Privacy Policy
Collection of Information
We collect information from you when you fill out a form or sign up for our newsletter or other services. When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.
Use of Information Collected
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
- send periodic emails.
- improve our website.
- improve reader communications
- process and manage your use of our website
- respond to your questions, comments, and requests
We will only collect and use your personal data where:
- we have lawful grounds to do so, including to comply with our legal obligations
- we are performing a contract with you for our services
- we have legitimate interests in using your data and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests
For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”), Mika Lane is the “data controller”. If you have any questions about this policy or about how we use your personal data, please contact us via our contact details at the end of this policy.
Use of Cookies
We use cookies to assess which parts of our web site are popular and which are not. Our updates to the site will depend in part on data compiled from our use of cookies, such as pages viewed, total numbers of visitors, browsers used by visitors and other traffic patterns. We do not use cookies to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a cookie. In most cases, if you choose, you can set your browser to refuse cookies or alert you to their transfer to your browser.
Sharing of your personal data
We take your privacy seriously and will not share your personal data with others, except as permitted by applicable law or as set out below:
We share personal data as necessary with third parties who provide services or functions on our behalf and who require the information to provide those specific services to us. These third parties would include the vendor we use for sending email, and our website host, as examples. Please note that we have appropriate data privacy safeguards in place with third parties with whom we share personal data as described above and who are providing services or functions on our behalf.
Information Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website as mentioned above.
Retention periods for use of your personal data
We will use and store your personal data only for as long as necessary, bearing in mind the uses of your personal data as described in this privacy policy and otherwise as communicated to you. We review the personal data we hold at regular intervals and delete permanently or anonymize any personal data which is no longer necessary.
Access to and control over your personal data
You have legal rights under applicable law in relation to your personal data. You can ask the following questions, or take the following actions, at any time by contacting us to:
- see what personal data we hold about you (if any), including why we are holding it and who it could be disclosed to
- ask us to change/correct your personal data
- ask us to delete your personal data
- object to the processing of your personal data
- ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data
- withdraw any consents you have given us to the processing of your personal data
- express any concerns you have about third parties’ use of your personal data
Third Party Links
This site may contain links to other sites. These links are provided as a convenience and a link does not imply sponsorship or approval of any of these sites. When you access one of these web sites you are leaving our site. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such others. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.
Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our website’s privacy policy.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.