‘We’ means Fresh Air Magazine. This magazine is published by Wild Vision Publications Limited, registered company number 17192999 in England and Wales.
For more information on UK data protection, please visit the Information Commissioner’s Office website ico.org.uk.
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
Our style of communications
We believe in slow, calm communications. In sitting reading a magazine in the outdoors. In taking time to enjoy nature and nice stories. We wouldn’t want to be bombarded with constant marketing, so we don’t do that either.
Contact details
To contact us about data protection please email us: hello@freshairmagazine.co.uk
What information we collect, use, and why
For marketing purposes, we may collect names and email addresses.
Personal data could also include comments you choose to share on our website or our social media accounts.
For provision of services, such as advertising, we may collect names, addresses, and contact details, and anything needed to comply with laws such as for accounting and tax purposes. We may also collect these types of data for interviewing and collecting stories for the magazine.
Third party processing of personal data
If you sign up to the newsletter on our website, our latest blog post is sent to newsletter subscribers via the website provider, WordPress. The privacy policy of WordPress is under the registered name Automattic and is available here https://automattic.com/privacy/.
How we store personal data
For data collected for marketing purposes, such as newsletter subscriptions or website comments, these are stored on our website, so the data are stored through the service provider WordPress.
Comments shared on our social media remain on the social media account stored on the associated social media provider such as Instagram, Facebook, or Bluesky. Please see the relevant social media provider for their current privacy policy and how they store users’ personal data.
For data collected for provision of services, data are stored securely offline.
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website (ico.org.uk). Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website (ico.org.uk). There are updates to the UK’s data protection laws – there is a summary about this on Gov.UK’s website here.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide services are:
- Consent – you have the right to withdraw consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect certain information so we can comply with the law such as for accounting or tax purposes.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes are:
- Consent – you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by emailing us at hello@freshairmagazine.co.uk
How long we keep information
The length of time we retain personal data depends on the purpose and also whether the person still wants to receive service or marketing updates from us. For example, for the purposes of providing services, we keep personal data for as long as is legally necessary for accounting or tax reasons.
For more information on the length of time of retention of your personal data with us, please contact us at hello@freshairmagazine.co.uk
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a data protection complaint to us by emailing hello@freshairmagazine.co.uk