Welcome to my site – monicakingsley.co!
Your privacy is important to me, and I collect as little information as possible, essentially only what you decide to share voluntarily, and what the tools and plugins mentioned that I use, work with. I am no fan of personalized ads, retargeting, or marketing automation – no false choices of either tolerating privacy compromises, or getting better service. Merely heeding the Site’s functionality and security objective, I will not sell, resell, rent, lend or swap your information with nonaffiliated third parties beyond section 9.1. Thanks for your patience with the below legal information before moving to the marvellous markets and trading…
1. Introduction
1.1. Monica Kingsley is committed to the privacy and security of your Personal Information (defined below). Please read on to learn how your Personal Information is collected, used and disclosed. As regards the privacy practices of the external tools and plugins, please see their respective Privacy Policies.
2. Definitions
2.1. Such is the definition of the terms used:
Personal Data (Information) = any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (Data subject), such as name, location data, email address, online identifier, User-contributed content, or to one or more factors specific to the identity of such natural person
Non-personal Data = data logged for internal system-related and statistical purposes, which cannot be tracked back to you, such as date and time of access, data volume transferred, notification of successful access and transfer, web browser and requesting domain; data disclosing your identity will not be publicly used, but may be collected in anonymized form, in particular for purposes of statistical analysis
Processing = all activities related to the use of personal data, starting with collection, through storage and disposal, and everything in between.
Data Subject = the natural person whose personal data is being processed
Effective Date = date, when this Privacy Policy takes effect (displayed at the bottom)
The Site = monicakingsley.co
The Account = the free registration on the Site
The Service(s) = the premium content accessible upon creating Account
User = anyone who accesses or connects to the Site
Account Holder = registered User who created Account
Link = hyperlink or mention of another site
3. User Privacy and Data Protection
3.1. I believe user privacy and data protection belongs among human rights.
3.2. I take protecting your privacy seriously, and recognize the duty of care to you.
3.3. I will only collect and process data when absolutely necessary, and whenever I do, I will make it clear why I am doing it and how it will be used.
3.4. I will not send you email newsletters that you have not subscribed to – you will always have a choice to unsubscribe.
3.5. I will not share your Personal Information with anyone else without your permission
4. How Personal Information Is Collected
4.1. Different Personal Data is collected in different ways:
a) Personal Data you provide to me
You provide me with Personal Data when you correspond with myself via the Site, either on your own or on behalf of an organization. You are also providing me with your Personal Data when you subscribe and become an Account Holder.
b) Personal Data I collect automatically
As you use the Site, I collect technical data including your browser type, IP (Internet Protocol) address used to connect to the Internet, and your usage habits. This is done using cookies, and is stored in log files so as to analyze trends, administer and improve the Site, and better tailor it to your needs.
5. Cookies
5.1. Monica Kingsley uses Google Analytics so as to collect important data about Site usage. Cookies of the default Google data reterntion period of 26 months are used, and you may refuse their use by modifying the relevant settings on your browser, which may however result in being unable to take advantage of the Site’s full functionality. By using the Site, you consent to processing automatically collected data by the above tools and plugins – please see their respective Privacy Policies.
5.2. RSS feeds and third-party icons such as social media ones, can monitor traffic, statistics and other Site activites, and may use their own cookies, beacons, pixels and/or other technologies to produce anonymous statistics for their own purposes – please see their applicable Privacy Policies as these are independent of Monica Kingsley’s Privacy Policy.
6. Advertising
6.1. Monica Kingsley uses:
a) the CookieYes plugin for GDPR and CCPA compliance that makes the Site’s scripts wait to load until you give explicit consent
b) the Delete Me plugin that allows you to automatically delete your profile on the Site
6.2. Please note that you can opt out of Google’s usage of cookies by opting out at Google advertising opt-out page, by disabling cookies through relevant browser settings, or through using Google Analytics Opt-our Addon in your browser.
7. Purpose of Using the Data
7.1. Personal and Non-personal Data is used to verify your identity when using the Site, improving the Site design, style and content, informing you about and delivering the Service(s) or promotional offers, sending you messages about your subscription, account details, or email newsletters, displaying brief surveys, communicating with you, or notifying you about material changes to the Site’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, wherever and whenever applicable.
7.2. Where the legal basis for processing your Personal Data is that you have provided your consent, you may withdraw your consent by email at at any time, without suffering any detriment. This doesn’t make processing your Personal Data before you withdrew your consent, unlawful.
8. Retention and Transfers of Personal Data
8.1. Your personal data will not be kept for longer than is necessary to fulfill the specific purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, and to allow Monica Kingsley to comply with legal requirements, protect her, your or others’ rights.
8.2. So as to best serve Monica Kingsley’s Users and Account Holders, the Site is hosted with SG Hosting, Ïnc. in the USA, which has been certified under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework with the U.S. Department of Commerce as GDPR compliant. Such hosting location makes for fast loading of the Site and its better performance in search engine rankings.
9. Who Is Personal Data Shared With
9.1. The types of third party data processors that some of your Personal Data may be shared with, include:
a) providers of email management and distribution tools – for example, if you sign up to become an Account Holder eligible to receive newsletters and other communications, Monica Kingsley will manage the delivery of these to you using a third party email distribution tool
b) providers of security / antispam / fraud prevention / backup services – for example, these providers are used to identify automated software agents that might attempt to gain access to the Site, disrupt it or its Service(s) including their delivery, and to maintain the Site’s functionalities
c) providers of data aggregation and analytics software services enabling to effectively monitor and optimize the Site or delivery of its Services
10. Your Legal Rights and Choices
10.1. Under certain circumstances, by law you have the right to request access to your Personal Data (to receive its copy and check it’s being lawfully processed), request correction of your Data (to ask any incomplete or inaccurate Information be corrected), or request erasure of your Data (to ask that your Data be deleted or removed whenever you believe there is no good reason for it to be processed anymore)
11. Feedback and Complaints
11.1. Monica Kingsley thoroughly welcomes feedback. Please don’t hesitate and address her your thoughts using the email mk@monicakingsley.co or Contact feature on the Site as a first course of action in order to resolve the matter. Alternatively, you may send a letter to:
Monica Kingsley
Fintajslova 43
690 02 Breclav
Czech Republic
You may also then turn to the relevant authorities to make a complaint, such as the European Data Protection Supervisor (EU), the Federal Trade Commission (USA), or the Information Commissioner’s Office (UK).
12. Changes
12.1. Monica Kingsley reserves the right, at her sole discretion, to modify or replace this Privacy Policy at any time so as to reflect feedback, align them with new projects or conform to changes in the legal environment. Whenever changes to the Privacy Policy are made, the Effective Date at the bottom of this document, will be revised.
12.2. Should the changes be material, Monica Kingsley will try to provide at least 30 days’ notice prior to such changes taking effect, by sending you an email notification. What constitutes a material change will be determined at her sole discretion.
Effective Date (Last Updated): Jan 17, 2023
