Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy – ian-irvine.com

This notice is for this website, www.ian-irvine.com, owned by Santhenar Trust, Windmill Farm, North Dorrigo NSW 2453, and governs the privacy of those who use it. It explains how we control, process, handle and protect your personal data while browsing or using this website, including your rights under current laws and regulations. 

We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective immediately, on posting to this page. By using this site, you consent to our privacy policy.

Definitions:

“I” or “my” or “The Website” refers to www.ian-irvine.com

“you”, “the user” refers to the user of the Website.

GDPR means General Data Protection Act, Regulation.

Processing of your personal data

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we control and process personal information about you electronically. We are exempt from registration in the ICO Data Protection Register because we are only processing personal data for our core business purposes.

Lawful basis: Consent

1. The reason we use this basis: You gave us consent to use your data when you bought or negotiated to buy a book from my website, signed up to my newsletter or entered giveaway competitions.
2. We process your information in the following ways: To send you a book, and/or keep you updated with special offers and news about my books, and/or send you prizes should you win a competition.
3. Data retention period: We will continue to process your information until 6 years after collection.
4. Sharing your information: We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information.
5. However, we may employ third-party companies and individuals:

• To facilitate our Service;
• To provide the Service on our behalf;
• To perform Service-related services; or
• To assist us in analysing how our Service is used.

These third parties may have access to your Personal Information in order to perform tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated under their own Privacy Policies not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

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Lawful basis: Legal obligation

1. The reason we use this basis:  To pay my taxes correctly.
2. We process your information in the following ways: I must maintain a list of clients with name, address, and purchases for tax inspections in line with Australian Tax Office requirements.
3. Data retention period: Six years.
4. Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties except as noted above under Lawful Basis: Consent.
5. If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.

Your rights

Under the GDPR your rights are as follows. 

• the right to be informed;
• the right of access;
• the right to rectification;
• the right to erasure;
• the right to restrict processing;
• the right to data portability;
• the right to object; and
• the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.

Internet cookies

We use cookies on this website to provide you with a better user experience. We do this by placing a small text file on your device / computer hard drive to track how you use the website, to record or log whether you have seen messages that we display and to keep you logged into the website where applicable.

Some cookies are required to enjoy and use the full functionality of this website, such as use of a shopping cart.

We use a cookie control system which allows you to accept the use of cookies, and control which cookies are saved to your device / computer. Some cookies will be saved for specific time periods, where others may last indefinitely. Your web browser should provide you with the controls to manage and delete cookies from your device, please see your web browser options.

You can find out more information about cookies you may encounter on this website by reviewing the site Cookie Policy.

Data security and protection

We ensure the security of any personal information we hold by using secure data storage technologies provided by our server JustHost, in how we store, access and manage that information. 

Sponsored links, affiliate tracking & commissions

We do not allow adverts on this site. As an Amazon Associate and Apple Books affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases, and use affiliate tracking links.

Links to Other Sites

This website may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

This website does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.

Email marketing messages & subscription

Under the GDPR we use the consent lawful basis for anyone subscribing to our newsletter or marketing mailing list. We only collect certain data about you, as detailed in the “Processing of your personal data” above. Any email marketing messages we send are done so through an email marketing service provider. We use: Mailchimp.

Here is their Privacy Policy:
Mailchimp Privacy Policy

They collect:
Name
Email address
IP address
Subscription time & date

Other Third-Party Policies
Twitter Privacy Policy
Facebook Privacy Policy
Google Privacy Policy

Amazon Privacy Policy

Apple Privacy Policy

You can opt out of receiving emails or ask to see the data we hold for you, or request we remove your data at any time by the following methods:

• Unsubscribe at the bottom of the email
• Contact us via the Contact Form.

UPDATED APRIL 2019