Our Privacy Policy
Being an ex-lawyer, I hate long legal documents even more than you! But, this is important. However I promise it’s not too boring! I’ve tried to keep it simple (well, as simple as possible, but your data is important!).
Basically, this policy sets out the basis on which any personal data I collect from you, or that you provide to me, will be processed by me or my company Write Shape Ltd.
I’d really appreciate if you could read the policy below, so you understand my practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. It also states why and how I collect your data.
By visiting my website www.sumayyausmani.com you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy, I just want you to know exactly what we collect and why.
We collect your emails and contact details, but I’d like to assure you that we do not sell, rent or trade any email lists or any other information you provide with any third parties. You’ll also see information on when and why we collect your personal data, and you’ll be able to see why and in which circumstances this information might be shared. Its important to know that these rules are legally enforceable by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Don’t worry it’s not scary!
The data controller in respect of my website and services provided is Write Shape Ltd. For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the data controller is Sumayya Usmani of Write Shape Ltd.
1. YOUR DATA COLLECTED
I take your privacy seriously, and will only use your personal information for the following reasons:
1. Legal purposes, as I have to provide evidence of income for tax purposes.
2. The monitoring and improving our website and services.
3. The performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.
Your personal information will not be shared with third parties for marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We process the following categories of your data:
GOOGLE ANALYTICS – We may process data about your use of our website and services. 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.
We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
You can usually switch cookies off by adjusting your browser settings to stop it from accepting cookies (Learn how here). Doing so however will likely limit the functionality of our’s and a large proportion of the world’s websites as cookies are a standard part of most modern websites
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 24 months.
CUSTOMER DATA – We may process your customer profile data, including your name, business name, address, telephone number, email address and website login details, which you provide in order for the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.
PURCHASING DATA - We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of goods and services, that you enter into with us and/or through our website. The information in this data may include your contact details, your card details and the transaction details. This may be required to supply the purchased goods and services and for keeping a record of those transactions for legal and accounting purposes.
MAILING LISTS – You have to sign up to any of our newsletters to able to get one, so we do not automatically send you newsletters. Therefore we would not send you an email without your consent. If you subscribe to m newsletters, it’ll be because you have subscribed to them.
You always have the right to unsubscribe to my newsletters, Sometimes I might send out a newsletter to inform you of new products, or services or to check your details are correct, to also find out if you’re happy and need any assistance. This also will only if you had subscribed earlier to my email newsletters. We will never trade, sell or rent out your emails ever to any other business or organisation.
We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters. We use a third party email provider called Flodesk to deliver my newsletters. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technology to be monitor and improve my newsletter. For more information, please click here to read Flodesk’s privacy policy.
You may unsubscribe to my email subscription at any time, the unsubscribe button is at the footer of all my emails, or please contact Sumayya Usmani at sumayya@sumayyausmani.com to get further assistance.
COOKIES -
Information about our use of cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. [By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.]
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
4. SHARING YOUR DATA
We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of conditions of supply and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Write Shape Ltd, our customers, or others.
We may disclose data to our suppliers or subcontractors as reasonably necessary for the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract, for example Royal Mail or any other courier service we may use to deliver any items you might purchase from my website.
Any financial transactions on this website for my services or products are handles by our payment services providers Stripe. The transaction data is shared with Stripe for the purposes of processing your payments, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds. You can find information about the payment services providers’ privacy policies and practices at https://stripe.com/gb/privacy.
5. ANY INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF DATA
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
6. YOU HAVE RIGHTS!
You have the right to ask me not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you or by contacting me at any time.
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
Access to information
The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.
7. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
This policy was last updated on MAY 5TH, 2021. Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.
If you have any questions, requests or comments about my privacy policy please do get in touch with Sumayya Usmani at sumayya@sumayyausmani.com
Thank you