PRIVACY POLICY | I. S. THORNE
Introduction
This privacy policy provides you with all the information on how I collect data and process your personal data when you use my website www.isthorne.com or www.isthorne.co.uk.
Providing me with your data means you agree to be 14 years of age or older.
I.S. Thorne (formally known as Indiya Whitehead) is the data controller and I am responsible for your personal data (referred to as ‘I’, ‘Me’ or ‘My’ in this Privacy Policy.
Contact details:
Full name of legal entity: Indiya Whitehead
Email address: info@isthorne.com
It is very important that the information I hold about you is accurate and up to date. Please let me know if you have any personal information changes or if you wish to have your data wiped on info@isthorne.com
When do I collect personal information and why?
Personal information is any data capable of identifying an individual. It does not include anonymous data.
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Via implicit data capture i.e. studying which pages you view the most and use of cookies
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When you sign up to my newsletter
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When you contact me via my contact form
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When you sign up to be a contributor to the blog
What do I do with your personal information?
I will use it to communicate with you via email if you contact me.
When you are buying anything via the website we may need to collect information so as to complete the transaction and fulfil the services in which you expect. This information may include but is in no way limited to, details such as your name, address and/or bank card details.
Unless we have received your full consent we will only disclose personal information with third parties if this is required for the purpose of completing your transaction with us.
In becoming a member of I. S Thorne website you consent to receive from me by e-mail/e-newsletter general news, email newsletters and special offers that may be of interest to you.
We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes without your full consent.
New Cookie Legislation
Most websites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that website to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits (using a ‘persistent cookie’). New legislations means your website must make users aware if you use cookies and prompt them not to use cookies when viewing your site.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website. Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. If a website doesn’t use cookies, it will think you are a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site. This can have an impact on sites that have log in areas where the user would need to create a new login every time they moved from page to page.
Some websites will also use cookies to enable them to target their advertising or marketing messages based for example, on your location and/or browsing habits.
Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (‘first party cookies’) or they may be set by other websites who run content on the page you are viewing (‘third party cookies’).
Websites which use Google Analytics to track visitor numbers are using cookies to monitor this information.
What is in a cookie?
A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server and only that server will be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain some anonymous information such as a unique identifier and the site name and some digits and numbers. It allows a website to remember things like your preferences or what’s in your shopping basket.
What to do if you don’t want cookies to be set?
Some people find the idea of a website storing information on their computer or mobile device a bit intrusive, particularly when this information is stored and used by a third party without them knowing. Although this is generally quite harmless you may not, for example, want to see advertising that has been targeted to your interests. If you prefer, it is possible to block some or all cookies, or even to delete cookies that have already been set; but you need to be aware that you might lose some functions of that website.
How can I control cookies?
Web browser cookies
If you don’t want to receive cookies, you can modify your browser so that it notifies you when cookies are sent to it or you can refuse cookies altogether. You can also delete cookies that have already been set.
If you wish to restrict or block web browser cookies which are set on your device then you can do this through your browser settings; the Help function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of desktop browsers.
Data Protection Act 1998
I.S. Thorne is fully compliant with the Data Protection Act 1998.
Consent
By disclosing your personal information with me using the website or over the telephone, you consent to the collection, storage and processing of your personal information by I.S. Thorne in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy.
Contact
If you have any other questions regarding any issues mentioned within this document or any other general issues feel free to contact myself on info@isthorne.com