This notice is for this website; http://www.lauralzimmerman.com, owned by Laura L. Zimmerman and http://www.lauralzimmerman.com, governs the privacy of those who use it. It explains how we control, process, handle and protect your personal data while browsing or using this website, including your rights under current laws and regulations.
Definitions:
“I” or “The Website” refers to Laura L. Zimmerman
“you”, “the user” refers to the user of the Website.
GDPR means General Data Protection Act.
Processing of your personal data
Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we control and process personal information about you electronically.
Lawful basis: Consent
You gave us consent to use your data when you bought or negotiated to buy a book from my website OR signed up for my mailing list to receive a free resource OR used editing or coaching services.
We process your information in the following ways: To keep you updated with special offers and news about my books and services.
Data retention period: We will continue to process your information until you unsubscribe from the mailing list with the link at the bottom of all emails.
Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties.
Lawful basis: Legal obligation
The reason we collect this data: To pay my taxes correctly and provide you with information about our products and services.
We process your information in the following ways: I must maintain a list of clients with name, address, and purchases for tax inspections in line with U.S. government IRS regulations.
Data retention period: Six years
Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties.
If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.
Your rights
Under the GDPR your rights are as follows.
the right to be informed;
the right of access;
the right to rectification;
the right to erasure;
the right to restrict processing;
the right to data portability;
the right to object; and
the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.
Internet cookies
We use cookies on this website to provide you with a better user experience. We do this by placing a small text file on your device / computer hard drive to track how you use the website, to record or log whether you have seen messages that we display, to keep you logged into the website where applicable, to display relevant adverts or content, referred you to a third-party website.
Some cookies are required to enjoy and use the full functionality of this website.
We use a cookie control system which allows you to accept the use of cookies, and control which cookies are saved to your device / computer. Some cookies will be saved for specific time periods, where others may last indefinitely. Your web browser should provide you with the controls to manage and delete cookies from your device, please see your web browser options.
Data security and protection
We ensure the security of any personal information we hold by using secure data storage technologies provided by WordPress.com and password-protected computers to store, access and manage that information.
Email marketing messages & subscription
Under the GDPR we use the consent lawful basis for anyone subscribing to our newsletter or marketing mailing list. We only collect certain data about you, as detailed in the “Processing of your personal data” above. Any email marketing messages we send are done so through WordPress.com.
Here is their Privacy Policy:
https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/
They collect:
Email address
I.P address
Subscription time & date
First and/or last name, if provided
You can opt out of receiving emails or ask to see the data we hold for you, or request we remove your data at any time by the following methods:
Unsubscribe at the bottom of the email
Contact us at lauralzimmauthor@gmail.com
UPDATED MAY 2018 in compliance with GDPR regulations.
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