Privacy & Cookies Policy

Cookies Policy

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

· Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

· Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

· Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

· Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or performance cookies or targeting cookies.

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 2 years.

Privacy Policy

Kay Proofreading respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

We understand 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, www.kayproofreading.com (“our Site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the 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. This privacy policy supplements other notices and privacy policies and is not intended to override them.

 

Kay Proofreading is a sole trader offices hello@kayproofreading.com

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

1. Definitions and Interpretation

In this Policy, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Personal data” means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to us via our Site.

This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”); and “We/Us/Our” means Kay Proofreading
“Data Controller” Kay Proofreading is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as "we", "us" or "our" in this privacy policy).

2. Information About Us

2.1 We own and operate this Site.
2.2 Our main point of contact for data protection related queries is Ms C Kumahor and they can be contacted by email at hello@kayproofreading.com.

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 As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:
1.1.1 The right to be informed about our collection and use of personal data;
1.1.2 The right of access to the personal data we hold about you;
1.1.3 The right to rectification if any personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact us);
1.1.4 The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask us to delete any personal data we hold about you (we only hold your personal data for a limited time, as explained in clause 6 but if you would like us to delete it sooner, please contact us);
1.1.5 The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
1.1.6 The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);
1.1.7 The right to object to us using your personal data for particular purposes; and
1.1.8 Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.
4.2 If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, please contact us and we will do our best to solve the problem for you. If we are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
4.3 For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens’ Advice Bureau.

5. What Data Do We Collect?
5.1 Depending upon your use of our Site, we may collect some or all of the following personal and non-personal data:
1.1.9 name;
1.1.10 address;
1.1.11 contact information such as email address and telephone number;
1.1.12 demographic information such as post code, preferences, and interests;
1.1.13 IP address;
1.1.14 web browser type and version; and
1.1.15 operating system.

6. How Do We Use Your Data?
6.1 All personal data is 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 the GDPR at all times.
6.2 Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to emails), or because it is in our legitimate interests (or those of a third party). Your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
Specifically, we may use your data for the following purposes:
1.1.16 Providing and managing your access to our Site;
1.1.17 Personalising and tailoring your experience on our Site;
1.1.18 Supplying our services to you (please note that we require your personal data in order to enter into a contract with you);
1.1.19 Replying to emails from you;
1.1.20 Supplying you with emails that you have opted into (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time);
1.1.21 Analysing your use of our Site to enable us to continually improve our Site and your user
experience.

6.3 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 offers on our services. We will not, however, 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 GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

6.4 Third parties whose content appears on our Site may use third party Cookies. Please note that we do not control the activities of such third parties or the data they collect and use, and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such third parties.
6.5 You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time and to request that we delete it.
6.6 We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected.

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 clause 6, and/or for as long as we have your permission to keep it.
7.2 Your data will be stored in UK, within the EEA
7.3 Data security is very important to us and to protect your data, we have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected through our Site.

8. Do We Share Your Data?
8.1 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 data or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you. 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.
8.2 We may sometimes use third party data processors that are located outside of the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein).
Where we transfer any personal 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 UK and under the GDPR.
8.3 In certain circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain data held by us, which may include your personal data, for example, where we are involved in legal proceedings, where we are complying with legal requirements, a court order or a governmental authority.
8.4 We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

9. How Can You Control Your Data?
9.1 In addition to your rights under the GDPR, set out in clause 4, when you submit personal data to us via email or via our Site, you may be given options to restrict our use of your data. In particular, we aim to give you strong controls on our use of your data for direct marketing purposes (including the ability 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).

10. Your Right to Withhold Information
10.1 You may access certain areas of 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.
10.2 You may restrict our use of Cookies. You can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all cookies or only third party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

11. How Can You Access Your Data?
You have the right to ask for a copy of any and all of your personal data held by us (where such data is held), please refer to clause 4. Please contact us for more details using the contact details above.

12. Data retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.

13. Contacting Us
If you have any questions about our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact Data Controller by email at hello@kayproofreading.com. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if
it is a request for information about the data we hold about you.

14. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). 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.