Privacy and Cookies Policy

Privacy Policy for www.karenveramcmillan.com

Effective Date: 24 September 2024

Last Updated: 24 September 2024

1. Introduction

In the digital age, safeguarding personal data is of paramount importance. At www.karenveramcmillan.com I am dedicated to upholding your privacy and protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy is designed to explain how I gather, utilise, disclose, and safeguard your personal data when you access and use my website. Your use of my website implies your consent to the practices detailed herein.

2. Information I Collect

2.1. Personal Information

I may collect personal information that you willingly provide when utilising my services, including but not limited to:

  • - Name: To personalise your experience.

  • - Email Address: To communicate with you and send updates.

  • - Postal Address: When necessary for specific services.

  • - Phone Number: To contact you, if required.

  • - Any other data: You may provide voluntarily, such as preferences or user-generated content.

This information might be collected during account registration, subscription to newsletters, or when you contact me.

2.2. Automatically Collected Information

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • - Information about your browser, network and device

  • - Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • - Web pages you view while on this website

  • - Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses the data in a de-personalised form.

2.3 Fonts

This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:

Information about your browser, network, or device

Information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it

Your IP address

3. How I use your information

We employ your data for various purposes, including:

3.1. Providing and Enhancing Services 

I use your personal information to deliver the services you request and continually enhance your experience on my website.

3.2. Personalisation

I may personalise your website experience based on the data I collect to make your interactions more relevant and enjoyable.

3.3. Communication

Your contact information allows me to respond to your inquiries, provide updates, and engage with you when necessary.

3.4. Analytics

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • - Information about your browser, network, and device

  • - Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • - Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • - Clicks

  • - Internal links

  • - Pages visited

  • - Scrolling

  • - Searches

  • - Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

4.Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

5.Sharing of Information

We do not sell, trade, or transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent. However, we may share your data with trusted service providers who assist us in operating our website, subject to strict confidentiality agreements.

6.Your Rights

6.1. Access

You have the right to access any personal information I hold about you. Feel free to contact me for a copy of your data.

6.2. Correction

If you believe the personal information I hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you can request corrections.

6.3. Deletion

You can request the deletion of your personal information.

6.4. Objection

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information for certain purposes, such as direct marketing.

6.5. Data Portability

You can request your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

7. Changes to this Privacy Policy

I may periodically update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in my practices or for legal reasons. Significant changes will be communicated by posting the revised Privacy Policy on my website.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or my data practices, please contact me at contact@karenveramcmillan.com.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 24 September 2024.