Introduction

I am committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy sets out the basis that any personal data collected from you, or that you provide, will be processed by me. It covers information that could identify you (“personal information”) and information that could not. In the context of the law and this notice, “process” means collect, store, transfer, use or otherwise act on information.

Please read this policy carefully to understand my views and practices regarding your personal data and how it will be treated. By visiting ancientwisdomwithin.com you are accepting and consenting to this policy.

I regret that if there are one or more points below with which you are not happy, your only recourse is to leave this website immediately.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the data controller is Nicole River Michaelides of ancientwisdomwithin.com. This page informs you of my policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information received from users of the Site. Your personal Information is only used for improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

This policy complies with UK law accordingly implemented, including that required by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The law requires me to tell you about your rights and my obligations to you in regards to the processing and control of your personal data. I do this now, by requesting that you read the information provided at knowyourprivacyrights.org.

Information Collection and Use

While using this Site, I may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personal identifiable information will only include your name, email address, and phone number. I do not share, or sell, or disclose to a third party, any information collected through this website.

When you create an account on this website, buy a product or service from me, or otherwise agree to my terms and conditions, a contract is formed between us. In order to carry out my obligations under that contract I must process the information you give me. Some of this information may be personal information. I may use it in order to: verify your identity for security purposes; sell products to you; provide you with services; provide you with suggestions and advice on products, services and how to obtain the most from using this website. I process this information on the basis there is a contract between us, or that you have requested I use the information before we enter into a legal contract. Additionally, I may aggregate this information in a general way and use it to provide class information, for example to monitor performance with respect to a particular service provided. If I use it for this purpose, you as an individual will not be personally identifiable. I shall continue to process this information until the contract between us ends or is terminated by either party under the terms of the contract.

Through certain actions when otherwise there is no contractual relationship between us, such as when you browse this website or ask to be provided with more information about this business, including products and services, you provide your consent to me to process information that may be personal information. Wherever possible, I aim to obtain your explicit consent to process this information, for example, by asking you to agree to my use of cookies. Sometimes you might give your consent implicitly, such as when you send me a message by e-mail to which you would reasonably expect me to reply. Except where you have consented to my use of your information for a specific purpose, I do not use your information in any way that would identify you personally. I may aggregate it in a general way and use it to provide class information, for example to monitor the performance of a particular page on this website.

I may process information on the basis there is a legitimate interest, either to you or to me, of doing so. Where I process your information on this basis, I do after having given careful consideration to: whether the same objective could be achieved through other means, whether processing (or not processing) might cause you harm; whether you would expect me to process your data, and whether you would, in the round, consider it reasonable to do so. For example, I may process your data on this basis for the purposes of: record-keeping for the proper and necessary administration of my responding to unsolicited communication from you to which I believe you would expect a response; protecting and asserting the legal rights of any party insuring against or obtaining professional advice that is required to manage business risk, protecting your interests where I believe I have a duty to do so. If you have given me explicit permission to do so, I may from time to time pass your name and contact information to selected associates whom I consider may provide services or products you would find useful. I continue to process your information on this basis until you withdraw your consent or it can be reasonably assumed that your consent no longer exists. You may withdraw your consent at any time by instructing me at river@ancientwisdomwithin.com. However, if you do so, you may not be able to use this website or my services further.

I am subject to the law like everyone else. Sometimes, I must process your information in order to comply with a statutory obligation. For example, I may be required to give information to legal authorities if they so request or if they have the proper authorisation such as a search warrant or court order. This may include your personal information.

Except as otherwise mentioned in this privacy notice, I keep your personal information only for as long as required by me: to provide you with the services you have requested; to comply with other law, including for the period demanded by our tax authorities; to support a claim or defence in court.

If you wish us to remove personally identifiable information from this website, you may contact me at river@ancientwisdomwithin.com. This may limit the services I can provide to you.

Log Data

Like many site operators, I collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit the Site (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of my Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

Requests by your web browser to my servers for web pages and other content on this website are recorded. I record information such as your geographical location, your Internet service provider and your IP address. I also record information about the software you are using to browse this website, such as the type of computer or device and the screen resolution. I use this information in aggregate to assess the popularity of the webpages on this website and how I perform in providing content to you. If combined with other information I know about you from previous visits, the data possibly could be used to identify you personally, even if you are not signed in to our website.

Communications

If you have signed up for my newsletter, I will use your email to contact you with newsletters. You will not be signed up for any newsletter from me without your explicit permission and you can opt-out at any time by clicking ‘unsubscribe’ at the bottom of my emails.

Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Like many sites, I may use cookies to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Site. This website use cookies in the following ways: to track how you use the website and to record whether you have seen specific messages displayed on the website.

Third Parties

Although I do not disclose your personal information to any third party (except as set out in this notice), I sometimes receive data that is indirectly made up from your personal information from third parties whose services I use. No such information is personally identifiable to you.

Use of site by children

I do not sell products or provide services for purchase by children, nor do I market to children.

If you are under 18, you may use this website only with consent from a parent or guardian.

I collect data about all users of and visitors to these areas regardless of age, and I anticipate that some of those users and visitors will be children. Such child users and visitors will inevitably visit other parts of the site and will be subject to whatever on-site marketing they find, wherever they visit.

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to me, but please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Any known breaches of data will be informed within 48 hours via either email or a notice on this website.

Complaints

If you complain about any of the content on this website, I shall investigate your complaint.

If I feel it is justified or if I believe the law requires me to do so, I shall remove the content while I investigate.

Free speech is a fundamental right, so I have to make a judgment as to whose right will be obstructed: yours, or that of the person who posted the content that offends you.

If I think your complaint is vexatious or without any basis, I shall not correspond with you about it.

When complaints are received, I record all the information you have given, and use that information to resolve your complaint. If your complaint reasonably requires me to contact some other person, I may decide to give to that other person some of the information contained in your complaint. I do this as infrequently as possible, but it is a matter for my sole discretion as to whether I do give information, and if I do, what that information is.

If you are not happy with our privacy policy or if have any complaint then you should put this in writing to river@ancientwisdomwithin.com.

If a dispute is not settled then I hope you will agree to attempt to resolve it by engaging in good faith with me in a process of mediation or arbitration. If you are in any way dissatisfied about how I process your personal information, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. This can be done at https://ico.org.uk/concerns.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 1st January 2023, and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

I reserve the right to update or change my Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Site or related communications after I post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

If I make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, I will notify you by placing a prominent notice on my website.

If you have any question regarding our privacy policy, please contact me.

Compliance with the Law

This privacy policy has been compiled so as to comply with the law of every country or legal jurisdiction in which we aim to do business. If you think it fails to satisfy the law of your jurisdiction, I should like to hear from you. However, ultimately it is your choice as to whether you wish to this our website.

Contact

Should you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish for your data to be removed; you can put this in writing to river@ancientwisdomwithin.com.