Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Our website address is: https://www.jmmurphyauthor.com. The webmaster can be contacted at [email protected]/
Privacy Policy Overview
J.M. Murphy Author collectively referred to (“we”, “us”, “our”) take the issue of safeguarding your data privacy seriously – and believe it is sacrosanct. This privacy policy (“policy”) describes what information we collect about our guests, visitors, website and mobile app users, gift certificate purchasers, subscribers, enquirers, business contacts and any other individuals from time to time (each referred to as a “guest”, “user”, “you”, “your”).
Please read this privacy policy carefully. By visiting our website, using our services or otherwise interacting with us, you acknowledge the data processing activities described in this privacy policy. Please note that any linked websites are subject to their own terms and privacy policy. If we amend this policy, your continued use of our website and services will amount to your acknowledgement of the amended policy.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us by email at [email protected]
Contents
- What information might we collect about you?
- Cookie Statement
- How do we use your information.
- Your right to opt-out.
- Disclosure of your information.
- Is my information transferred overseas?
- Security of your information
- How long is my information retained?
- Information about children.
- Your rights.
- What information might we collect about you?
We may process the following information about you.
Information you provide to us. You may give us information about you by filling in forms, subscribing to newsletters and other services, ordering a product, sending an “enquiry” using our contact form, or by contacting us in personal or professional capacity by e-mail, phone or otherwise. This information may include your name, email address, billing address, the content of any email you send to us and other email content. You are under no obligation to provide this information, but without it, we may be unable to respond to you and to provide you with the requested services, content or information.
If you give us consent to email you, we will send you communications from J.M. Murphy Author about special offers or events which may interest you. We believe in ethical marketing and guarantee you will not be bombarded, and the information will be sent no more frequently than monthly and no more than 12 per year. We will not allow partners to email you nor ever sell your data to any company.
Regarding your website visits use we may collect:
Information that does not reveal your personal identity; for example, you IP address. We use this data mainly for to ensure communication relevance, and we may connect it to your name or email address;
Technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, date and time you access our website, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and similar information; and
Information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our website, pages you viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.
Where European data protection laws apply to our processing of your information, called “personal data”. In such case, you will be referred to as a “data subject”. Personal data will include any information from which you can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or by one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person. Where applicable, we will process your personal data in compliance with such laws.
- Cookie Statement – What Exactly Are Cookies?
In order to collect some of the information described in this policy, we may use cookies, on our website. A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent to your browser and stored on your device – it does not record your personal details, like name, address etc. First party cookies are placed by the website you are visiting.
On your first visit to our website, a pop-up message will appear asking for your consent to place cookies on your device. To provide your consent, please click ‘Accept’. You can also adjust cookie settings to your preferences. Once your consent has been provided, this message will not appear again when you revisit.
Third party cookies are placed by third parties such as Google.
For more information about cookies please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
For information about our Cookie Policy & how to change your preferences clink link below or go to https://www.jmmurphyauthor.com/cookie-policy
- How do we use your information?
We may process your information in accordance with the law as required in order to:
(a) respond to and process your queries, comments, complaints and requests;
(b) deliver the services, products or content requested by you, manage and administer your user account send you service communications, and allow you to use interactive features on our website, when you choose to do so;
(c) provide you with a customised service including customer service;
(d) display content on our websites and apps, such as stories, product reviews, comments and photos, provided by you and with your permission;
(e) handle job application that you may make to us, carry out profiling for recruitment purposes, and use recruitment tools that allow us to assess our applicants’ suitability for specific roles;
(f) enable our suppliers and service providers to carry out certain functions on our behalf, including the hosting of our websites and booking platforms, verification, technical, logistical or other functions;
(g) send you personalised marketing communications, alerts and newsletters through our marketing channels, and serve personalised ads to your devices, subject to your consent or otherwise as permitted by law;
(h) communicate with you about, and administer your participation in, special events, programs, surveys, contests, sweepstakes, and other offers or promotions;
(i) administer our business including financial operations, credit checks and debt recoveries;
(j) carry out data analysis, statistical research, and trend analysis in relation to user activity, demographic information, guest profiles, user comments or other contributions to develop and improve our websites, products and services and to ensure the effectiveness of our business efforts;
(k) carry out automated decision making, involving profiling in relation to your use of the JM Murphy Author website in order to provide customised offers and benefits tailored to your preferences (you have certain rights in respect of automated decision making, where the decision has a significant legal impact on you, for further information, see ‘Your Rights’ section below).
(l) comply with applicable law, for example, in response to a request from a court or regulatory body, where such request is made in accordance with the law. We also record information to comply with financial reporting requirements, including those imposed by auditors and government regulators. We may also collect certain information as required by local laws;
The legal basis for our processing of your personal data for the purposes described above will typically include:
processing necessary to fulfil a contract, such as our processing orders;
processing necessary for our or a third party’s legitimate interests, such as the processing for the purposes set out in paragraphs (e), (f), (h), (i), and (j), which is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interests to ensure that our website, services and content are competitive and provided efficiently, without delays and in an user-friendly and personalised manner taking into account user feedback, data and profiles, to ensure the security of our business and information of our users, and to ensure the proper and efficient administration of our business, unless consent is required for any such processing under applicable law;
your consent, such as the processing for the purposes set out in paragraph (g) and 2, where such consent is required under applicable law;
processing necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, such as the processing for the purposes set out in paragraph (l); and
other applicable legal grounds for processing from time to time.
- Your right to opt-out
If you would like us to stop sending you marketing communications you may use the opt-out link below or the unsubscribe link in our marketing communications.
You may also send us a request at [email protected] – we will aim to respond as soon as reasonably possible.
If you, or another user of your device, wish to withdraw your cookies consent at any time, you have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying your browser setting. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of our website, content and services.
For more information about which cookies may be placed on your device and how to opt-out, please access here. You may opt-out from Google Analytics here. In some instances, when you opt-out, a new cookie (Opt-Out-Cookie) is placed in your web browser. This tells the third party provider to cease data collection from your browser and prevents advertisements from being delivered to you.
5. Disclosure of your information
We may disclose your information in accordance with the law for the purposes listed above to third parties including:
the public where you have included information in our blogs, forums or discussion groups;
our outsourced suppliers, service providers, consultants, databases, incident response or business continuity providers; our analytics and customer relationship management partners; our marketing, communications, and advertising partners;
in the case of a merger or sale, your personal data will be permanently transferred to a successor company or new owner;
public authorities where we are required by law to do so; and
any other third party where you have provided your consent.
6. Is my information transferred overseas?
We may transfer your information outside of the country in which it was collected for the purposes and to the parties set out above.
Such transfers of data may be to a country which may not provide the same level of privacy protection as that provided by the country in which the information was collected. However, we will take reasonable steps (including entering into data transfer agreements based on the European Commission model clauses, where required) to ensure that your personal data are adequately protected by using appropriate technical, organisation, contractual and other lawful means. If you are located in the European Economic Area or in the UK, you may contact us for a copy of the safeguards which we have put in place to protect your personal data in these circumstances.
7. Security of your information
We endeavour to protect your information through the measures set out below. Unfortunately, we cannot always guarantee complete security. Unauthorised entry or use, hardware or software failures, events outside our control and other factors, may compromise the security of your information. Nevertheless, we will comply with our obligation to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security of personal data appropriate to safeguard against the risks of a personal data breach.
JM Murphy Author stores information in a secure location, be it a database, marketing and research database or a filing cabinet. Furthermore, we take steps to ensure that only designated individuals have access to this information. We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology, which encrypts information you input, and which is certified by the Secure Server Certification Authority.
It is important to note that e-mail communications are not secure. There is a risk inherent in the use of email. Please be aware of this when requesting information or sending forms to us by e-mail (for example, from the “Contact Us” section of our website). We recommend that you do not include any confidential information (i.e. credit card information) when using email. For your protection, our email responses to you will not include any confidential information.
Finally, to be prudent, please be sure to always close your browsers when you are done using a form or the reservation site. Although the session will terminate after a short period of inactivity, it is best to close your browsers immediately upon completion. Be sure to choose strong login credentials when setting up an account and protect yourself against unauthorised access to your password and to your computer.
8. How long is my information retained?
Your personal data will be retained for as long as is necessary for the purposes listed above or as required by applicable law. If you are located in the European Economic Area or in the UK, you may contact us about further detail about our data retention periods in relation to your personal data.
We may keep an anonymized form of your personal data, which will no longer refer to you, for statistical purposes without time limits, to the extent that we have a legitimate and lawful reason to do so.
9. Information about children
This section is for parents, guardians and children under the age of 16.
If you are under 16, please ask your parent or guardian before using any of our services including our website and other services.
We may also ask parents and guardians about the interests of their children. With the consent of a parent or guardian we may send children information about events. If you are under 16, when you receive information from us please always ask your parent or guardian before making a decision.
If you are under 16 and you are not sure about this, just ask your parent or guardian to let us know. We will delete information about you unless there is a legal reason to keep it. You can also tell our staff or email us at [email protected]
Please speak to us if you have further questions about this policy.
10. Your rights
Where European data protection laws apply and you are a data subject whose personal data are processed by us, you may have certain rights in relation to your personal data, as further described below. In such circumstances, you may exercise your rights by emailing us to [email protected] or [email protected].
Right to make subject access request (SAR). Data subjects may request in writing copies of their personal data. Where possible, we will enable our users to access their information.
Compliance with SARs is subject to certain limitations and exemptions and the rights of other individuals. Each request should make clear that a SAR is being made. You may also be required to submit a proof of your identity, where applicable. JM Murphy Author will endeavour to respond to any SARs within one month or as otherwise prescribed by law.
Right to rectification. Data subjects may request that we rectify any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Right to withdraw consent. Data subjects may at any time withdraw their consent to the processing of their personal data conducted by us based on their previous consent. Such withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on such previous consent. Please note that if you withdraw your consent, you may not be able to benefit certain service features for which the processing of your personal data is essential.
Right to object to processing including profiling. We will comply with valid objection requests unless we have a compelling overriding legitimate ground for the continuation of our processing, or we have another lawful reason to refuse the data subject’s request. We will comply with each valid opt-out request in relation to marketing communications without delay, however, it might take up to 14 days to have your profile deleted from all our systems.
Rights in relation to automated decisions about you. Where we make a decision based solely on automated processing which significantly affects the data subject, her or she may have the right to contest the decision, express his or her point of view and obtain human intervention.
Restriction. Data subjects may request that we restrict our processing of their personal data in various circumstances. We will comply, unless there is a lawful reason for not doing so, such as, a legal obligation to continue processing your personal data in a certain way.
Right to erasure. Data subjects may request that we erase personal data about them, which will be complied with, unless there is a lawful reason for not doing so. For example, there may be an overriding legitimate ground for keeping the personal data, such as, a legal obligation that we must comply with.
Right to data portability. In certain circumstances, data subjects may request the controller to provide a copy of their personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have it transferred to another provider of the same or similar services. To the extent this applies to our services, we will comply with such transfer request. Please note that a transfer to another provider does not imply the erasure of personal data.
Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. We suggest that data subjects contact us about any questions or complaints in relation to how we process their personal data. However, each data subject has the right to contact the relevant European supervisory authority directly.
This version of our privacy policy was published in November, 2022
