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22 February 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to work as a freelance writer, I may collect various types of personal information that relate to you. These may include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 your name
\u2022 your email address
\u2022 your phone number
\u2022 your gender
\u2022 your job title and place of work
\u2022 your social media handle (for example, if you are active on Twitter or LinkedIn, particularly in a business capacity)
\u2022 your address (usually a business address)
\u2022 your financial information (for example, to pay you or be paid by you, if you are self-employed)
\u2022 your IP address (collected for security reasons by my web host, and by security services which I use), to the extent that this qualifies as personal data 
\u2022 recordings and transcripts of phone calls if I interview you in the course of my writing business
\u2022 your opinions, to the extent that these qualify as personal data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How this data is collected<\/strong>
I typically collect this data from you when you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 meet me in person
\u2022 email me or phone me
\u2022 agree to be interviewed for a piece of writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also collect personal data in other ways, for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 In order to find business partners or clients, I may gather data that is publicly available online. This may involve gathering data about contacts on social networking sites or company websites, on a small scale, and\/or using this to check the accuracy of information I hold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 I may receive data about you that is passed to me by a client or prospective client, for example:
\u2013 if I am to write or edit an article or case study that mentions you (as I am a B2B copywriter, this will typically be in a work context)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 if I am given your contact details as a possible source of expertise or comment
\u2013 if I am to work on content that you have written, made comments on, or participated in in some way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My website collects IP addresses related to site visits (held in logs by my web host, and used by security software); the purpose is website security. My website may also use cookies \u2013 small text files that are placed on your machine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why I collect data<\/strong>
I collect data for the following reasons, which I rely on as legitimate bases for collecting the information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 to market my business (including direct B2B marketing via email, post and phone; and business analysis)\u00a0\u00a0
\u2022 to identify, and keep records of, prospective or existing clients or partners
\u2022 to ensure the accuracy of anything I write or publish
\u2022 to check the accuracy of anything I have written or published
\u2022 to retain evidence in case of a dispute or investigation
\u2022 for website security as above
\u2022 as backups, for the purpose of business continuity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I do with the information<\/strong>
I keep data on encrypted devices, in accounts with reputable cloud services, and in offline formats. I may transfer the data between these formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I may store your data on email servers and with operators of reputable cloud software services. I seek to keep these as far as possible within the UK or the EU. Where data is held outside the UK or EU, I seek to use providers who comply with rules to ensure the adequacy of data protection measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I may share specific data with subcontractors (for example, if I have agreed to supply a case study about your organisation, mentioning your name, and I contract out this work to another writer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the course of my work, I often share personal data with other people at the same organisation from whom I received it in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data retention<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I plan to keep your data for as long as I need it for a specified legitimate purpose:<\/p>\n\n\n\n