Privacy Policy
This policy explains how this website collects, uses, and protects your personal information in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
1. Who We Are
This website is operated by Julie Cathcart. For the purpose of UK data protection laws, she is the data controller responsible for your personal information.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information to maitain and improve your experience. This includes:
Information you give: Name and email address when you use the contact form.
Automated information: IP addresses, browser types, and pages visited collected through cookies.
No sales data: We do not sell products or collect financial payment data.
3. Analytics and Cookies
Our website is hosted by Squarespace. They provide website analytics to help us understand our traffic.
Data collected: Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website. This includes information about your browser, network, device, and web pages visited.
Purpose: We use this data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services.
Analysis: Squarespace analyses the data in a de-identified form.
4. Lawful Basis for Processing
Under the UK GDPR, we only process your information when we have a valid legal reason:
Consent: You explicitly agree, such as when you accept cookies or fill out our contact form.
Legitimate Interests: To analyse website traffic, improve performance, and maintain security.
5. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected data for specific purposes:
To respond to your comments, questions, and support requests.
To monitor and analyse website traffic trends.
To protect our website from security threats and abuse.
6. Sharing Your Data
We do not sell your personal data. We share your information with Squarespace, our hosting and analytics provider, so they can provide website services to us.
7. International Data Transfers
Your data may be transferred outside the UK by Squarespace. Squarespace protects this data using standard contractual clauses approved by the UK authorities to ensure your data stays safe.
8. Data Retention
We only keep your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or to comply with legal obligations.
9. Your UK Data Rights
You have specific rights under UK data protection laws:
Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Rectification: Ask us to correct inaccurate information.
Erasure: Request that we delete your personal data.
Restriction: Ask us to limit how we use your data.
Complaint: Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact hello@juliecathcart.com