Privacy policy

The policy: This privacy policy notice is for this website: zoeamar.com. It is served by Zoe Amar Communications Limited of Kemp House, 152-160 City Road London EC1V 2NX and governs the privacy of those who use this website. The purpose of this policy is to explain to you how we control, process, handle and protect your personal information while browsing or using this website, including your rights under current laws and regulations. If you do not agree to the following policy you may wish to cease using this website.

Policy key definitions:

  • “I”, “our”, “us”, or “we” refer to the business, Zoe Amar Communications Limited, also trading as Zoe Amar Digital.
  • “you”, “the user” refer to the person(s) using this website.
  • UK GDPR means the UK General Data Protection Regulation.
  • PECR means Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulation.
  • ICO means Information Commissioner’s Office.
  • Cookies mean small files stored on a users computer or device.

 

Processing of your personal data

Under the UK GDPR  we control and process any personal information about you electronically using the following lawful basis.

We use the Consent lawful basis under the UK GDPR for the processing of your information when you explicitly consent to subscribe to our email mailing list. Your information is used to send you marketing messages within the scope outlined to you at the point of subscription.

You have the right to opt out of receiving marketing messages at any time by contacting us or by using the ‘unsubscribe’ link in emails.  You also have the right to withdraw your consent to marketing messages at any time.

On the Zoe Amar Digital site your personal information is stored with Mailchimp who are a third party organisation. Their Privacy Policy can be seen here. Your data will only ever be used for our newsletter, and will not be shared with anyone else.

On the Charity Digital Skills Report website your personal information will be stored securely in the backend of this WordPress website, then manually downloaded and stored with Mailchimp. It will be used for The Charity Digital Skills Report newsletter, and not shared with anyone else. 

Across both websites, tools from the Google Marketing Platform, such as Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, are used to collect data about website users. This data is only collected when explicit consent has been provided via our cookie banner, and consent can be revoked at any time. This data is stored with Google who are a third party organisation and their privacy policy can be seen here. Google may also associate data collected from our websites with information linked to your existing Google accounts, in order to provide more accurate reporting. This data is anonymous and only used by Google if you have provided explicit consent within your Google account. To find out more about this, visit the “My Activity” section of your Google profile.

If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.

Your individual rights

Under the UK GDPR your rights are as follows. You can read more about your rights in details here;

  • the right to be informed;
  • the right of access;
  • the right to rectification;
  • the right to erasure;
  • the right to restrict processing;
  • the right to data portability;
  • the right to object; and
  • the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.

If you would like to exercise any of those rights, please email, call or write to us: https://zoeamar.com/contact/

You also have the right to complain to the ICO if you feel there is a problem with the way we are handling your data.

We handle subject access requests in accordance with the UK GDPR.

Internet cookies

We use cookies on this website to provide you with a better user experience. Please refer to our statement on the use of Internet cookies on this website to find out more.

Data Retention Period for Google Analytics

After consenting to our use of Google Analytics cookies, your data is stored on Google’s Universal Analytics for 26 months, and Google Analytics 4 for 14 months. From 1st July 2023, Universal Analytics will no longer be collecting data.

Data security and protection

We ensure the security of any personal information we hold by using secure data storage technologies and precise procedures in how we store, access and manage that information. Our methods meet the UK GDPR compliance requirement.

Transparent Privacy Explanations

We have provided some further explanations about user privacy and the way we use this website to help promote a transparent and honest user privacy methodology.

Sponsored links, affiliate tracking & commissions

Currently our website does not contain adverts, sponsored or affiliate links, neither are we working with any advertising suppliers or affiliates.

Email marketing messages & subscription

Under the UK GDPR we use the consent lawful basis mentioned above for anyone subscribing to our newsletter or marketing mailing list. We only collect certain data about you, as detailed in the “Processing of your personal data” section above. Any email marketing messages we send are done so through an Email Marketing Service provider (EMS). An EMS is a third party service provider of software or applications that allows marketers to send out email marketing campaigns to a list of users.

Email marketing messages that we send may contain tracking beacons, tracked clickable links or similar server technologies in order to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of data such as: times; dates; I.P addresses; opens; clicks; forwards; geographic and demographic data. Such data, within its limitations will show the activity each subscriber made for that email campaign.

Any email marketing messages we send are in accordance with the UK GDPR and the PECR. We provide you with an easy method to withdraw your consent (unsubscribe) or manage your preferences and the information we hold about you at any time. This can be done by clicking ‘unsubscribe’ at the bottom of any email we send you and following that link through to our Unsubscribe form.

If you wish to receive our newsletters, you have to sign up to our Mailing List via our website. In doing so, you are providing consent for us to process your personal data for the specific purpose of sending you these occasional newsletters and email updates.

We only collect email addresses and an individual’s name, although this latter item is completely optional. This data is stored within Mailchimp’s database, through whom we send our emails. You can find Mailchimp’s Privacy Policy here.

Our EMS provider is Mailchimp. We collect and hold the following information about you within this EMS system:

  • Email address
  • Name (if provided by you)
  • Subscription time & date

Resources & further information

 Last updated: May 2023