Privacy Notice
This privacy notice explains how Megan V. Walker collects and uses personal information when you visit meganvwalker.com or subscribe to receive blog updates.
Megan V. Walker is the data controller responsible for the personal information described in this notice.
1. Information I collect
Information you provide
When you complete a subscription form, I may collect:
- Your name, if requested
- Your email address
- The blog topics you choose to receive
- Your subscription preferences
- The date, time and source of your consent
You can choose which available topics you wish to subscribe to. I will use this information to send you relevant blog updates based on those choices.
Please do not provide sensitive or special-category personal information through a subscription form.
Information collected automatically
When you visit this website, certain technical and usage information may be collected automatically. This may include:
- Your IP address
- Browser and device type
- Operating system
- Referring website
- Pages viewed
- Approximate location
- The date and time of your visit
- Information about how you interact with the website
This information may be collected through cookies and analytics technologies. Where consent is legally required, non-essential cookies and analytics technologies will not be used unless you accept them.
My email service provider may also collect information about the delivery of and interaction with subscription emails, such as whether an email was delivered, opened or a link was selected.
2. How I use your information
I may use your information to:
- Manage your subscription
- Send blog updates relating to your chosen topics
- Record and manage your communication preferences
- Process unsubscribe requests
- Maintain the security and operation of the website
- Understand website and email performance
- Improve the website and its content
- Respond to questions about your personal information
I will not use your subscription details to send you updates about topics you have not chosen unless you separately update your preferences or provide additional consent.
3. Lawful basis for using your information
I rely on your consent to use your name, email address and topic preferences to send blog subscription emails.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by:
- Selecting the unsubscribe or preference-management link included in an email; or
- Emailing hello@meganvwalker.com
Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before it was withdrawn.
I may rely on my legitimate interests to:
- Operate and secure the website
- Understand how the website and emails are performing
- Prevent misuse
- Maintain a limited record of unsubscribe requests
- Respond to privacy-related enquiries
Where cookies or similar technologies require consent, I will request that consent separately.
4. Sharing your information
I do not sell or rent your personal information.
I may share information with trusted service providers that help me operate the website and manage subscriptions, including:
- Website hosting providers
- Email subscription and delivery providers
- Website security and maintenance providers
- Analytics providers
- Cookie consent providers
These service providers may only use the information as necessary to provide their services and must handle it appropriately.
I may also disclose personal information where required by law, to protect my legal rights or to prevent fraud, misuse or security threats.
5. International data transfers
Some service providers may process or store personal information outside the United Kingdom.
Where this happens, I will take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate legal safeguards are in place. These may include an adequacy decision, approved contractual protections or another safeguard permitted under UK data protection law.
6. Cookies and similar technologies
This website may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Provide essential website functionality
- Remember your preferences
- Protect the website from misuse
- Understand how visitors use the website
- Measure the performance of content
Non-essential cookies will be managed through the website’s cookie consent controls where required. You can change or withdraw your cookie choices through those controls.
You can also restrict or delete cookies using your browser settings, although doing so may affect how parts of the website work.
7. How long I keep your information
Subscription information will normally be retained while you remain subscribed.
If you unsubscribe, your details will be removed from the active subscription list. A limited suppression record may be retained so that your unsubscribe request can be respected and you are not accidentally added back to the mailing list without providing new consent.
Website analytics information will be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for analysis, security and website improvement. Retention periods may vary depending on the service used and its configured settings.
Information may be retained for longer where required to comply with a legal obligation, resolve a dispute or protect legal rights.
When personal information is no longer needed, it will be deleted or anonymised where reasonably possible.
8. Your data protection rights
Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:
- Ask for a copy of the personal information held about you
- Ask for inaccurate or incomplete information to be corrected
- Ask for your personal information to be deleted
- Ask for the use of your information to be restricted
- Object to certain uses of your information
- Receive certain information in a portable format
- Withdraw your consent at any time
You have an absolute right to object to your personal information being used for direct marketing.
To exercise any of these rights, email hello@meganvwalker.com. I may need to request information to confirm your identity before completing your request.
You will not normally be charged for exercising your rights. However, a reasonable fee may be charged, or a request may be refused, where legally permitted—for example, if a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.
9. Keeping your information secure
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect personal information against accidental loss, unauthorised access, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
However, no website, email system or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
10. Links to other websites
This website may contain links to third-party websites. I am not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those websites.
You should review the privacy notice of any external website you visit.
11. Changes to this privacy notice
This notice may be updated when the website, subscription services or legal requirements change.
The latest version will be published on this page, with the date of the most recent update shown at the top.
12. Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy notice or how your personal information is used, contact:
Megan V. Walker
Email: hello@meganvwalker.com
Website: https://meganvwalker.com/