Who We Are
Raz Mihal Author (‘we’ or ‘us’ or ‘our’) gathers and processes your personal information following this privacy notice and in compliance with the relevant data protection Regulation and laws. This notice provides the necessary information regarding your rights and our obligations and explains how, why, and when we process your personal data.
Our designated Data Protection Officer can be contacted via the following methods.
EMAIL: Data Protection Officer, razmihalauthor@gmail.com
Information That We Collect
Raz Mihal Author processes your personal information to meet its legal, statutory and contractual obligations and to provide you with our products and services. Raz Mihal Author will never collect any unnecessary personal data from you and will not process your information in any way other than as specified in this notice.
The Personal Data That We Collect From You Is: –
Name
Personal Email
We Collect Information In The Below Ways: –
Online form
How Raz Mihal Author Uses Your Personal Data (Legal Basis For Processing)
Raz Mihal Author takes your privacy very seriously and will never disclose, share or sell your data without your consent unless required by law. Raz Mihal Author only retains your data for as long as necessary and for the purposes specified in this notice. Where you have consented to the Raz Mihal Author providing you with promotional offers and marketing, you are free to withdraw this consent at any time. The purposes and reasons for processing your personal data are detailed below: –
To send periodical alerts to new products related to Raz Mihal Author books, offers and other marketing materials
To store incoming communications via our contact form.
Your Rights
You have the right to access any personal information that Raz Mihal Author processes about you and to request information about:
What personal data does Raz Mihal Author hold about you
The purposes of the processing
The categories of personal data concerned
The recipients to whom the personal data has/will be disclosed
How long Raz Mihal Author intends to store your personal data for
If Raz Mihal Author did not collect the data directly from you, information about the source
If you believe the Raz Mihal Author holds incomplete or inaccurate data about you, you can ask us to correct and/or complete the information. Raz Mihal Author will strive to update/correct it as quickly as possible unless there is a valid reason for not doing so, at which point you will be notified.
You also have the right to request the erasure of your personal data or to restrict processing (where applicable) in accordance with data protection laws, to object to any direct marketing from us, to exercise your data portability rights, and to be informed about any automated decision-making we may use.
If Raz Mihal Author receives a request from you to exercise any of the above rights, we may ask you to verify your identity before acting on the request; this is to ensure that your data is protected and kept secure.
Sharing And Disclosing Your Personal Information
Raz Mihal Author will not share or disclose your personal information without your consent, other than for the purposes specified in this notice or where there is a legal requirement. Raz Mihal Author uses third parties to provide you with its various services and products. All processors acting on our behalf only process your data following instructions from Raz Mihal Author and comply fully with this privacy notice, the data protection laws and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
Safeguarding Measures
Raz Mihal Author takes your privacy seriously and takes every reasonable measure and precaution to protect and secure your personal data. It works hard to protect you and your information from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction and has programs in place to deploy several layers of security measures, including: –
Encryption of devices such as but not limited to USB Sticks and Flash Drives.
Regular staff training.
Anonymisation of sensitive data.
Data is retained for only as long as is necessary.
Antivirus measures on IT hardware.
Transfers Outside The EU
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) protects personal data in the European Union, but some other countries may not have the same high standard of protection.
Raz Mihal Author utilises some products or services (or parts of them) that may be hosted/stored in the U.S.A., which means that we may transfer any information which is submitted by you through the website outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”) for the purposes below:
Management of its email system
Storage of your data on our database server
Third-party service providers (see above under “Sharing and Disclosing Your Personal Information”)
Consequences Of Not Providing Your Data
You are not obligated to provide your personal information to Raz Mihal Author. However, as this information is required for us to provide you with our services/deliver your products/legitimate interests, Raz Mihal Author will not be able to offer some/all of our products or services without it.
Legitimate Interests
As noted in this notice’s ‘How We Use Your Personal Data’ section, Raz Mihal Author occasionally processes your personal information under the ‘legitimate interests’ legal basis. Where this is the case, Raz Mihal Author will have carried out a Legitimate Interests Assessment (LIA) to ensure your interests have been considered and any risk posed to you against our own and that such interests are proportionate and appropriate.
Raz Mihal Author uses the legitimate interests legal basis for processing the type of data listed below and has identified our interests as detailed below;
Use email addresses to send newsletters and marketing material to members and other individuals who have recently interacted with Raz Mihal Author or used Raz Mihal Author services because these categories of individuals would reasonably expect to receive this type of material. Individuals can object to receiving such material through the unsubscribe facility in each email communication.
How Long We Keep Your Data
Raz Mihal Author only retains personal information for as long as necessary and has strict review and retention policies in place to meet these obligations. For example, we are required under UK tax law to keep your basic personal data (name, address, contact details) for a minimum of 6 years, after which time it will be destroyed.
Where you have consented to us using your details for direct marketing, we will keep such data until you notify us otherwise and/or withdraw your consent.
You can modify or withdraw consent at any time, which we will act on immediately unless there is a legitimate or legal reason for not doing so.
MARKETING
Legitimate Interests Example
Raz Mihal Author will occasionally email you communications regarding our products, services, or promotions. Such information will be relevant to you as a customer or subscriber, and you will always have the option to unsubscribe at any time.
If you would prefer not to receive the above-mentioned marketing and offers, please inform us via email at this address: razmihalauthor@gmail.com
Consent
If Legitimate Interests is not the appropriate way to contact you, Raz Mihal Author would like to contact you regarding our products, services, or promotions, but using your consent. Suppose you consent to us using your contact details for these purposes. In that case, you can modify or withdraw your consent at any time by using the opt-out/unsubscribe options or contacting Raz Mihal Author directly.
In these circumstances, we only contact you if you have already consented. At that point, we will ask you how you want to be contacted i.e. by post, email, telephone or text.
However, if you wish to opt out of marketing, please email us at razmihalauthor@gmail.com or use the “unsubscribe” option in our emails.
Lodging A Complaint
Raz Mihal Author processes your personal information in compliance with this privacy notice and following the relevant data protection laws. Suppose you wish to complain about processing your personal data or are unsatisfied with how we have handled your information. In that case, you can complain to the supervisory authority.
Email:
Data Protection Officer, razmihalauthor@gmail.com
Information Commissioners Office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745
Email: casework@ico.org.uk
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