Gina Bley: Marketing Expert & Change Specialist
Privacy Policy
At “Gina Bley”, the privacy of my visitors is extremely important to me. This privacy policy describes the types of personal information collected and recorded and how I use it.
Latest update: 01.09.2023
This Website collects some Personal Data from its Users to provide the best browsing experience.
Data Controller and Owner
Company Name: Gina Bley Ltd
Company Number: 14933008
Company location: United Kingdom
Contact Email: privacy@ginabley.com
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that this website collects, by itself or through third-parties, there are: Cookies, Usage data and email addresses.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection. The Personal Data may be freely provided by the User or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this website.
All Data requested by this website is mandatory, and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this website to provide its services. In cases where this website specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without any consequences on the availability or the functioning of the service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or other tracking tools – by this website or by the owners of third-party services used by this website serves the purpose of providing the service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this website and confirm that they have the third party’s consent to provide the Data to the Owner.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Data Controller properly processes the Data of Users and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorised access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorised destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT-enabled tools, following organisational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge involved with the operation of the site (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Data Controller at any time.
Place
The Data is processed at the Data Controller’s operating offices and any other places where the parties involved are located. For further information, please contact the Data Controller.
Retention Time
The Data is kept for the time necessary to provide the service requested by the User or stated by the purposes outlined in this document, and the User can always request that the Data Controller suspend or remove the data.
Use of collected Data
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: Analytics, Traffic optimisation and distribution and Contacting the User.
The Personal Data used for each purpose is outlined in the specific sections of this document.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Content Commenting
Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of this Website.
Depending on the settings the Owner chooses, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their comments.
If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where it is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.
Disqus (Big Heads Labs Inc.)
Disqus is a content commenting service provided by Big Heads Labs Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behaviour.
WordPress.com Stats (Automattic Inc.)
WordPress.com Stats is an analytics service provided by Automattic Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Google Analytics (Google Inc.)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilises the Data collected to track and examine the use of this website, to prepare reports on its activities and to share them with other Google services. Google may use the Data collected to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.
IP address data is anonymous by removing the last octet – click here for more information.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out
Mailing List or Newsletter
This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this website. Your email address is added to this list as a result of signing up to the newsletter via the subscribe forms on this website. Please read this page, the privacy policy, before signing up.
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via a link within the email.
Mailgun
Mailgun is an email address management and message sending service which is used to send newsletters.
Personal Data collected: email address.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy
Affiliate Links
rewardStyle (rewardStyle, Inc.)
rewardStyle provides sales and marketing services, operates online websites at www.rewardStyle.com. This Website uses affiliate links generated by rewardStyle to create curated, monetized content by the author.
Personal Data collected: Cookies.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out
Skimlinks (Skimbit Ltd.)
Skimlinks is a content-to-commerce platform, helping publishers monetize their editorial content. Skimlinks will convert some of the links from this Website into affiliate links which creates a tracking cookie.
Personal Data collected: Cookies.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal Action
The User’s Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Data Controller, in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this website or the related services.
The User declares to be aware that the Data Controller may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information about User’s Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this website may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this website and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this website (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as IP Address) for this purpose.
Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Data Controller at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
The rights of Users
Users have the right, at any time, to know whether their Personal Data has been stored and can consult the Data Controller to learn about their contents and origin, to verify their accuracy or to ask for them to be supplemented, cancelled, updated or corrected, or for their transformation into anonymous format or to block any data held in violation of the law, as well as to oppose their treatment for any legitimate reasons. Requests should be sent to the Data Controller at the contact information set out above.
This website does not support “Do Not Track” requests. To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honour the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Data Controller reserves the right to change this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom. If a User objects to any of the changes to the Policy, the User must cease using this website and can request that the Data Controller remove the Personal Data. Unless stated otherwise, the then-current privacy policy applies to all Personal Data the Data Controller has about Users.
Definitions and legal references
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information regarding a natural person, a legal person, an institution or an association, which is, or can be, identified, even indirectly, by reference to any other information, including a personal identification number.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically from this website (or third-party services employed in this website), which can include the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilised by the Users who use this website, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilised to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilised by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Website) and the details about the path followed within the Website with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User’s IT environment.
User
The individual using this website must coincide with or be authorised by the Data Subject to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Subject
The legal or natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)
The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organisation authorised by the Data Controller to process the Personal Data in compliance with this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Owner)
The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organisation with the right, also jointly with another Data Controller, to make decisions regarding the purposes and the methods of processing Personal Data and the means used, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this website. Unless otherwise specified, the Data Controller is the Owner of this website.
This Website
The hardware or software tool by which the Personal Data of the User is collected.
Cookies
Small piece of data stored in the User’s device.
Legal information
Notice to European Users: This privacy statement has been prepared to fulfil the obligations under Art. 10 of EC Directive n. 95/46/EC, and under the provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC, as revised by Directive 2009/136/EC, on the subject of Cookies.
This privacy policy relates solely to this website.