We value your privacy
Privacy policy.
Last updated: 10th June 2023
Effective date: 10th June 2023
This Privacy Policy Notice for designforjoy.co.uk (the “Service”), is served by Design for Joy Ltd, 43a Tremaine Road, London, SE20 7UA, United Kingdom. It governs the privacy of those who use this website, including collection, use and disclosure of your information. By accessing or using the Service, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this privacy policy. If you do not consent to the same, please do not access or use the Service.
We may modify this privacy policy at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised privacy policy on the Service. The revised policy will be effective 180 days from when the revised policy is posted in the Service and your continued access or use of the Service after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised privacy policy. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.
Our contact details.
If you have any queries relating to our use of your personal information, please get in touch with us at hello@designforjoy.co.uk
Our registered office is based at:
43a Tremaine Road
London
United Kingdom
SE20 7UA
Information we collect.
We will collect and process the following personal information about you:
Name
Email address
Site usage behaviour
We will only collect and process this information where consent has been given.
How we collect your information.
Most of the personal information we collect and process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:
You got in touch with us via this website, using our contact form or email address
You signed up to our newsletter on Substack (find out more about Substack’s privacy policy here)
You provided other information directly to us via these channels
You consented to our use of cookies on this website
We may also receive personal information indirectly, from the following possible sources in the following possible situations:
Third party analytics or marketing tools, such as Google Analytics, may supplement data we collect about your use of our website, with data already collected by Google. To find out more about this, view Google’s policies here.
How we use your
information.
We will use the information that we collect about you for the following purposes:
Providing you with information about our services
Sending you our newsletter
Understanding how you use our website
Informing the marketing and promotion of our services
We will only use your information for these purposes where consent has been given.
How we share your
information.
Your information may be shared with third parties, whose services or tools we use for the purposes outlined within this policy.
Currently, this includes:
Substack
Google
Please review each third party’s own privacy policy in order to obtain a full understanding of how they may use your data.
How we store your information.
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
Your consent, which you are able to revoke at any time through notifying us directly, adjusting your cookie preferences on our website, or directly unsubscribing from our newsletter.
Legitimate interest - we may use and process some of your personal information where we have sensible and legitimate business grounds for doing so. Under European privacy laws there is a concept of “legitimate interests” as a justification for processing your personal information.
Information retention period.
We will retain your personal information for as long as we need it to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected as detailed in this privacy policy. We may need to retain certain information for longer periods such as record-keeping / reporting in accordance with applicable law or for other legitimate reasons like enforcement of legal rights, fraud prevention, etc. Residual anonymous information and aggregate information, neither of which identifies you (directly or indirectly), may be stored indefinitely.
Lawful basis.
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
Your consent, which you are able to revoke at any time through notifying us directly, adjusting your cookie preferences on our website, or directly unsubscribing from our newsletter.
Legitimate interest - we may use and process some of your personal information where we have sensible and legitimate business grounds for doing so. Under European privacy laws there is a concept of “legitimate interests” as a justification for processing your personal information.
Your information
protection rights.
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
Your right of access - you have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification - you have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure - you have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing - you have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing - you have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability - you have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
Please contact us at hello@designforjoy.co.uk if you wish to make a request.
Cookies.
A cookie is a small text file placed on your computer or device. We use cookies on this website in order to provide functionality as well as understand how visitors use our website.
Some cookies will be saved for specific time periods, while others may last indefinitely. Your web browser should provide you with the controls to manage and delete cookies from your device, so please review your web browser options.
The cookies currently used on this website are as follows:
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
cookieyes-consent: remembers your consent preferences.
Duration: 1 year
crumb: Squarespace sets this cookie to prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
Duration: session
Analytics cookies
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
ss_cvr: Squarespace uses this cookie to identify unique users and track a visitor’s sessions.
Duration: 1 year, 1 month, 4 days
ss_cvt: Squarespace uses this cookie to identify unique users and track a visitor’s sessions.
Duration: 30 minutes
_ga_: Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views
Duration: 1 year
_ga: Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors.
Duration: 1 year
How to complain.
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at hello@designforjoy.co.uk
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
ICO helpline: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: www.ico.org.uk