Privacy policy

lauratweedale.com takes your privacy very seriously and is committed to being transparent about how your information is used. In this statement I explain what personal data is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from lauratweedale.com (the “Site”). I encourage you to read this statement and contact me if you have any queries regarding the data I hold about you.

 
 

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT


lauratweedale.com will use the information you provide in this form to contact you with updates on the blog, your purchase from lauratweedale.com/shop, for marketing purposes, for use in analytics and cookies. When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information. Your information will be kept until you notify me otherwise; you have the right to be forgotten so contact me if you would like your data to be destroyed.

This website is hosted by Squarespace and collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider to learn about site traffic and activity. Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses the data in a de-personalised form.

Google Analytics

We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site; you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information on their website:  google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy  You can also opt-out of Google Analytics on their website by going to tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit  The cookies Squarespace uses.

Unsubscribe

Should you wish to unsubscribe at any time, click the unsubscribe links in the footer of the emails, or email Laura directly on lauratweedale@outlook.com.

The contact information you provide to receive these emails is shared with Squarespace, our email marketing providers, so they can send these emails on my behalf.

SHOP

When you buy something on this website, we collect personal information from you to fulfill the order. We refer to this information as “Order Information.” We may collect information like your:

  • Billing and shipping address

  • Details relating to your purchase (for example, your shirt size)

  • Payment information (your paypal email address)

  • Email address

  • Name

  • Phone number

We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us.

As you go through checkout, this site may auto-complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

 We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfil any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations).  Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

  • Communicate with you;

  • Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and

  • When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

 SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above.  For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here:  https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.  You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here:  https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

 Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or another lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

 As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you.  For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimise our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns). You can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at:  http://optout.aboutads.info/.

DATA RETENTION

When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information is corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.

Addtionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfil contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above.  Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

CHANGES

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact me by e-mail at lauratweedale@outlook.com or write to me:

Laura Tweedale, Unit 46478, PO Box 4336, Manchester, M61 0BW

If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your personal data not in accordance with the law you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

This policy was last updated on 28/12/2022.