This privacy policy for Charles Cordell (“We”, “Us” or “Our”) tells you how we may collect, use and share your information when you visit our website www.charlescordell.com.
We appreciate your decision to use our website www.charlescordell.com and to trust us with your valuable personal information. In this document, we seek to explain in the clearest terms possible our privacy practices. We strongly encourage you to read this document (and any other related documents) carefully before using the website. If there are any terms or conditions in this document that you do not agree with, please do not use the website, or in case you are already using it, please discontinue the use immediately. By using the website, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
What information do we collect about you?
When we collect information, we do so to ensure that you get to experience our service seamlessly. For that, we collect the following information. Some are your personal information and some are your sensitive personal information.
The personal information that we collect about you are the following:
- Name
- Email address
How do we collect such information?
We may use any of the following three ways to get information about you.
- The information that you give us
- The information that we automatically collect from you
- Information that we collect from third parties
Before going into the reasons why we collect the information that we do, we want you to understand what the above three terms mean.
a. The information that you give us
When you sign up for an account to use our service/product we will ask you certain questions like your name or email address. These are the information that you give us. This may not be limited to what we have mentioned and can change according to the nature of the service/product that we provide.
b. The information that we automatically collect from you
When you access our service from a device, we may automatically collect information from your device, such as through the use of cookies. You will know more about automatic collection of personal information in the next section.
c. Information that we collect from third parties
These third parties can be data aggregators, online directories, data marketplaces or exchanges, etc from where we may collect information about you.
Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies are small packets of information that are placed on your device, so that we can retrieve the information about you, such as your login information, your choices on our websites and other information.
For more information about cookies and similar technologies, please visit our cookie policy.
Do not track requests
We respond to “do not track” requests in the following manner:
This website is not able to respond to ‘Do Not Track’ requests.
Why do we collect information about you?
We collect information about you for a variety of reasons. It helps us, among other things, to serve you better. The following are the ways in which we use the information that we collect about you.
- To send marketing and promotional communications.
How long do we retain your information?
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice requires us to retain your personal information for longer than the period during which users have an account with us.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
Do we share your information?
We may share your information with third parties in the following ways:
- Sharing with your consent: When you give consent, we may share your information with third parties for the purposes that are mentioned in the consent notification.
- Legal Obligations: We may disclose information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
- For business transfers: We may share your personal information in connection with, or during the course of negotiations regarding merger, sale of business assets, financing or acquisition of all or a part of our business by another entity.
Sale or sharing of information
We do not sell or share the information we collect from our users.
GDPR Disclosures
Automatic processing of data
We do not use any automated processing of the personal information we collect.
Legal basis for the collection
The General Data Protection Regulation requires us to identify and set out the legal basis, or in other words, the legal justification, for processing your personal information. The following are the legal bases on which we process your personal data.
Consent: We may process your personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy with your consent.
Legitimate interests: We may process your personal data where it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
This website relies on Legitimate Interests as a lawful basis under GDPR Article 6(1)(f) to process certain web operations data. Specifically, our legitimate business interests include:
• Website Analytics & Optimization: Analyzing how readers find and navigate our website to improve our book descriptions, blog content, and overall user experience.
• Commercial Sustainability & Affiliate Marketing: Operating our author platform as a commercial enterprise, which includes directing readers to online retailers (such as Amazon) where our books and recommended resources are available for purchase.
• Security & Fraud Prevention: Protecting our website from malicious activity, hacking attempts, and fraudulent link manipulation.
You have the right to object to this processing at any time by contacting us or adjusting your browser settings.
Your rights
In accordance with Articles 12 to 23 of the General Data Protection Regulation, the data subject, that is you, has the following rights.
- Right to object to the processing of personal data in certain circumstances. See here for details.
- Right to request access to the data we have collected about you and to receive a copy of it in an accessible format.
- Right to restrict the processing of your personal data for a limited period, under certain circumstances. See here for details.
- Right to rectify or modify personal information that you consider obsolete, incomplete, or inaccurate.
- Right to opt out of automated processing of your personal data.
- Right to erasure of your personal information, also known as the right to be forgotten.
To exercise any of the rights mentioned above, you may use the contact details provided in this Privacy Policy.
Consequences of non-consent
We require your consent to collect information in order to provide our services to you seamlessly. However, you may refuse consent. Please note that refusing consent may have consequences, including limited access to our services and reduced features on the website.
Privacy of children
We do not knowingly provide our services to children. If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe that your child has provided us with information without your consent, please contact us. Upon verification that we have collected such information without parental consent, we will remove the information from our database.
Security of your personal information
We take reasonable measures to ensure that the information we collect from you is stored securely and protected to the best extent possible. However, no method of internet transmission or digital storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. While we use commercially reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect your information, we cannot promise that it will be 100% secure.
Links to other websites or apps
On our website, we may provide links to external websites, apps, or services. These are not operated by us and therefore are not governed by our Privacy Policy or practices. We strongly recommend that you review the privacy policies of such websites or services before engaging with them to ensure that you do not provide personal information that you do not wish to share.
Changes to this privacy policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the law or our privacy practices. We recommend that you review this privacy policy periodically to ensure it remains in line with your expectations.
The privacy policy will be effective from the date it is posted on this page.
Contact & Communication
For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, or to exercise any of your rights, you may contact us using the following details:
Address: CHARLES CORDELL Sanremo, 13 Trinity Square, Llandudno, Wales, LL30 2RB
Email address: quartermaster@charlescordell.com
Link to our contact page: https://charlescordell.com/contact-charles-cordell/
Users contacting www.charlescordell.com and/or its owner 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, as detailed in the Data Protection Act 1998. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email submission process but advise users using such form to email processes that they do so at their own risk.
This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide you with free products/services, information about products/service, and newsletters with relevant information. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter program the website operates but only if this was made clear to you and your express permission was granted when submitting any form to email process. Or whereby you the consumer have previously purchased from or enquired about purchasing from the company a product or service that the email newsletter relates to. This is by no means an entire list of your user rights in regard to receiving email marketing material. Your details are not passed on to any third parties.
Email Newsletters
www.charlescordell.com operates an email newsletter program, used to inform subscribers about products and services supplied by this website, and blog posts/news/articles that may be relevant. Users can subscribe through an online automated process should they wish to do so but do so at their own discretion. Some subscriptions may be manually processed through prior written agreement with the user.
Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. No personal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that operates this website. Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you may request a copy of personal information held about you by this website’s email newsletter program. A small fee will be payable for this service. If you would like a copy of the information held on you, please write to the business address at the bottom of this policy.
Email marketing campaigns published by this website or its owner may contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity. This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user with more relevant content based around their activity.
In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 subscribers are given the opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an automated system. This process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign. If an automated un-subscription system is unavailable clear instructions on how to un-subscribe will by detailed instead.
Adverts & Affiliate Links
This website may contain sponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our advertising partners, to whom may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they serve.
Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the advertiser’s website through a referral program which may use cookies and will track the number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the use of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computer’s hard drive. Users should therefore note they click on sponsored external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Affiliate links & third-party tracking
“This Website participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program (and its international equivalents, including the Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca Associates Programs). This is an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca, and affiliated websites.
When you click on an Amazon affiliate link on this Website, Amazon places non-essential cookies (digital tracking files) on your browser to track your purchases and allocate commissions. These cookies collect pseudo-anonymous and personal data, such as your IP address, device type, browser information, and browsing/purchasing behaviour on Amazon’s platforms.”
International data rights & transfers
“Depending on your location (including the European Union, United Kingdom, Canada, and various US states), you possess specific legal rights regarding your personal data. These include the right to access, correct, restrict, or request the deletion of the data we or our partners collect.
Because Amazon operates globally, data collected via tracking cookies may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions outside your home country. By clicking our affiliate links, you acknowledge and consent to these international data transfers. You may opt out of tracking at any time by clearing your browser cookies or adjusting your browser settings.”
Social Media Platforms
Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.
Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.
This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.
Shortened links in social media
This website and its owners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. By default some social media platforms shorten lengthy URLs (web addresses).
Users are advised to take caution and good judgement before clicking any shortened URLs published on social media platforms by this website and its owners. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine URLs are published many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.