This privacy notice provides you with details of how we collect and process your personal data through your use of our site.
We take your privacy seriously and will not share your Personal Data with others, except as permitted by applicable law or as set out below. Accordingly, we have developed this privacy policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate, disclose, safeguard and otherwise make use of your personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”).
We will only collect and use your Personal Data where:
– we have lawful grounds to do so, including to comply with our legal obligations;
– we are performing a contract with you for our services; and
– we have legitimate interests in using your Personal Data and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”), I, Donna Alam, am the “data controller”. If you have any questions about this policy or about how we use your Personal Data, please contact me via the contact details at the end of this policy.
The personal data we collect:
RECAPTCHA AND COOKIES
We have implemented reCAPTCHA v3 on our site and your use of reCAPTCHA v3 is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. reCAPTCHA is used to fight spam and abuse on our site. reCAPTCHA works by collecting hardware and software information, such as device and application data, and sending these data to Google for analysis. The information collected in connection with your use of the service is used for improving reCAPTCHA and for general security purposes. It is not used for personalized advertising by Google.
Google Analytics tracking code is included on each page of this website to determine which pages are viewed and for how long. This website uses cookies from Facebook.com, Google.com, and our own domain name to keep track of various things. Data tracked by one or more of these domains include browsing behavior and traffic information such as URL, ISP, IP addresses, entry page, exit page, and other statistical, demographic or aggregated information from its visitors. This non-personal information cannot be linked to your personal data but can be used to improve this website and the information it contains. You can always change your browser configuration if you do not want to accept cookies from this site although it could result in problematic viewing of the site. Read how to clear your cookies here.
CONTACT FORMS
We only collect the information given to us through the contact form (email and name). This information is protected and will not be shared or sold to anyone.
EXTERNAL LINKS
We share Personal Data as necessary with third parties who provide services or functions on our behalf and who require the information to provide those specific services to us. This website includes external links to provide additional services and/or content to this website (such as Amazon). If you click on one of these affiliate links and make a purchase on that third-party website, Donna Alam will be paid a small commission on qualifying purchases. You will not pay a penny more by going through these links. These affiliate links are carefully selected based on our experience with these service providers, and the small commission earned helps to cover the costs associated with this website and other advertising costs.
ANALYTICS
We collect data to optimize and offer a better service for you with a Facebook Pixel. This information is to keep track of our visitors to our website.
NEWSLETTER
Some data will be collected by a newsletter mailing service, which you can choose to opt-in for. This information is protected by us and by the newsletter company. You can opt-out of this newsletter at any time by asking us via the site contact form or checking the bottom of any received email from us for the “unsubscribe” link. Once you were opt-out you will NOT receive any more newsletter emails from us.
Additional information:
SECURITY
donnaalam.com is hosted on the WordPress.com platform. WordPress provides us with an online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through WordPress data storage, databases, and general WordPress.com applications. This data is stored on secure servers behind a firewall.
RETENTION PERIODS FOR USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We will use and store your Personal Data only for as long as necessary, bearing in mind the uses of your Personal Data as described in this privacy policy and otherwise as communicated to you. We review the Personal Data we hold at regular intervals and delete permanently or anonymize any Personal Data which is no longer necessary.
CHILDREN
This Website and our services are aimed at adults, and we do not knowingly collect any Personal Data relating to children aged under 18 years old. If you are under the age of 18, please do not provide us with any of your Personal Data, including your email address.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to opt-out of our website at any time. You have the right to have all the information collected on our website. If you like to have the information we collected about you such as:
Email
Name
If you don’t want us to process your data anymore, please email us using this contact form.
You can also do the following with your information:
ask us to change/correct your Personal Data;
ask us to delete your Personal Data;
object to the processing of your Personal Data;
ask us to restrict the processing of your Personal Data;
withdraw any consents you have given us to the processing of your Personal Data; and
express any concerns you have about third parties’ use of your Personal Data.
If you have any more questions or concerns, please contact us using this contact form.