Legal Disclosures

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All content on this website including but not limited to text, posts, logos, marks, graphics, files, materials, services, products, videos, audio, applications, computer code, designs, downloads and all other information here (collectively, the “Content”) is owned by us and is protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property and unfair competition laws with the exception of any content from others that we are lawfully permitted to use.

You agree not to copy, duplicate, steal, modify, publish, display, distribute, reproduce, store, transmit, post, create derivative works, reverse engineer, sell, rent or license any part of the Content in any way to anyone, without our prior written consent. You agree to abide by the copyright, trademark laws and intellectual property rights and shall be solely responsible for any violations of these terms and conditions.

PRIVACY POLICY

The following document contains the privacy policy and the disclosure of our Terms & Conditions.

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and GDPR 2018, our privacy policy is designed to help you understand what personal data we may collect from you, how we collect it, how we use it, how we protect it, how we may share it, how you can access or change it, and how you can limit our sharing of it.

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Site” refers to the Company’s website, which can be accessed at samanthakilford.com

“Service” refers to the Company’s services accessed via the Site, in which users can opt-in, purchase, or enter for free.

The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the Company’s website. “You” refers to you, as a user of our Site or our Service.

By accessing our Site or our Service, you accept our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

You control the amount and type of information that you provide to us when using our website.

For example, our legal basis for collecting and processing your personal data is based on your consent when you sign up for email updates or get in touch for work/collaborations.

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION

We collect and “Non-Personal Information” and “Personal Information.” Non-Personal Information is data that cannot be used to personally identify you. It is simply anonymous data. This includes general demographic information we may collect, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit.

Personal Information is data that can be used to personally identify you.

While using the site, you may be asked to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
• Cookies and Usage Data

This data will be provided to us by you voluntarily. When you make an enquiry on this Site, choose to send a message to the business email or leave a comment, you will be asked to provide certain information about yourself including your name and email address as an act of necessity to fulfill your enquiry. This information will only be collected when voluntarily submitted by you as the User. This can also include any form, intake forms or otherwise.

This privacy policy informs you of how we collect personal data including that which you provide by opting in to a service, leaving a comment, as well as any data we collect automatically from you based upon your activity on our website. Your personal information will not be used other than to contact you.

USAGE DATA

Information on how this site is accessed and used (“Usage Data”) may also be collected. This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages on this blog that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

This site uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on the site and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse the site.

You can change your browser settings in order to adjust or refuse cookies, but please be aware that some parts of this blog may be inaccessible/may not function properly if you do so.

Examples of Cookies used:

• Session Cookies to operate the site.
• Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
• Security Cookies for security purposes.

INTERNET TRAFFIC DATA

Internet traffic data includes the name of the website you came from (known as the “referring URL”), your internet service provider information, the IP address of your computer/the proxy server you use to access the Internet, your web browser type, the type of mobile device, your computer operating system, and data about your browsing activity when using our website. We do not collect personally identifying information through this process, and it is used to analyse user traffic to help improve our website to provide a better user experience.

TESTIMONIALS

samanthakilford/dot/com may display personal testimonials of yours received via email or social media. By accepting the Terms of Use, you give this company/brand full consent to use such personal testimonial. If you would like us to remove your testimonial or review, please contact us at samkilfordblog [at] gmail [dot] com

HOW WE USE AND SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

The Site uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain the site
• To notify you about changes to the site
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of the site when you voluntarily choose to do so
• To provide analysis or valuable information so that I can improve the site
• To monitor the usage of the site
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues

TRANSFER OF DATA

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside United Kingdom and choose to provide information to us, please note that all data is transferred to and processed in the United Kingdom.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

THIRD PARTIES

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your Personal Information to other individuals or business entity without your consent. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety.

SECURITY OF DATA

All personal information stored by this Site is done so via password-protected means. If you send a message directly to the business e-mail, your personal information will not be shared, sold or traded with anyone else and will only be used so you can be personally contacted to discuss your inquiry further.

The security of your data is paramount, however, it is important to remember no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

We endeavour to employ appropriate security measures to protect your information from unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. We will retain any of your information for a reasonable amount of time or as long as the law requires. All steps necessary are taken to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and that no transfer of your personal data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

The information voluntarily submitted by you for an enquiry, potential job or collaboration, will be stored in a password-protected email account as well as password-protected folders as digital information. Sensitive and private data exchange happens over SSL secured communication.

Contact will be made using your personal information provided to discuss with you any inquiries and in regard to any professional services booked. Your information may also be used to contact you for your views on said services.

SERVICE PROCEDURES

Third party companies and individuals may be employed to facilitate the site (“Service Providers”), to provide the site on our behalf, to perform blog-related services or to assist us in analysing how this site is used.

These third parties may have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

This website is not directed to anyone under the age of 18, although we realise that a child under the age of 18 may try to access our website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If we learn that we have gathered personal information from anyone under the age of 18 without the consent of a parent or guardian, we will delete that information as soon as possible. If you are a parent or guardian and believe we have collected such information, please contact us.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

This blog does link to third-party websites if and where relevant. For example, you may see links to a product mentioned in a post where you can buy/learn more about it. The utmost is done to make sure any purchase links go to stores that we trust and have used ourselves.

However, these sites are not operated by us. If you do click on any link that causes you to leave this Site, you will be redirected and please note that we do not control any of the content you may see on the other websites and are not accountable for any issues you may run into.

Once you leave this website, you are no longer governed by these Terms in our Privacy Policy. This means that this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third-party website accessed by clicking a link on our website and the privacy policy of that other website will apply to your access or use of that site. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for their content or privacy policies. Nor are we responsible for information you may provide to those third-party sites.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

You agree that under no circumstances, we and/or our officers, employees, successors, shareholders, joint venture partners or anyone else working with us shall be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, equitable, special, punitive, exemplary or any other damages resulting from your use of this website including but not limited to all the content, information, products, services and graphics presented here.

You expressly agree that your use of the website is at your sole risk and that you are solely responsible for the accuracy of the personal and any information you provide, outcome of your actions, personal and business results, and for all other use in connection with the website.

You also expressly agree that we and/or our officers, employees, successors, shareholders, joint venture partners or anyone else working with us shall not be liable to you for any damages resulting from 1) any errors or omissions on the website, delay or denial of any products or services, failure of performance of any kind, interruption in the operation and your use of the website, website attacks including computer virus, hacking of information, and any other system failures; 2) any loss of income, use, data, revenue, profits, business or any goodwill related to the website; 3) any theft or unauthorized access by third party of your information from the website regardless of our negligence; and 4) any use or misuse of the information, products and/or services offered here.

This limitation of liability shall apply whether such liability arises from negligence, breach of contract, tort or any other legal theory of liability. You agree that we provide no express or implied guarantees to you for the content presented here, and you accept that no particular results are being promised to you here.