Privacy notice

Introduction

This Privacy Notice is to let you know how we handle your personal data. This includes what you tell us about yourself, what we learn by having you as a subscriber, and the choices you give us about what marketing you want us to send you. This Privacy Notice explains how we do this and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

Your personal data is any information relating to you from which you can be identified.

This notice sets out:

  • how we will process any personal data that we collect from you and what it will be used for,
  • the information that you are entitled to receive from us when we collect your personal data and
  • your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in connection with the way we handle your personal data.

This Privacy Notice applies to any personal data which you may provide to us by e-mail and/or on our website.

This Privacy Notice also applies to any personal data which we may collect when you access our website and/or in the course of our relationship.

You can choose not to give personal data.

Wherever we refer to “processing” of personal data in this Privacy Notice this includes any combination of the following activities: collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

This Privacy Notice only applies to personal data collected by or on behalf of Awesome App via the Awesome App website or by any other means. The Awesome App website may from time to time contain links to and from other websites (partner networks, advertisers and affiliates). If you follow a link to any external website or alternatively reach our website from a third party website, please be aware that these websites will have their own privacy policies, separate from ours, and we therefore do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check their policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.


1.1 Data Controller

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (together, the data protection legislation), Awesome App is the data controller of your personal data.


1.2 Our Promise to You

We promise:

  • To keep your personal data safe and only process it on valid legal basis
  • To keep our records up to date and delete or correct inaccurate personal data
  • Not to keep your personal data after the purpose has ended
  • Not to sell your personal data
  • To give you ways to manage and review your marketing choices at any time

2. Who we are

Awesome App provides weekly meditations through the feeling of awe via its website, social media or email subscription service.

3. Information we collect and how we collect it

  • The type of information we may ask you to provide about yourself and therefore collect includes, but is not limited to:
    • Contact Details: Name, e-mail address
    • Communications: What we learn about you from letters, emails and conversations between us
  • We may collect personal data from you in the following ways:
    • When you make an enquiry, register your interest or create an account on our website.
    • When you contact us in by email
    • In customer surveys
    • When you use our website
  • We may collect your personal data from third parties we work with including:
    • Social networks
    • Analytics providers
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4. How we use your personal data

We may use the information you share with us and the information we collect through your use of our sites in the ways described below and as described at the time of capture.

4.1 Newsletters
We will use the details you have shared to send you the newsletter to which you have subscribed. We will not add your details to any marketing lists, unless you have consented to this. We will provide a way for you to unsubscribe on every newsletter we send to you. Details you share with us for the purpose of newsletter subscription will never be shared with a third party.

4.2 Research
We may use the information you provide to invite you to participate in surveys and focus groups, advertisers and services. Participation is always voluntary and the answers you provide are anonymous unless explicitly stated otherwise, and aggregated to support our learnings and inform changes we can make to improve our products and services. Your data will not be added to any marketing lists unless you have consented to this and were informed at the point of capture and will only be shared with third parties where we have appointed them to manage research activity on our behalf.

4.3 Legitimate Interest
We may process your personal data on the basis of a legitimate interest which may include promoting similar products or services via the newsletter, to manage suppression and unsubscribe requests received from you, to identify and prevent fraudulent behaviour, maintaining the security of our system, data analytics, enhancing, modifying or improving our services, identifying usage trends and determining the effectiveness of any campaigns.
Whenever we process data for these purposes we will ensure that we always keep your personal data rights in high regard and take account of these rights. Find out more about your rights and how to exercise in paragraph 8 below.


4.4 Analytics
The Awesome App website uses Google Analytics as its primary solution for tracking website visits, interactions and events. Awesome App uses website analytics data to help improve the way we deliver content and online experiences to visitors.
For full details on how Google processes your data please click here.


4.5 Links to third party websites
When you click on links or advertisements on our site, you will leave that site and go to a third-party site, which is outside of our control. When we place an advertisement on one of our sites, it does not signify that we are endorsing that advertiser’s product or service. We do not accept responsibility for content we have no control over and our Privacy Policy does not apply to these companies, sites or content and if such third-party sites collect personal data, we cannot control how this data is processed, stored or used. We advise that you read their data collection statements, which accompany any registration and their Privacy Policies before you submit your personal information.


4.6 Using our websites from outside the UK
We use servers located in the EEA to store data. When you submit your details and in whichever country you are situated you agree to the data being transferred to the EEA and processed under the terms of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) including any implementing data protection legislation in the UK. If you are not in agreement please do not add your personal details on the website. Awesome App makes no representation or warranty that the content and materials on the Website are appropriate or available for use in locations outside of the United Kingdom. Those who choose to access the Website or use the services from other locations do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent applicable.


4.7 Change of purpose
We will ask for your consent before using personal data for a purpose other than those set out in this privacy policy, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you would like further information on purpose compatibility, please contact us.

5. Sharing your personal data

Awesome App will not share your personal data.

6. Protecting your information 

We will seek to keep your personal data secure by taking appropriate technical measures against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage.
Only authorised personnel will have access to your personal data.

7. Personal data retention

We may retain information about you, including personal data, for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was first collected unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. In determining data retention periods, we take into considerations contractual obligations, legal obligations and the expectation and requirements of our subscribers. When personal data is no longer needed, we will securely delete or destroy it.

8. Your rights

Under the GDPR and current UK data protection you have the rights shown below:

8.1 Right of Access
You have the right to access your personal data, including us providing to you without charge, a copy (which may be in electronic form) of any of your personal data that we are holding or using (referred to as “processing”).


We will also provide to you, if you request it, the following information:

    • the purposes of the processing;
    • the categories of personal data concerned;
    • the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, including recipients in countries outside the UK or international organisations;
    • where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
    • if the personal data was not collected from you, any information available to us as to the source of it;

 

8.2 Right to Removal or Correction of Personal Data and to Restrict Processing
You have the following rights under GDPR:

    • a right to request us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data (“Right to rectification”).
    • a right to request us to delete any of your personal data. In certain we may wish to retain data and if GDPR allows us to do so we will inform you of our grounds. (“Right to erasure” or “Right to be forgotten”).
    • a right to request us to stop or to restrict any aspect of the processing of your personal data. In certain circumstances we may wish to continue and if GDPR allows us to do so we will inform you of our grounds (“Right to restriction of processing”).
    • In each case we will tell you what action we are taking and we will also notify any third party to whom the data has been disclosed.


8.3 Rights Concerning Automated Processing and Profiling
You have the following rights under GDPR over automated decisions and profiling.

    • You can object to an automated decision, and ask that a person reviews it.
    • You can object to the use of your personal data in profiling or direct marketing.


8.4 Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive from us the personal data that you have given us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format (“Right to data portability”) and/or to have the data sent by us directly to another party. Please note that this right only applies in certain circumstances, which is when we held the data on grounds of your consent or to perform a contract with you or for steps preparatory to such a contract and we were processing that data by automated means.


8.5 Exercising your rights
If you wish to exercise any of these rights or simply wish to find out what information, if any, we hold that relates to you, you must make your request in writing by sending an email to [email protected].
You can help us to process your request quickly by providing us with information that will help us identify records we hold that relate to you. For example, your name and email address.

9. Changes to this privacy notice

Any changes we may make to this Privacy Notice in the future will be posted on this website and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to this Privacy Notice.

10. Contact and Complaints

Please let us know if you are unhappy with how we have processed your personal data. You can contact us on [email protected].

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) which is the UK supervisory authority for the processing of personal data. Further details are available on the ICO’s website.