Privacy policy

Published 25 January 2025

Your privacy matters to me. I’ve worked hard to ensure my practices meet the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

This privacy policy explains what information I collect from you and how it is used. It applies where I am acting as a “controller” of your personal data – in other words, in circumstances where I determine how and why your personal information is used.

Definitions

Throughout this document, the term this website refers to the text, images, digital files and other content accessible via the internet domain name dfeditorial.com.

The terms I, me and my refer to Dominic Fenn, the owner and operator of this website. The terms you and your refer to the person(s) using this website.

What types of data do I process?

The systems I use may collect the following types of data from you:

information about your use of this website, such as your device or browser type, your IP address, which website or social media platform you clicked through from, which pages you visit, and how long you spend on them
your name and email address, if you choose to sign up for my email newsletter
information that you send me via the contact form.

Why do I process this data?

I process this information

to enable you to access and use my services
for security purposes, to protect against abuse of my systems
to personalise some aspects of my services and improve your user experience
to provide you with relevant information and offers by email
for research purposes, to help me improve my products and services
to maintain my own accounts and records as required by law.

What are my legal grounds for processing this data?

My legal grounds for processing this data, as defined under the GDPR, are:

consent – I ask for your express consent before adding you to my email subscriber list. You may withdraw consent at any time by clicking the link at the bottom of any of my marketing emails
legitimate interests – I process some personal data for legitimate business purposes; for example, to enable me to provide my services, to help me improve those services, to reply to enquiries, and to protect myself and my business from risks.

Who do I share your data with?

I use MailerLite to manage my email subscriber list and to send marketing emails to my subscribers. MailerLite is a third-party provider, which may process your data using industry-standard technologies to help me monitor and improve my newsletter.

MailerLite’s privacy policy is available at https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy

I will not disclose your personal data to anyone else unless it is necessary for me to do so in order to comply with national or international law.

I never allow third parties to use your data for their own marketing purposes.

What are your rights?

You have certain rights under the GDPR, including the right to have your information deleted. For more information, see https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/

You can unsubscribe from my mailing list by clicking the link at the bottom of any of my marketing emails. Alternatively, you can ask me to delete your information manually by contacting me.

Cookies

This website does not serve “cookies” to members of the public.

Children

This website is aimed at adult users. I do not knowingly collect any information from or about persons under the age of 18.

If you are under the age of 18, you must not sign up to my email subscriber list.

Amendments to this policy

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time. You should check it occasionally to make sure that you are still happy with the details.