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This Privacy Policy outlines how your personal information is collected, used, and protected when you visit this website. This document is designed to comply with the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Data Controller Identification

For the purposes of data protection legislation, the data controller is http://www.denniswest.net. You can contact the data controller directly at dennis.west@pm.me.

2. Information We Collect

We collect minimal personal data, focusing only on what is necessary for communication and standard website functionality.

Information You Provide to Us

  • Contact Information: If you use the contact form on this website, we collect your email address and any other information you voluntarily include in your message.

Information Collected Automatically

  • Technical Data and Analytics: This website is built on WordPress. As is standard practice, the site collects technical data such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and pages visited. We also use analytics tools to monitor search engine optimization (SEO) performance and understand how users interact with the site.
  • Cookies: We utilize cookies to ensure the website functions correctly and to gather analytics data. This includes standard WordPress session cookies and tracking cookies associated with our SEO and analytics tools.

3. How We Use Your Information

We process your data for the following purposes:

  • To Respond to Inquiries: Your email address is used solely to reply to messages submitted via the contact form.
  • To Improve the Website: Analytics and technical data are used to monitor site performance, optimize content for search engines (SEO), and enhance user experience.
  • To Maintain Security: Technical logs help us detect and prevent fraudulent activity or security breaches on the WordPress platform.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Under the UK GDPR, the lawful basis we rely on for processing this information is Legitimate Interests.

  • Processing your contact information is necessary for our legitimate interests in responding to user-initiated inquiries and maintaining communication.
  • Processing technical data and analytics is necessary for our legitimate interests in maintaining a functional, secure, and optimized website.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors with our analytics providers. Your data may be processed by third-party service providers who assist in operating the website, such as:

  • Our website hosting provider.
  • Analytics and SEO software providers (e.g., Google Analytics).

6. International Data Transfers

As we utilize third-party analytics and SEO software providers based outside the UK (such as Google Analytics), your data may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions. We ensure these transfers are compliant with the UK GDPR by relying on recognized safeguarding mechanisms, such as the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. Specifically:

  • Correspondence and contact form submissions are retained for 12 months following our final communication with you, after which they are securely deleted.
  • Analytics data is subject to the retention policies of the respective third-party providers and is typically aggregated or anonymized over time.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have specific rights regarding your personal information:

  • Right of Access: You have the right to ask for copies of your personal information.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate.
  • Right to Erasure: You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organization, or to you, in certain circumstances.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

9. Right to Complain to the Supervisory Authority

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you have the right to lodge a complaint at any time with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). You can contact the ICO via their website at ico.org.uk or by calling their national helpline.

10. Third-Party Links

This website may contain links to third-party websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

11. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact the data controller at dennis.west@pm.me or use the contact form provided on the website.