The Policy

This privacy policy is for the website http://boudoirinspiration.com and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it. It explains how we comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the DPA (Data Protection Act), and the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations).

This policy will explain areas of this website that may affect your privacy and personal details, including account registration, membership access, and user-generated content. It details how we process, collect, manage, and store those details, and how your rights under the GDPR, DPA & PECR are adhered to. Additionally, it will explain the use of cookies or software, advertising or commercial sponsorship from third parties, and the download of any documents, files, or software made available to you (if any) on this website. Further explanations may be provided for specific pages or features of this website to help you understand how we, this website, and its third parties (if any) interact with you and your computer/device to serve it to you.

If you disagree with the way we collect and process personal information on this website, you should not browse this website or use the services. Our contact information is provided at the bottom of this page if you have any questions or concerns about how we process, collect, manage, or store your data.

The DPA & GDPR

We and this website comply with the DPA (Data Protection Act 1998) and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), which took effect in May 2018. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected and that we comply with these regulations to safeguard your personal data. This policy will be updated as necessary to reflect any changes in data protection laws, including any updates following the UK's exit from the European Union.

Use of Cookies

We use cookies to gather data about our site traffic and interactions so that we can personalize the content you see on our website and provide a better user experience.

A cookie is a small text file that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser. Cookies enable the sites or service providers to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website onto their computer's hard drive, they should take the necessary steps within their web browser's security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors, or use the cookie control system if available upon their first visit.

Website Visitor Tracking

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. The software will save a cookie to your computer's hard drive to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website. For logged-in members, additional tracking may be used to personalize your experience and provide content relevant to your interests. However, no personal information will be stored, saved, or collected without your explicit consent.

Hotjar

We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users' needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users' experience (eg how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don't like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users' behavior and their devices. This includes a device's IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf.

For further details, please see the 'about Hotjar' section of Hotjar's support site.

Adverts and Sponsored Links

This website may contain sponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our advertising partners, who may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they serve.

Clicking on any such adverts will redirect you to the advertiser's website through a referral program, which may use cookies to track the number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the use of cookies that may be saved on your computer's hard drive. Users should therefore note that they click on sponsored external links at their own risk, and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

Downloads, Media Files & User-Generated Content

Any downloadable documents, files, media, or user-generated content made available on this website are provided to users at their own risk. While all precautions have been taken to ensure only genuine downloads are available, users are advised to verify their authenticity using third-party antivirus software or similar applications.

We accept no responsibility for third-party downloads, downloads provided by external third-party websites, or user-generated content. Users are advised to verify the authenticity of such downloads and content using third-party antivirus software or similar applications.

Retention and Storage

We retain personal data collected from users for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. The criteria used to determine the retention periods include:

• The nature of the personal data and its sensitivity.
• The potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of the personal data.
• The purposes for which we process the personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means.
• Legal, regulatory, or contractual requirements that necessitate retaining the personal data.

We will securely delete or anonymize personal data when it is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was collected, unless we are legally required or authorized to retain the data for longer periods.

Users can contact us using the information provided in this Privacy Policy to request deletion of their personal data or to obtain further information about our data retention practices.

Contact & Communication With us

Users contacting this us through this website do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use.

Where we have clearly stated and made you aware of the fact, and where you have given your express permission, we may use your details to send you products or services information through a mailing list system. This is done in accordance with the regulations named in ‘The policy’ above.

Email Mailing List & Marketing Messages

We operate an email mailing list program used to inform subscribers about products, services, and/or news we supply/publish. Users can subscribe through an online automated process where they have given their explicit permission. Subscriber personal details are collected, processed, managed, and stored in accordance with the regulations named in ‘The Policy’ above. Subscribers can unsubscribe at any time through an automated online service, or if not available, by other means as detailed in the footer of sent marketing messages. The type and content of marketing messages subscribers receive, and whether they may contain third-party content, is clearly outlined at the point of subscription.

Email marketing messages may contain tracking beacons, tracked clickable links, or similar server technologies to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of subscriber data relating to engagement, geographic location, demographics, and already stored subscriber data.

Our EMS (email marketing service) provider may change from time to time. Currently, we use Mailchimp. You can read their privacy policy in the resources section.

External Website Links, Third Parties, & User Generated Content

Although we strive to include only quality, safe, and relevant external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website. (External links are clickable text / banner / image links to other websites.)

Shortened URLs: URL shortening is a technique used on the web to shorten URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) to something substantially shorter. This technique is especially used in social media and looks similar to this (Example: http://bit.ly/cYxaZd). Users should exercise caution before clicking on shortened URL links and verify their authenticity before proceeding.

User Generated Content: Content generated by users of this website, such as comments, forum posts, or uploaded media, is subject to moderation to ensure compliance with our community guidelines. While we strive to maintain the integrity and safety of such content, we cannot guarantee or verify its accuracy or safety. Users engage with user-generated content at their own risk, and we disclaim any liability for damages or implications arising from such interactions.

Terms of Use

Our Terms of Use govern your use of this website. By accessing and using this website, you agree to abide by these terms. Please read our Terms of Use carefully to understand your rights and obligations.

The Terms of Use outline your rights as a user, our limitations of liability, dispute resolution procedures, and more.

Social Media Policy & Usage

We adopt a Social Media Policy to ensure our business and our staff conduct themselves accordingly online. While we may have official profiles on social media platforms, users are advised to verify the authenticity of such profiles before engaging with or sharing information with them. We will never ask for user passwords or personal details on social media platforms. Users are advised to conduct themselves appropriately when engaging with us on social media.

There may be instances where our website features social sharing buttons, which help share web content directly from web pages to respective social media platforms. You use social sharing buttons at your own discretion and accept that doing so may publish content to your social media profile feed or page. Further information about some social media privacy and usage policies can be found in the resources section below.

User Rights

Under applicable data protection laws, users have certain rights regarding their personal data. These rights include:

1. Right to Access: Users have the right to request access to their personal data that we process. Upon request, we will provide information about whether we hold any of your personal data and, if so, what that data is, why we are holding it, and to whom it could be disclosed.
2. Right to Rectification: If the personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to request that we rectify or update it. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
3. Right to Erasure: Users have the right to request the deletion of their personal data, under certain conditions. This includes situations where the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or if the user withdraws consent on which processing is based.
4. Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain circumstances. This includes situations where you contest the accuracy of the data, or where you have objected to our processing of your data.
5. Right to Data Portability: Users have the right to receive the personal data concerning them, which they have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and have the right to transmit that data to another controller without hindrance from us.
6. Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions, including processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.
7. Rights in Relation to Automated Decision Making and Profiling: We do not engage in automated decision-making or profiling that significantly affects you, but if we do, you have the right to obtain human intervention, express your point of view, and obtain an explanation of the decision.

How to Exercise Your Rights

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided in this Privacy Policy. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable law.

Please note that we may require additional information from you in order to verify your identity before accommodating any request. This is to ensure the security of your personal data.

Resources & Further Information

Guide to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Data Protection Act 1998
Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003
Guide to Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations
Google Privacy Policy
Mailchimp Privacy Policy

Security

The security of your information is very important to us, but please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. As a result, whilst we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information which you send to us, and you do so at your own risk.

You should report any security violations to us at this email address: hello@boudoirinspiration.com.

If you receive an email that appears to be from Boudoir Inspiration that requests personal information (such as your credit card, login, or password), or that asks you to verify or confirm your account or other personal information by clicking on a link, that email was likely sent by someone trying to unlawfully obtain your information. We do not ask for this type of information in an email. Do not provide the information or click on the link. Please contact us at hello@boudoirinspiration.com if you receive an email like this.

Updates to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. All changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on our website, by a blog post, by email, or by any method we determine and will be identified at the top of the Privacy Policy page of this website by its Effective Date.

Please review the changes carefully. If you disagree with the Privacy Policy, you must stop browsing this website and using the services.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, your privacy in connection with your use of this website, or any general questions, please contact us at hello@boudoirinspiration.com.