Pep the poet Privacy Policy

This privacy policy will explain how I use the personal data I collect from you when you use my website. I can't imagine most people will read this (I rarely read other websites' Privacy Policies), but any information you need about how I collect and use your data, and how cookies work on this website, should be in the sections below.

 

Write to me through the Contact Form on the website if you have any questions or concerns about your data and/or cookies, or the Privacy Policy in general.

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Topics:

  • What data do I collect?

  • How do I collect your data?

  • How will I use your data?

  • How do I store your data?

  • Use of Cookies

  • What are your data protection rights, and how can you contact me?

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What data do I collect?

I collect the following data:

  • Personal identification information (Name, email address, phone number, etc.)

  • Any other information you provide via the Contact Form on this website

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How do I collect your data?

You directly provide me with most of the data I collect. I collect data and process data when you:

  • Fill in the Contact Form on the website

  • Use or view my website via your browser’s cookies.

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How will I use your data?

I collect your data so that I can:

  • Use Google Analytics to see how my site is being used, so that I can improve its layout, performance, and content in the future.

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How do I store your data?

I securely stores your data in the squarespace.com servers which support this website, and in the Google Analytics platform which received anonymised data about the way you use the website.

I will keep your personal data for 1 year, or as long as I continue to engage in business or communication with you. Once this time period has expired, I will delete your data by removing it from the squarespace.com server. It will automatically be deleted periodically from Google Analytics.

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Use of Cookies

Functional cookies

_acloggedin

  • Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account.

  • Cookie

  • January 1, 2025

_client_acloggedin

  • Supports login by Scheduling client if the client has an account.

  • Cookie

  • January 1, 2025

algoliasearch-client-js

  • Adds auto-populated suggestions to address fields in Scheduling to help clients complete forms faster.

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

CART

  • Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart

  • Cookie

  • Two weeks

CHECKOUT_WEBSITE

client_username

  • Remembers a logged in Scheduling client's username between visits

  • Cookie

  • One year

Commerce-checkout-state

  • Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal

  • sessionstorage

  • Session

Crumb

hasCart

  • Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart

  • Cookie

  • Two weeks

Locked

  • Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password.

  • Cookie

  • Session

PHPSESSID

  • Securely authenticates a visitor during their checkout in Scheduling.

  • Cookie

  • One month

RecentRedirect

  • Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO.

  • Cookie

  • 30 minutes

remember_client

  • Remembers Scheduling client’s login details if they have an account.

  • Cookie

  • 365 days

siteUserCrumb

SiteUserInfo

SiteUserSecureAuthToken

  • Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account

  • Cookie

  • Three years

squarespace-announcement-bar

  • Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

squarespace-likes

  • Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post.

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

squarespace-popup-overlay

  • Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

ss_cookieAllowed

  • Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies

  • Cookie

  • 30 days

ss_sd

Test

  • Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors.

  • Cookie

  • Session

TZ

  • Enables a Scheduling client’s appointments to display correctly based on their time zone preferences.

  • localstorage

  • Persistent

Analytics cookies

ss_cid

  • Two years

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cpvisit

  • Two years

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cvisit

  • 30 minutes

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cvr

  • Two years

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cvt

  • 30 minutes

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

What are your data protection rights?

I would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request me for copies of your personal data. I may charge you a small fee for this service.

  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that I correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request me to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that I erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that I restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to my processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that I transfer the data that I have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

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If you make a request, I have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact me through the Contact Form on this website.

If you would like to speak with the designated person who is responsible for this Privacy Policy.

Please contact: David Anderson +44 7977 010 370 or email hello@pepthepoet.co.uk

Policy Updated: 1st June 2024