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Effective Date: 01 May, 2026

Privacy Policy

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), and the EU General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679), the data controller is Wendy Lawrance, trading as WSL Author Services (hereafter referred to as I, Me, or My). You can contact Me regarding your data by email at contact.me@wslauthorservices.co.uk.

I have developed this policy (together with my terms of use and any other documents referred to on it (the “Terms and Conditions”) to enable you to understand how any personal data and information that the I collect from you, or that you provide to Me, will be processed, used, communicated, disclosed, safeguarded, and otherwise make use of your personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”) by Me during your use of www.wslauthorservices.co.uk (the “site”). Please read the following carefully to understand My views and practices regarding your personal data and information, how I will treat it and My practises with regards to use of cookies.

Please see My Terms of Use for more information about, and the basis on which I provide, this website.

I will only collect and use your Personal Data where:

  • I have lawful grounds to do so, including to comply with My legal obligations;
  • I am performing a contract with you for My services; and
  • I have legitimate interests in using your Personal Data and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

If you have any questions about this policy or about how I use your Personal Data, please contact Me via My contact page.

This policy is effective as of 01 May, 2026. I review my privacy practices on an ongoing basis, and as such I may change this privacy policy from time to time. Please check this page frequently to ensure you are familiar with its current content.

1. YOUR INFORMATION
Personal Data I collect via My website wslauthorservices.co.uk (the “Website”)

  • 1.1 Personal Data that you provide to Me:  

    I only collect Personal Data where you choose to interact with Me on the Website in the following ways:

     
    Activity Types of Personal Data Collected
    When you sign-up to receive free content, including eBooks, news and offers;
    • Name
    • E-mail address
    When you complete the enquiries form
    • Name
    • E-mail address
    • Any personal data which you provide to Me in the free text box of the form

  • 1.2 Data that I collect automatically

    I automatically collect certain information when you visit My Website – such as the type of browser and operating system you are using, and the domain name of your Internet service provider. I do not link this information with any personal data.

    I may also collect data automatically through My use of cookies on the Website. Please see My cookie policy to find out about the types of cookies I set and why, and how you can adjust your settings to disable cookies.

2. Use of your Personal Data

I use the information held about you to ensure that content from the site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer, to provide you with the services outlined in this policy, and to understand how you use the site and how it is functioning so that the I can maintain and improve the site.

I may use the information I collect to comply with law, to investigate a complaint made by another user or a potential breach of the site’s Terms of Use or to prevent and detect unlawful or criminal activity, fraud and misuse of, or damage to, the site or the products, content and services made available through it, and to take appropriate legal action against those responsible.

I may on occasion link or combine the information that I collect about you with information that I receive from other sources. I may combine this information with information you give to me and information the I collect about you. (For example, I may decide to combine two or more databases into a single database of information.) I may use this information and the combined information for your and/or My benefit (for example, to allow Me to provide a more seamless support and/or to provide you with better, personalised services and content).

Rest assured that I will only use your personal data when the law allows Me to. To summarise, primarily I will use your Personal Data to:

  • process and manage your use of My website;
  • respond to your questions, comments and requests;
  • where you have opted-in to receive marketing from Me, deliver communications that are relevant to your preferences / may be of interest to you;
  • improve My services and Website through analysis of information.

3. Sharing of your Personal Data

I take your privacy seriously and will not share your Personal Data with others, except as permitted by applicable law or as set out below:

I share Personal Data as necessary with third parties who provide services or functions on My behalf and who require the information to provide those specific services to Me. These third parties may include social media advertising platforms such as MailChimp, Facebook and Google Adwords for the purpose of custom audience generation and the development of targeting criteria for other audiences. Please note that I have appropriate data privacy safeguards in place with third parties with whom I share Personal Data as described above and who are providing services or functions on My behalf.

4. Keeping your Personal Data secure

I have implemented security policies and technical measures to safeguard the Personal Data I collect. I maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable law, including the GDPR, to safeguard Personal Data from accidental loss, destruction or damage and unauthorised access, use and disclosure.

5. Retention periods for use of your Personal Data

I will use and store your Personal Data only for as long as necessary, bearing in mind the uses of your Personal Data as described in this privacy policy and otherwise as communicated to you. I review the Personal Data I hold at regular intervals and delete permanently or anonymise any Personal Data which is no longer necessary.

6. Children

This Website and my services are aimed at adults, and I do not knowingly collect any Personal Data relating to children aged under 16 years old. If you are under the age of 18, please do not provide Me with any of your Personal Data, including your email address.

7. Access to and control over your Personal Data

You have legal rights under applicable law in relation to your Personal Data. You can ask the following questions, or take the following actions, at any time by contacting Me via e-mail at contact.me@wslauthorservices.co.uk:
  • see what Personal Data I hold about you (if any), including why I am holding it and who it could be disclosed to;
  • ask Me to change/correct your Personal Data;
  • ask Me to delete your Personal Data;
  • object to the processing of your Personal Data;
  • ask Me to restrict the processing of your Personal Data;
  • withdraw any consents you have given Me to the processing of your Personal Data; and
  • express any concerns you have about third parties’ use of your Personal Data.

8. Change of purpose

I will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which I collected it, unless I reasonably consider that I need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to have an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact Me.

If I need to use your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, I will notify you and I will explain the legal basis which allows Me to do so.

9. Your rights

This website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own terms and conditions, privacy & cookies policies, and that I do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

10. Contacting Me

Please contact me to request the information that I holds on you.

If you would like to make a ‘data subject access request’ please be advised that any request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet My costs in providing you with details of the information held about you. Please address any requests via My website contact form or e-mail direct to contact.me@wslauthorservices.co.uk