PRIVACY POLICY

Julia Humphreys Designs (JHD) understands that your privacy is important to you. JHD respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits Our Site and will only collect and use information in ways that are useful to you and in a manner consistent with the law.

This Policy explains how We will collect your data, how it is used and how it is protected in relation to your use of Our Site. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using Our Site indicates your agreement to Our Privacy Policy. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.

This policy is in line with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the new General Data Protection (GDPR).

1. In General

The information you provide is used to communicate with you as needed. JHD does not share your personal information with unrelated third parties.

2. Who is Julia Humphreys Designs

Julia Humphreys is represented by her website juliahumphreysdesigns.co.uk and related social media platform (Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest). The use of We/Us/Our included in The Policy means Julia Humphreys Designs.

3. What Does This Policy Cover?

This Privacy Policy applies to your use of Our Site. It does not extend to any websites that are linked to from Our Site (whether provided by us or shared by other users). We have no control of how your data is collected, stored or used by other websites and We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

4. Data Collection

4.1 Personal Information

Our Site uses different methods to collect data from you and about you. Some data will be collected automatically by Our Site, other data will only be collected if you voluntarily submit it, for example when completing contacting forms or signing-up to our mailing list, or through social media chat, post or phone.

Personal data which We may collect to correspond with you includes and is not limited to:

Name
Title/ job title
Business company name
Address
Phone number
Email address
Demographic data such a post code, preferences and interests

You also may submit comments to the JHD blog or on social media sites, the submission of which may contain personally identifiable information. Each social media platform has a privacy policy which you should be aware of. If you do not wish for your information to be disclosed on these platforms then do not use them.

4.2 Non-personal data

Non-personal data which We may automatically collect includes:

IP address
Operating system
A list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on Our site and the site you exit to
Other data as collected by industry standard analytics tools such as Google Analytics.

This information is used to understand how visitors use the Our Site and to make improvements to the user experience.

4.3 Children

We do not knowingly collect personal information from users of Our Site who are under 18 years of age. No personal information should be submitted to this Site by visitors under 18 years of age without the prior written consent of their parent or guardian. If you are an adult and have reason to believe that a minor under your supervision has, without your permission, provided his or her personal information, you may contact us using the contact form.

5. How JHD Uses Your Data

All personal data is stored securely in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.

We use your data to provide the best possible products and services to you this includes:

Providing and managing your access to Our Site
Personalising and tailoring your experiences on Our Site
Supplying Our products and services to you
Personalising and tailoring Our products and services for you
Responding to communications from you
Supplying your with emails, for example, offers, promotions and newsletters that you have subscribed to (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by contacting us using the contact form.)
Analysing your use of Our Site and gathering feedback to enable Us to continually improve Our Site and your user experience.

With your permission and/or where permitted by law, We may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email with information news and offer on Our products and services. We will not send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that We fully protect your rights and comply with Our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, as amended in 2004, 2011 and 2015.

Under GDPR we will ensure that your personal data is processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently, without adversely affecting your rights. We will only process your personal data if at least one of the following basis applies:

a) you have given consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific purposes;

b) processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at the request of you prior to entering into a contract;

c) processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject;

d) processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of you or of another natural person;

e) processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller; and/or processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.

6. How Your Data is Stored

We will only keep data for as long as we need to in order to use it as described in section 5, and/ or for as long as We have permission to keep it.

Some or all of your data may be stored or transferred outside of the European Economic Area (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein). You are deemed to accept and agree to this by using Our Site and submitting information to Us. If We do store or transfer data outside the EEA, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the EEA and under the GDPR.

Notwithstanding the security measures that We take, it is important to remember that the transmission of data via the internet may not be completely secure and that you are advised to take suitable precautions when transmitting to Us data via the internet.

7. How Your Data May Be Shared?

We may contract with third parties to supply products and services to you on Our behalf. These may include payment processing, delivery of goods, search engine facilities, advertising and marketing. In some cases, the third parties may require access to some or all of your data. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, Our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.

We may compile statistics about the use of Our Site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying information. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, partners and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.

In certain circumstances We may be legally required to share certain data held by Us, which may include your personal information, for example, where We are involved in legal proceedings, where We are complying with the requirements of legislation, a court order, or a governmental authority. We do not require any further consent from you in order to share your data in such circumstances and will comply as required with any legally binding request that is made of Us.

8. How Can You Control Your Data?

When you submit information via Our Site, you may be given options to restrict Our use of your data. You can choose to opt-out of receiving emails from Us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in Our emails and at the point of providing your details or by contacting Us using the contact form.

9. Your Right to Withhold Information

You may access Our Site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.

10. How Can You Access Your Data?

You have the legal right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by Us (where such data is held). Please contact Us using the contact form for more details.

11. Our use of Cookies?

Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products and services.

By using Our Site you may also receive certain third party Cookies on your computer or device. Third party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. We use third party Cookies on Our Site for advertising and analytics services.

All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current English and EU Cookie Law.

Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse usage statistics, enabling Us to better understand how people use Our Site. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and the products and services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies.

12. Links To Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or applications (for example Facebook, Contrado and Fashion Formula). Clicking on those links or enabling connections may permit third parties to collect data about you. JHD does not control how third parties collect and share data about you. JHD encourages you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

13. Your Information

If the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to you, you have rights under data protection law in relation to your personal data. These right can be read in detail on the Information Commissioner's Office website here.

Please contact JHD is you wish to make a request under GDPR in relation to your personal data by using the contact form.

14. Policy Changes

The Policy can be updated at any time without notice.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 10 December 2020.