Original Text Publications' core ethical value is kindness. We will respect your privacy in regard to any information with which you may provide us as we would wish our own privacy to be respected.
For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”):
• “Personal Data” is any personally identifiable information
• The “data controller” is Original Text Publications
• The “website” is ruthfanshaw.com
This policy explains how we:
• Collect information
• Use information
• Disclose information
• Safeguard information
• Make use of Personal Data
We will only collect and use your Personal Data when:
• We have lawful grounds to do so (including what we must do to comply with our legal obligations)
• We are performing a contract with you for our services
• We have your permission to do so
If you have any questions about this policy or how we use your Personal Data, please contact us via our contact details at the end of this policy.
1) Personal Data that You Provide to Us
We only collect Personal Data when you choose to give it to us.
If you sign up to receive free content (including news and offers), this is the information we collect:
• First name
• Email address
If you contact us through the contact form we provide, this is the information we collect:
• First name
• Last name
• Company name (if provided)
• Email address
If you choose to reply to an email, or to email us, we will keep a copy of your email, and therefore also any Personal Data you may choose to include in it.
2) Cookies
This site only uses cookies that collect aggregated data. It does not collect any personally identifying data via cookies, only when you choose to give it (see point 1 above).
However, articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, articles, etc). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website when a visitor interacts with it.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Original Text Publications is not responsible for the actions of these other websites. Visitors interact with those sites at their own discretion and their own risk.
3) Use of Your Personal Data
We will only use your Personal Data when the law allows us to and when we believe it is fair and ethical to do so.
Except in rare circumstances (such as criminal proceedings) we will only use your Personal Data to:
• Deliver communications you have opted-in to receive that are relevant to your expressed preferences
• Respond to your questions and requests
• Improve our services and website through analysis of information
4) Sharing Your Personal Data
We take your privacy as seriously as we do our own. We will only share your Personal Data as permitted by applicable law, and/or as you have given us permission to do so.
We will share your Personal Data as necessary with third parties who provide services or functions on our behalf, when those third parties require your information to provide those specific services. We will not do this without your consent.
We will share your Personal Data as necessary if required to do so for the purposes of a criminal investigation.
5) Keeping Your Personal Data Secure
We have security policies and technical measures in place to safeguard the Personal Data we collect from:
• Accidental loss
• Destruction or damage
• Unauthorised access, use, or disclosure
6) Retention Periods for Use of Your Personal Data
We will use and store your Personal Data only for as long as necessary, bearing in mind the uses of your Personal Data described in this policy and otherwise communicated to you.
We review the Personal Data we hold at regular intervals and delete permanently or anonymise any Personal Data that it is no longer necessary for us to keep.
7) Children
Although the content of this website is family friendly, it is nevertheless aimed at adults.
We will never knowingly collect any Personal Data pertaining to children younger than 16 years of age. If you are younger than 16, please do not provide us with any of your Personal Data.
8) Access to and Control Over Your Personal Data
You have full legal rights under applicable law in relation to your Personal Data.
You can, at any time:
• Ask to see what Personal Data we hold about you (if any), including why we hold it and who it could be disclosed to
• Ask us to change or correct your Personal Data
• Ask us to delete your Personal Data
• Object to the processing of your Personal Data
• Ask us to restrict the processing of your Personal Data
• Withdraw any consents you have given us in regard to the processing of your Personal Data
• Express any concerns you have about third party use of your Personal Data
If you wish to do any of these things, please do contact us using the contact information provided at the bottom of this policy.
9) Change of Purpose
We will use your Personal Data only for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we believe there is a fair and reasonable need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose.
If we need to use your Personal Data for a purpose unrelated to the original purpose, we will contact you to ask your permission or to explain the legal basis for doing so.
10) Contact Information
If you have any concerns about our use of your Personal Data and would like to contact us about it, here are our contact details:
• Email: ruth@originaltextpublications.com
• Postal address: Original Text Publications, Lytchett House, 13 Freeland Park, Wareham Road, Poole, Dorset, BH16,UK
• Address for parcels only: Original Text Publications, Unit 52396, Courier Point, 13 Freeland Park, Wareham Road, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6FH, UK