Effective
on 25-May-2018
1. Introduction
1.1 We are committed to
safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and service users.
1.2 This policy applies
where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of
our website visitors and service users; in other words, where we determine the
purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.
1.3 We use cookies on our
website. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision
of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies
when you first visit our website.
1.4 Our website
incorporates privacy controls which affect how we will process your personal
data. By using the privacy controls, you can specify whether you would like to
receive direct marketing communications and limit the publication of your
information. To modify or delete the personal information you’ve provided to us
and your settings, please log in and update your profile. You may also delete
your account from your account settings page.
1.5 In this policy,
"we", "us" and "our" refer to Graphic Identity Blog.
For more information about us, see Section
10 .
2. How we use your personal
data
2.1 In this Section 2 we
have set out:
the general
categories of personal data that we may process;
the purposes for
which we may process personal data; and
the legal bases of
the processing.
2.2 We may process data
about your use of our website and services ("usage data"). The usage data may
include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version,
operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website
navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and
pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is our analytics
tracking system. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analysing
the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this processing is
consent OR our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our
website and services
2.3 We may process your
account data ("account
data"). The account data may include your name and email
address. The source of the account data is only you. The account data may be
processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing our services,
ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our
databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is
consent OR our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our
website and business
2.4 We may process your
information included in your personal profile on our website ("profile data"). The profile data
may include your name, address, telephone number, email address, profile
pictures, educational details. The profile data may be processed for the
purposes of enabling and monitoring your use of our website and services. The
legal basis for this processing is consent OR our legitimate interests, namely
the proper administration of our website and business
2.5 We may process your
personal data that are provided in the course of the use of our All services ("service data"). The service data
may include competitions,
work reviews, Graphic Identity Blog galleries exposure, promotions, purchasing,
and other all services by Graphic Identity Blog.
The source of the service data is you. The service data may be processed for
the purposes of operating our website, providing our services, ensuring the
security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and
communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is consent OR our
legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and
business
2.6 We may process
information that you post for publication on our website or through our
services ("publication
data"). The publication data may be processed for the purposes
of enabling such publication and administering our website and services. The
legal basis for this processing is consent OR our legitimate interests, namely
the proper administration of our website and business
2.7 We may process
information relating to transactions, including purchases of books and
services, that you enter into with us and/or through our website ("transaction data"). The transaction
data may include your contact details, and the transaction ID only. The
transaction data may be processed for the purpose of supplying the purchased
goods and services and keeping proper records of those transactions.
If you choose to pay
for anything online at http://graphic-identity.blogspot.com/
using a Credit or Debit Card, your card details are not stored
by us and cannot be used by our staff.
Your credit card
details are encrypted and securely stored by PayPal and Stripe.
A copy of Privacy
policy you can found here https://www.paypal.com/in/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full, https://stripe.com/us/privacy/.
2.9 We may process
information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email
notifications and/or newsletters ("notification
data"). The notification data may be processed for the purposes
of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletters. The legal basis
for this processing is consent OR the performance of a contract between you and
us.
2.10 Children’s Privacy.
The Sites and Service are not structured to attract children under the age of
16, and we do not intend to collect Personal Data from anyone we know to be
under 16. If we learn that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under 16
years, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe
that we might have any such information, please contact us at graphicidentity.blog@gmail.com.
2.11 We may process any of
your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the
establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court
proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis
for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and
assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of
others.
3. Sharing your personal
data to others
Graphic Identity Blog is a
tool people use to find inspiration, make inspirations a reality, and inspire
others in the process. When you create public profiles, portfolios and posts,
anyone can view them. The other limited instances where we may share your
personal information include:
When we have your consent.
This includes sharing information with other services (like Facebook or
Twitter) when you’ve chosen to link to your Graphic Identity Blog account to
those services or publish your activity on Graphic Identity Blog to them. For example,
you can choose to publish your posts to Facebook or Twitter. It also includes
sharing information with partner organizations that use our platforms to host
their own call for entries when you've agreed to sharing your information. We
may employ third party companies or individuals to process personal information
on our behalf based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy
Policy. For example, we may share data with a security consultant to help us
get better at identifying spam or with our accountants to make sure we’re
keeping the books right. In addition, some of the information we request may be
collected by third party providers on our behalf. If we believe that disclosure
is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation or legal request; to
protect the safety, rights, or property of the public, any person, or Graphic
Identity Blog; or to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or
technical issues.
4. Retaining and deleting
personal data
4.1 This Section 4 sets out
our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure
that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and
deletion of personal data.
4.2 Personal data that we
process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is
necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
4.3 We will retain your
personal data as follows:
Graphic Identity Blog only
keep personal details as long as it is necessary for the purpose for which it
was collected. If you have provided us with your personal details, such as full
name and address and requested a quotation from us or placed an order, we will
keep your details on our database. We will remove your details at any time you
request this of us, otherwise you should assume that the data will be kept on
our systems indefinitely.
5. Amendments
5.1 We may update this
policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
5.2 You should check this
page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.
5.3 We may notify you of
changes OR significant changes to this policy by email or through the private
messaging system on our website.
6. Your rights
6.1 In this Section 6, we
have summarized the rights that you have under data protection law. Some of the
rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in our
summaries. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the
regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.
6.2 Your principal rights
under data protection law are:
the right to access;
the right to
rectification;
the right to
erasure;
the right to
restrict processing;
the right to object
to processing;
the right to data
portability;
the right to
complain to a supervisory authority; and
the right to
withdraw consent.
6.3 You have the right to
confirmation as to whether or not we process your personal data and, where we
do, access to the personal data, together with certain additional information.
That additional information includes details of the purposes of the processing,
the categories of personal data concerned and the recipients of the personal
data. Providing the rights and freedoms of others are not affected, we will
supply to you a copy of your personal data.
6.4 You have the right to
have any inaccurate personal data about you rectified and, taking into account
the purposes of the processing, to have any incomplete personal data about you
completed.
6.5 In some circumstances
you have the right to the erasure of your personal data without undue delay.
Those circumstances include: the personal data are no longer necessary in
relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
you withdraw consent to consent-based processing; you object to the processing
under certain rules of applicable data protection law; the processing is for
direct marketing purposes; and the personal data have been unlawfully
processed.
6.6 You have the right to
object to our processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your
particular situation, but only to the extent that the legal basis for the
processing is that the processing is necessary for: the performance of a task
carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of any official authority
vested in us; or the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a
third party. If you make such an objection, we will cease to process the
personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds
for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the
processing is for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
6.7 You have the right to
object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes
(including profiling for direct marketing purposes). If you make such an objection,
we will cease to process your personal data for this purpose.
6.8 There are several ways
you can stop direct marketing communications from us:
6.9 Click the ‘unsubscribe’ link in any email
communication that we send you. We will then stop any further emails from that
particular division. Communication email includes Marketing, Newsletter,
Updates from Graphic Identity Blog.
Please note that you may
continue to receive communications for a short period after changing your
preferences while our systems are fully updated.
6.10 If you consider that
our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you
have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your
habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged
infringement.
7. About cookies
7.1 A cookie is a file
containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a
web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is
then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the
server.
7.2 Cookies may be either
"persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent
cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set
expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session
cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the
web browser is closed.
7.3 Cookies do not
typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but
personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information
stored in and obtained from cookies.
8. Cookies that we use
8.1 We use cookies for the
following purposes:
(a) authentication - we use
cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our
website (cookies used for this purpose are: LinkedIn & Facebook,
_lc_session)
status - we use
cookies to help us to determine if you are logged into our website. (cookies
used for this purpose is: _lc_session)
(c) personalization - we
use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalise the
website for you (cookies used for this purpose are: locale)
security - we use
cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts,
including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our
website and services generally (cookies used for this purpose are: _lc_session)
analytics - we use
cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and
services. We may also use analytics cookies to test new advertisements, pages,
features or new functionality of the Service to see how our users react to them
(cookies used for this purpose are: google analytics)
9. Managing cookies
9.1 Most browsers allow you
to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so
vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however
obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies(Internet
Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari);
and
9.2 Blocking all cookies
will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
9.3 If you block cookies,
you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
10. Our details
10.1 This website is owned
and operated by Graphic
Identity Blog
10.2 We are a registered
corporation in Delaware, U.S.
11. You can contact us:
(b) using our Facebook
fanspage contact form at https://web.facebook.com/GraphicIdentity/app/141149985924076/
12. Data protection officer
12.1 Our data protection
officer's contact details are:
Any questions?
We hope this Privacy Notice
has been helpful in setting out the way we handle your personal data and your
rights to control it. If you have any questions that haven’t been covered,
please contact us by email – graphicidentity.blog@gmail.com.
This
policy was last updated on 20-May-2018
