Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.how-to-english.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

www.how-to-english.com collects personal information from you from various sources, including:

• Through this website when you use one of our contact forms, communicate with us directly via email, or through the various opt-in forms on the website or by signing up to our newsletter. When you contact us through one of our contact forms, we collect any data you leave in the contact form boxes on said form. This is purely for us to be able to reply to you and will not be used to promote any product or service we offer.
• When you email us or communicate with us through social media.
• When you participate in our courses, workshops, or other events or promotions.
• When you post a comment on our website. When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

The types of personal information we may collect include:

• Your email address
• Your name
• Your general location
• Other information that you provide to us via direct communication

We also collect some information automatically when you visit the website or open emails from adam@how-to-english.com through cookies and web beacons. A cookie is a small data file that is transferred to your computer’s hard disk. A web beacon is a small, transparent graphic that is used to transmit information back to a web server. We also may use third-party website analytics like Google Analytics that collect information about visitors to www.adbroughton.com. The information we collect automatically includes:

• Information about the devices you use to access the site (such as your IP address and the device, browser, and operating system type)
• Your browser’s language preference information
• A general geographic location (such as country and city) from which you are accessing our site
• URLs and search terms that refer visitors to the site
• Dates and times of visits to our site
• Information about actions taken on the site (such as page views and site navigation patterns)

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.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How do we use your information?

www.how-to-english.com will use your information to:

• Provide the services that you request
• Send you email communication as requested
• Communicate with you about products, services, and promotions from www.adbroughton.com and our partners
• Respond to your questions and comments
• Improve the quality of the services offered by www.how-to-english.com
• Analyze trends and statistics regarding visitors’ use of our sites

We will not sell your personal information or give it to any third parties without your permission, unless it is to serve one of the purposes listed above. We may ask for your permission to be added to the mailing lists of our partners. Our mailing list is managed by Mailchimp. You can find out how Mailchimp manages and uses your data by visiting their website and reading their privacy policy.

www.how-to-english.com uses the services of Thrive Themes to collect your personal information. You can find out more about how Thrive Themes manages and uses your data by visiting their website and reading their privacy policy.

www.how-to-english.com is powered by WordPress. You can find out more about how WordPress manages and uses your data by visiting their website and reading their privacy policy.

Third party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Security

The Personal Information we collect about you is stored on a secure, password-protected server and only authorized personnel have access to your personal information. We use industry-standard encryption technologies with respect to the receipt and transfer of personal information. Nevertheless, despite our best efforts, no transmission over the Internet or cellular network and no data storage method can be guaranteed to be safe 100% of the time.

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Personal information retention period

www.how-to-english.com will retain your personal information until a request to delete or modify such information is received. You can do so by contacting us at adam@how-to-english.com

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.

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.

Changing your personal information

You may change or modify the information you share with us (email, name, etc) by emailing the site administrator at adam@how-to-english.com at any time. If you wish to delete or suspend your personal information, please email us at the same address, but note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.

Unsubscribing from our mailing list

You may unsubscribe from the www.how-to-english.com mailing list at any time through an “unsubscribe” link in each email that is sent to you. When you unsubscribe, we do not completely delete your email address and personal information, but you will no longer receive emails from us.

Data Transfers

When we obtain personal information about you, we may process the information outside of the country in which you are located. These countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you are located. We will protect your information as described in this Privacy Notice.

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

Our policy toward children

Our Services are not directed to people under 13. If you become aware that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us at adam@how-to-english.com. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we take steps to remove such information.

Changes to this Privacy Notice

We may revise this Privacy Notice from time to time. The most current version of the policy will govern our use of your information and is available at https://www.how-to-english.com/privacy-policy/. If we make any changes to this policy that we judge is important, said changes will be added to this Privacy Notice. By continuing to access or use the services after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Notice.

Feedback

We welcome any comment, question and communication at adam@how-to-english.com

Effective: May 24, 2018