Effective Date: 4th April 2025

I am committed to protecting your personal data and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how I collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit tom-shaw.uk or use my services through social media. It also informs you of your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Data Collection and Usage

I may collect and process the following types of personal data:

• Personal Information: Name, email address, and other details provided through forms.
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, and usage data.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Information collected through cookies and similar tracking tools.

I use the collected data to:

• Provide and maintain my Website.
• Improve user experience and analyze Website usage.
• Communicate with you regarding inquiries or services.
• Ship products purchased on the Store
• Comply with legal obligations.

Under the GDPR, I process your data based on:

• Consent: When you provide explicit permission.
• Contractual Necessity: To fulfill contractual obligations.
• Legal Obligation: To comply with legal requirements.
• Legitimate Interest: For website security, analytics, and business improvements.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site I collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit the login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

Embedded content from other websites

Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

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.

Who we share your data with

I do not sell your data. However, I may share your information with:

• Service providers assisting in Website operations.
• Legal authorities when required by law.
• Third-party analytics providers.

If data is transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA), I ensure appropriate safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses or adequacy decisions.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Note that sensitive information brought up during sessions and workshops is NEVER shared outside of that space without your permission.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

I retain other personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this policy, or as required by law.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.