Privacy Policy | Harriet Howe

Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, handle, store and destroy personal data about individuals, to protect the privacy of others and comply with the law.

YOUR PERSONAL DATA: WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT & WHY?

If you contact us via the contact page on our website, harriethowe.com we will collect your name and email address in order that we can reply to your query.

Personal data collected by us or provided to us is provided directly by the individual or by a third party acting on behalf of an individual. Where we receive personal data that relates to an individual from a third party acting on behalf on an individual, we request that this third party informs the individual of the necessary information regarding the use of their data. Where necessary, reference may be made to this privacy statement.

Only necessary personal data will be collected. It may be processed for various purposes, including but not limited to:

Queries – if you contact us via the contact form, we will collect your name and address in order that we can reply to your query.
Website – When you visit our website, the site may collect information which will be used to ensure our website is presented in the most effective way for you and your computer, and for internal record keeping. For further information please read the cookies section below.

WHAT DATA IS PROCESSED BY US AND WHY?

All data processed by us, in compliance with the laws of England and Wales, for the processes included below:

Members of the public, who contact us via our website, online, or otherwise in writing – this information would usually be limited to your name and email address, but may include your address, IP address, phone number and handwriting – to correspond with you and for administrative purposes, where necessary to fulfil legitimate business practices

WHO DO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH?

We won’t share any personally identifying information publicly or with third-parties, except when required to do so by law.

DATA STORAGE AND RETENTION

Collected information is only retained for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service. What data we store, we’ll protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

YOUR RIGHTS

You have certain rights over your personal data including the following:

Individuals may request access to their personal data held by us;
Request that we rectify any inaccurate personal data that we hold about them;
Request that we erase their personal data;
Where we process personal data based on consent, individuals may withdraw their consent at any time;
Individuals may have other rights to restrict or object to our processing or personal data and the right to data portability; and
Individuals may request information about any automated data processing that we may undertake.

If you want to review, verify, correct or request erasure of your personal data, object to the processing of your personal data, request that we transfer a copy of your personal data to another party, or make any data protection complaint please contact us via the form on the contact page.

Please note these rights are not absolute are limited to certain defined circumstances. Accordingly, we may not be able to comply with any such requests.

Whenever you use our website, information may be collected through the use of ‘cookies’ and similar technologies. Cookies are small text files which are downloaded to your computer or device when you visit a website or application.

Cookies are very useful and do lots of different jobs, helping to make your experience on websites as smooth as possible. For example, they let you move between web pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving your experience. Where relevant, they might also help to ensure that adverts you see online are relevant to you and your interests.

Cookies, in no way give us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

Your web browser (such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome) then sends these cookies back to the website or application on each subsequent visit so that they can recognise you and remember things like personalised details or your user preferences. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.

Managing your cookies: most modern browsers will allow you to:

See what cookies you’ve got and delete them on an individual basis.
Block third party cookies.
Block cookies from particular sites.
Block all cookies from being set.
Delete all cookies when you close your browser.

This may prevent you from taking full advantage of your website.

THIRD PARTY AND OTHER LINKS

Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from other websites. If you follow a link to any other website, please be advised that these websites may have their own privacy policy and we not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies, websites or any of their content.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further information about data protection compliance and best practice guidelines is also available on the applicable regulator’s website:
UK: Information Commissioner’s Office http://www.ico.gov.uk

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK or equivalent regulator if based outside the UK.

Your continued use of our website will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us.