Privacy Policy

Who we are
From This Window is a motivational blog. The URL of this website is http://fromthiswindow.co.uk. The founder of this site and content creator of this site is Rebecca Sullivan who can be contact via email: rebecca@fromthiswindow.co.uk
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
This website requires people to give personal data, specifically their name and email address, in order to join the mailing list, be send a PDF of a template entitled ‘What I Would Want My Younger Self to Know’ and to be send an email notification anytime the something new is posted on From This Window. By giving this data you are consenting to be emailed with any new posts that are added to the website and will only be contacted for this purpose.

Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms
Personal information is also obtained when a contact form is submitted (found on the Let’s Connect page). Here, your name and email address will be required in order for you enquiry to be replied to. This information will only be held for a certain amount of time i.e. only while From This Window is corresponding with you. The personal data given via the contact from will only be used for this purpose and not for marketing, i.e. sending you emails about updates on From This Window.

Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytic
For analysis the Jetpack plugin is used. You can opt out of analytics tracking by clicking on privacy in the footer of the Jetpack page in the WordPress dashboard and turn off toggle option that says Share information with our analytics tool about your use of services while logged in to you WordPress.com account. The link to Jetpack privacy policy is https://jetpack.com/support/privacy/

Who we share your data with
Your data is not share with any third parties.

How long we retain your data
Your data will be kept for as long as you agree to keep on the mailing list or as long as we are corresponding with you. If you notify as saying you do not wish to receive emails From This Window, we will remove your data from the mailing list.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

What rights you have over your data
At anytime you can ask what personal data we have of yours and we will give it. You can also ask for your data to be removed and we will do this immediately. On every email we send out there is an unsubscribe button which you can click on to too.

Where we send your data
We do not send your data anywhere.

Your contact information
Should you need to contact us you can email rebecca@fromthiswindow.co.uk

How we protect your data
The information that you provide From This Window with is held on a server space, which is accessed by a password. This password is not given out to anyone that is not involved in the administration or technical processes that takes place on From This Window.

What data breach procedures we have in place
In the event of a breach of data we would contact you so that you would be aware and remove the mailing list in order to ensure peoples’ data was protected.