose of providing articles, content, services, features and a better experience for users of Lettering Tutorial.
(1) Personally identifying information Lettering Tutorial collects and uses includes information such as your name, your email address, your I.P address, your social media handles or profile links, your website address, professional portrait photographs, when you open newsletters, how many times you open a newsletter and when you click on a link in a newsletter.
(2) For Lettering Tutorial competitions, giveaways and events Lettering Tutorial may collect and use information such as your full name, your email address, your location, a postal address and your social media handles or profile links.
(3) Non personally identifying information Lettering Tutorial collects and uses includes information such as country, county, province or state, gender, age range, browser, device type, anonymised IP address, how users arrived at Lettering Tutorial, pages visited on Lettering Tutorial and if a user has visited Lettering Tutorial previously.
How your Personal Information is Used
(1) Personally identifying information is used for the purpose of communicating with you if you send a message or email to Lettering Tutorial, and for the purpose of organising articles. Personally identifying information is also used to send you Lettering Tutorial newsletters if you provide consent to receive them, and to make sure newsletters sent are of interest to the majority who receive them.You can unsubscribe from a newsletter at any time by selecting ‘Unsubscribe’ from the bottom of every newsletter sent to you.
(2) Personally identifying information such as your email address and I.P address may be used to prevent or block content you send to lettering tutorial if it is deemed to be spam, malicious or inappropriate in nature.
(3) Personally identifying information may be used to provide sufficient evidence that you have consented to the collecting and use of your personal information for legal and compliance purposes.
(4) Personally identifying information may also be used for the purpose of Lettering Tutorial competitions, giveaways and events. You will often be asked to provide personal information in order to participate in a competition, giveaway or event. Your personal information will not be collected or used for any competition, giveaway or event without your consent. Personal information that you provide will only be used within the scope of competitions, events, or giveaways that you have chosen to participate in, unless you have provided permission to do otherwise with your information.
(5) Non personally identifying information is used for the purpose of improving the Lettering Tutorial website experience based upon how users visit and interact with the website.
Lettering Tutorial only collects the personal information needed for a specific purpose or to carry out a specific activity. Lettering Tutorial does not sell, rent or trade personal information nor does it buy personal information.
Consent
Consent is obtained to collect, use and disclose your personal information for the many of the purposes stated above.
If after you provide Lettering Tutorial with consent to collect, use and disclose any personally identifying information you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent and should contact Lettering Tutorial immediately to request withdrawal of your personal information. Please see the last section of this Privacy Policy for appropriate contact methods.
Consent is not required to collect, store and use non personally identifying information about you. Consent is also not always required to collect, store and use personally identifying information. Non personally identifying information is collected as you use Lettering Tutorial and associated services.
Legitimate Interest
Lettering Tutorial may collect, publish, and use for the purpose of communication, personal information which is available in the public domain. This can include names, social media handles, profiles or posts, website addresses and contact information. This is carried out with an interest in providing publishing services which would be very limited without the use of such information. This is also carried out with the interest of inspiring and educating the public and in the interest of the individuals who are associated with the personal information used. As the outcome for individuals is the promotion and documenting of their skills, abilities, services and products.
This does not effect your rights, and you still have the right to request access and updates to personal information that Lettering Tutorial may hold on you under these circumstances. You also have the right to request erasure of your personal information and object to your personal information being used.
Where Your Personal Information is Stored
Lettering Tutorial is located within the United Kingdom, and this is where some of your personal information may be stored and used. Many of the third parties which provide services to Lettering Tutorial and which have access to your personal information for the purpose of fulfilling services provided to Lettering Tutorial are situated outside of the United Kingdom. Therefore, some of your personal information is stored outside of the United Kingdom in locations such as the United States.
How Long Your Personal Information is Kept
Lettering Tutorial will keep your personal information for a reasonable period of time to carry out the collection and use activities specified above. Data audits and reviews are carried out regularly so that data which is no longer needed can be deleted. If you request for your personal information to be forgotten, it will be deleted within 30 days of request.
Personal Information Security
Lettering Tutorial implements encryption via secure socket layer technology (SSL) to try and keep personal information you enter on the website secure. Lettering Tutorial also implements generally accepted industry standards to protect your personal information.
Where possible two factor authentication is also used to prevent unlawful access to your personal information.
Whilst reasonable efforts and precautions are taken to protect the security of personal information you share with Lettering Tutorial, the security of your personal information cannot be guaranteed.
In the case of any breaches of your personal information, you will be notified within a timely manner.
Personal Information Disclosure
If required to do so by law or government organisations, Lettering Tutorial will share any personal information requested. Lettering Tutorial may also share any personal information necessary in order to protect the rights and property of Lettering Tutorial, and to enforce provisions of the Lettering Tutorial Terms and Conditions.
In order to provide quality services and content throughout Lettering Tutorial, non-identifying information such as usage patterns, statistics and trends might be shared with service providers, content partners and sponsors.
Lettering Tutorial periodically hosts competitions, giveaways and events, and these are often in collaboration with third parties. If you have chosen to participate in any competition, giveaway or event, it may be necessary for Lettering Tutorial to share some of your personal information with any relevant third parties for the purpose of the competition, giveaway or event. Lettering Tutorial may also need to obtain, with your consent, further personal information about you if you win any competition or giveaway. This further information may be shared with any relevant third party in order to fulfill the competition or giveaway.
Any information which is shared will be done so in a secure manner.
If Lettering Tutorial is merged with another company, sold, or is subject to an acquisition, your personal information may be transferred to the new company or owner(s).
Age Restrictions
Lettering Tutorial does not knowingly collect personal information associated with children or minors (those who have not reached the age of majority). By using Lettering Tutorial and its services you should be at least the age of majority in your county, state or province of residence. If Lettering Tutorial becomes aware that you are under the age of majority, appropriate action will be taken to remove your personal information unless you have obtained explicit consent from a parent or legal guardian.
Third Party Services
Lettering Tutorial uses third party services and providers which aid Lettering Tutorial in operation. In most cases, the third party providers which Lettering Tutorial utilises the services of will only collect, use and disclose your personal information to the extent necessary for the third party to perform the services they provide to Lettering Tutorial. Many of the third party providers Lettering Tutorial uses are compliant with the EU-US Privacy Shield framework.
Links
Links to third party resources, products and sites can be found throughout Lettering Tutorial. This Privacy Policy applies to Lettering Tutorial only.
Social Media
When you contact or tag Lettering Tutorial via social media platforms, Lettering Tutorial does not have control over the way your personal information is collected, stored or used.
Third party services, providers and links may take you away from Lettering Tutorial and will have their own individual Privacy Policies. It is recommended that you always familiarise yourself with third party Privacy Policies.
Cookies
Some of the information collected by Lettering Tutorial is obtained through the use of Cookies. Please review the Lettering Tutorial Cookies Policy to learn more about what Cookies Lettering Tutorial uses and how they impact your experience using Lettering Tutorial.
Accessing Your Personal Information
If your personal information was collected using consent you have the right to access, update, have transferred and have deleted any personal information relating to you that Lettering Tutorial may hold. If your personal information was collected using legitimate interest you have the right to access, update and have deleted any personal information relating to you that Lettering Tutorial may hold.
In order for Lettering Tutorial to keep accurate records, please notify Lettering Tutorial about any updates to your personal information. Upon making a request regarding your personal data Lettering Tutorial will need to verify your identity and connection to the personal data for security and protection purposes.
Please use the contact information at the bottom of this Privacy Policy to make any requests regarding your personal information.
Privacy Policy Changes
On occasion, changes to the Lettering Tutorial Privacy Policy may be necessary. Lettering Tutorial reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time, and without advanced notice. Any changes made to this Privacy Policy will be added to this page, and the date the changes were made will reflect in the last updated section at the bottom of this page. Any changes will take effect immediately when published to this page, and it is your responsibility to check this page periodically for any changes made.
Privacy Policy Acceptance
By using the Lettering Tutorial website, and any Lettering Tutorial services and / or features you accept all terms and details of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any of the terms and details of this Privacy Policy which appear now or are added in the future, please refrain from using Lettering Tutorial.
Further Information
If you would like more information about any details described in this Privacy Policy, to raise a concern about how your personal information is stored and used or to register a complaint please contact Lettering Tutorial. You can do this by sending an email to [[email protected]] – using the subject line ‘Privacy Compliance’, or contact Lettering Tutorial by post using the following address:
[Unit 35434, PO Box 6945, London, W1A 6US]
You also have the right to register a complaint with a supervisory authority if you wish to do so, such as the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) or an appropriate equivalent.
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Last updated on 3rd June, 2020
