Privacy Policy

This document was last updated 22nd December 2020

1. Introduction

1. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and individual customers.
2. This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of such persons; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.
3. We use cookies on our website. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.
4. In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Marion Barker. For more information about us, see Section 14.

2. Credit

1. This document was created using a template from Docular (https://seqlegal.com/free-legal-documents/privacy-policy).

3. The personal data that we collect

1. In this Section 3 we have set out the general categories of personal data that we process.
2. We may process data enabling us to get in touch with you (“contact data“). The contact data may include your name, email address and telephone number. This data is collected when you fill in our contact form, and is used to send an email to us.

4. Purposes of processing and legal bases

1. In this Section 4, we have set out the purposes for which we may process personal data and the legal bases of the processing.
2. Operations – We may process your personal data for the purposes of operating our website. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website.
3. Relationships and communications – We may process contact data for the purposes of managing our relationships, communicating with you (excluding communicating for the purposes of direct marketing) by email and/or telephone, providing support services and complaint handling. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely communications with our website visitors and individual customers, the maintenance of relationships, and the proper administration of our website, services and business.
4. Record keeping – We may process your personal data for the purposes of creating and maintaining our business records generally. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely ensuring that we have access to all the information we need to properly and efficiently run our business in accordance with this policy.
5. Security – We may process your personal data for the purposes of security and the prevention of fraud and other criminal activity. The legal basis of this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection of our website, services and business, and the protection of others.
6. Legal claims – We may process your personal data where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.
7. Legal compliance and vital interests – We may also process your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

5. Providing your personal data to others

1. We may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

6. International transfers of your personal data

1. In this Section 6, we provide information about the circumstances in which your personal data may be transferred to countries outside the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area (EEA).
2. The hosting facilities for our website are situated in the UK, as are we. We do not share your personal information.

7. Retaining and deleting your personal data

1. This Section 7 sets out our data retention policies and procedures, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data.
2. Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
3. We will retain your personal data as follows:
   • contact data will be retained for a minimum period of 1 year following the date of the most recent contact between you and us, and for a maximum period of 7 years;
4. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

8. Your rights

1. In this Section 8, we have listed the rights that you have under data protection law.
2. Your principal rights under data protection law are:
   • the right to access – you can ask for copies of your personal data;
   • the right to rectification – you can ask us to rectify inaccurate personal data and to complete incomplete personal data;
   • the right to erasure – you can ask us to erase your personal data;
   • the right to restrict processing – you can ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data;
   • the right to object to processing – you can object to the processing of your personal data;
   • the right to data portability – you can ask that we transfer your personal data to another organisation or to you;
   • the right to complain to a supervisory authority – you can complain about our processing of your personal data; and
   • the right to withdraw consent – to the extent that the legal basis of our processing of your personal data is consent, you can withdraw that consent.
3. These rights are subject to certain limitations and exceptions. You can learn more about the rights of data subjects by visiting https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/.
4. You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us, using the contact details set out below.

9. About cookies

1. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
2. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
3. Cookies may not contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal data that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

10. Cookies that we use

1. We use the following cookies on our site:

Necessary Cookies

Non-Necessary Cookies

At present, this site does not use any cookies that are not necessary for the functioning of the site. If we do so in the future, we will add details of any non-necessary cookies here.

11. Cookies used by our service providers

1. We do not currently use any third-party cookies. If this changes in the future, any change will be reflected in this Privacy Policy as well as our Cookie Policy.

12. Managing cookies

1. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
   1. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 (Chrome);
   2. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
   3. https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/ (Opera);
   4. https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
   5. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (Safari); and
   6. https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
2. Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
3. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

13. Amendments

1. We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
2. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.

14. Our details

1. This website is owned and operated by M R Barker.
2. Our principal place of business is at 8 Paddock Close, Hurst Green Oxted RH8 0LQ.
3. You can contact us:
   • by post, to the postal address given above;
   • using our website contact form;
   • by telephone, on the contact number published on our website; or
   • by email, using the email address published on our website.

15. Data protection officer

1. Our data protection officer’s contact details are: Marion Barker.