This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) determines how goldenhouurwriters.com obtains, collects and uses your information and in course of services provision via the Site (all of the above together referred to as the “Services”). By accessing this Site or using the Services you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Policy and accepted the rules and conditions provided herein. We reserve the right to make changes to this Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Revised” date of this Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification. You are encouraged to periodically review this Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Policy is posted.
We collect information directly from you when you provide it to us when You use Our Services, create an account on Our Site, or contact Us through email, telephone number or any other way.
The personal information provided by You may include the following:
Please note that we do not collect any sensitive information like racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, physical or mental health information. etc.
We may process the personal data you provided us voluntarily for the purposes defined below:
- to provide Services to you, to create your account, respond to your inquiries, requests, and complaints as well as support the provision of Services (including technical and customer support);
- to contact you for the purpose of operational requirements (e.g. for technical updates or updates on changes in our usage policies);
- to send you company updates and marketing offers based on your consent to receive such information from Us;
- to protect our Services, to prevent fraud and maintain a safe and secure marketplace and services;
- to save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual’s vital interest, such as to prevent harm;
- To determine the effectiveness of our marketing and promotional campaigns;
- to maintain appropriate business records, to comply with applicable laws and regulations or as otherwise required by law.
Lawful basis for using your personal information:
We process your personal information only when we have lawful bases under applicable law. Processing will be justified on the basis that:
- you have provided your consent for us to use your personal information for a specific purpose, such as sending you our newsletters and marketing emails;
- our use of your personal information is necessary to perform a contract or take steps to enter into a contract with you (e.g. to provide you with services which you have purchased);
- processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests (e.g. the assessment of business efficiency by analyzing website traffic and financial performance indicators;
- user session control and fraud prevention, ensuring the appropriate protection of personal data; promotion of Services through social media networks);
- the processing is necessary to comply with a relevant legal obligation or regulatory obligation that we have (e.g. data subject request processing).
Data sharing:
Third-party service providers; In order to provide Services and operate the Site We may share your data with third-party service providers, contractors, who perform services for Us such as hosting services, billing and payment processors, web analytics and performance tools services. Consistent with applicable legal requirements, we take appropriate technical and organizational measures to require third parties to adequately safeguard your personal information and only process it in accordance with our instructions.
Compliance with laws and law enforcement entities; We share personal information with law enforcement agencies, public authorities or other parties in order to respond to a subpoena or court order, judicial process or to regulatory authorities, if we believe we are required to do so by law, or that doing so is reasonably necessary to comply with legal processes;
Business Transfers; We reserve the right to sell, assign, or transfer our business or assets. In any such event or similar event, including but not limiting to a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution, etc., Personal Information or Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that any acquirer or successor of ours may continue to use your Personal Information or Personal Data as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
How long we keep your personal Information:
Your personal information will be stored no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal information is processed unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Generally, We retain your personal information as long as your account is active. In case your account expires or you decide to delete your account We retain your personal data no longer than necessary to fulfill our legal obligations. Personal Information collected when you opted in receiving marketing letters will be stored as long as you are interested in receiving our marketing emails and newsletters. We consider that you’re interested in this until you unsubscribe from the mailing list or the newsletter by clicking the respective link contained in each of our emails.
Links to third-party sites:
Our Site may, from time to time, contain links to and from third-party sites, online services, or mobile applications and/or contain advertisements from third parties. If you follow any link to a third-party resource, keep in mind that this site, service or application has its own privacy policy and that We do not assume any responsibility or obligations under such policy. Please examine this policy prior to transferring any personal data to another third-party resource.
Security of your personal information:
We take technical and organizational measures to ensure the information is processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of information. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal user data and other information transmitted to us. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.
Collection of personal information from minors:
Our Site and Services are not intended for use by children under the age of 18 years. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18, we will delete that personal information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at support@goldenhourwriters.com.
Your privacy rights
Under applicable EU regulation, you have the following rights in respect of your personal information:
- the right of access -to obtain a copy of your personal information together with information about how and on what basis that personal information is processed;
- the right to rectification - to rectify inaccurate personal information;
- the right to erasure - to erase your personal information in limited circumstances where;
(a) you believe that it is no longer necessary for Us to hold your personal information;
(b) We are processing your personal information on the basis of legitimate interests and you object to such processing, and We cannot demonstrate an overriding legitimate ground for the processing;
(c) where you have provided your personal information to Us with your consent and you wish to withdraw your consent and there is no other ground under which We can process your personal information; and
(d) where you believe the personal information We hold about you is being unlawfully processed by Us;
- the right to restrict processing -to restrict processing of your personal information where:
(a) the accuracy of the personal information is contested;
(b) the processing is unlawful but you object to the erasure of the personal information;
(c) We no longer require the personal information for the purposes for which it was collected, but it is required for the establishment, exercise or defense of a legal claim or
(d) you have objected to Us processing your personal information based on Our legitimate interests and We are considering your objection;
- the right to object- to challenge processing which We have justified on the basis of Our legitimate interest;
- the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing- to object to decisions that are based solely on automated processing or profiling;
- the right to data portability - where you have provided your personal information to Us with your consent, to ask Us for a copy of this data in a structured, machine-readable format and to ask Us to share (port) this data to another data controller;
In addition to the above, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority for data protection. You can make a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 14 below. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws. We will ask you for additional data to confirm your identity and for security purposes, before disclosing data requested to you. We reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law. We will decline to process requests that jeopardize the privacy of others, are extremely impractical, or would cause Us to take any action that is not permissible under applicable laws. Additionally, as permitted by applicable laws, We will retain where necessary certain personal information for a limited period of time for record-keeping, accounting and fraud prevention purposes.
Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 14 below.
Opting out of marketing and promotional communications: You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by contacting us using the details provided in the section 14 below. You will then be removed from the marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you — for example, to send you service-related messages that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes.
Account Information: If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can: Log in to your account settings and update your user account.
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.