WHO WE ARE

My website address is: https://derrenparsonsauthor.com

BACKGROUND

Derren Parsons understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, derrenparsonsauthor.com ("Our Site") and (subject to the limited exceptions in section 6, below) We do not collect personal data about you unless you contact us (see section 5, below). Any personal data We do collect will only be used as permitted by law.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.

1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

In this Policy, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

• "Personal Data" — For the purposes of GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity. For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.
• Cookies — Small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
• Usage Data — Data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• Data Controller — For the purposes of the GDPR, refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
• Do Not Track (DNT) — A concept promoted by US regulatory authorities for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.
• Business — For the purpose of the CCPA, refers to the Company as the legal entity that collects Consumers' personal information and determines the purposes and means of its processing.
• Consumer — For the purpose of the CCPA, means a natural person who is a California resident.
• "We/Us/Our" — means Derren Parsons.

2. INFORMATION ABOUT US

2.1 Our Site is owned and operated by Derren Parsons.

3. WHAT DOES THIS POLICY COVER?

This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that We have no control over 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. YOUR RIGHTS

4.1 You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:

• 4.1.1 Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You.
• 4.1.2 Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information corrected.
• 4.1.3 Object to processing of Your Personal Data where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing.
• 4.1.4 Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
• 4.1.5 Request the transfer of Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
• 4.1.6 Withdraw Your consent at any time. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.

4.2 Under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:

• 4.2.1 The right to notice. You must be properly notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which they are being used.
• 4.2.2 The right to access / request. The CCPA permits You to request information regarding the disclosure of Your Personal Data collected in the past 12 months.
• 4.2.3 The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data. You have the right to ask the Company not to sell Your Personal Data to third parties.
• 4.2.4 The right to know about Your Personal Data, including the categories collected, sources, business purpose, third parties, and the specific pieces collected about You.
• 4.2.5 The right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your Consumer's rights.

5. WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT?

5.1 Subject to section 5.2, We do not collect any personal data from you. We do not place cookies on your computer or device, nor do We use any other means of data collection.

5.2 If you send Us an email, We may collect your name, your email address, and any other information which you choose to give Us.

5.3 If you subscribe to Our newsletter, We may collect your email address.

6. HOW DO WE USE YOUR DATA?

6.1 If We do collect any personal data, it will be processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with Our obligations and safeguard your rights under GDPR, CCPA and CalOPPA guidelines at all times.

6.2 If you contact Us and We obtain your personal details from your email, We may use them to reply to your email.

6.3 Any and all emails containing your personal data will be deleted no later than 60 days after the matter you contacted Us about has been resolved.

6.4 You have the right to withdraw your consent to Us using your personal data at any time, and to request that We delete it.

6.5 We will not share any of your data with any third parties for any purposes.

7. HOW AND WHERE DO WE STORE YOUR DATA?

7.1 We only keep your personal data for as long as We need to in order to use it as described above in section 6, and/or for as long as We have your permission to keep it.

7.2 Your data will be stored on cloud based storage for services such as Gmail and Mailchimp.

7.3 Data security is very important to Us, and to protect your data We have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure any data We hold about you.

8. HOW CAN YOU ACCESS YOUR DATA?

8.1 Exercising Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

• 8.1.1 You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. We will try our best to respond to You as soon as possible.
• 8.1.2 You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. If You are in the EEA, please contact Your local data protection authority.

8.2 Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights

• 8.2.1 If you are a California resident, You can email us or visit our "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" section or web page.
• 8.2.2 The Company will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving Your verifiable request.

9. CONTACTING US

If you have any questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact Us by email at contact@derrenparsonsauthor.com. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data We hold about you.

10. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.