Dr Angela Buckley

CRIME HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR

Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

This website is operated by Dr Angela Buckley. For any queries about this privacy policy or how your personal data is handled, please contact:

Dr Angela Buckley

Email: [email protected]

Website: drangelabuckley.com

2. What Personal Data We Collect

When you use the contact form on this website, we collect the following information:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • The content of your message

We do not collect any other personal data through this website. We do not use cookies for tracking, and we do not collect any data automatically beyond what your browser or hosting provider may log in standard server logs.

3. Lawful Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the basis of legitimate interests — specifically, to respond to enquiries you have chosen to send us. By submitting the contact form, you are initiating contact and it is in both your interest and ours to be able to respond.

If your enquiry relates to a potential contract or service, the lawful basis may additionally be the performance of a contract.

4. How We Use Your Data

Your personal data is used solely to:

  • Respond to your enquiry
  • Follow up on any ongoing correspondence related to your original message

We will not use your contact details to send you marketing emails or newsletters, and we will not add you to any mailing list without your explicit consent.

5. Who We Share Your Data With

Your data is not sold or shared with third parties for commercial purposes. However, in order to operate this website and respond to your messages, your data will pass through or be stored by the following service providers:

  • WordPress.com (Automattic, Inc.) — website hosting and contact form functionality. Automattic may process data in the United States and other countries. WordPress.com is covered by Standard Contractual Clauses and other safeguards for international data transfers. For more details, see Automattic’s privacy policy at automattic.com/privacy.
  • Google (Gmail) — the email service used to receive and respond to messages submitted via the contact form. Google may process data in the United States and other countries. Google LLC operates under Standard Contractual Clauses. For more details, see Google’s privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy.

These providers act as data processors, meaning they only handle your data on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions.

6. International Data Transfers

As noted above, both WordPress.com (Automattic) and Google LLC are based in the United States. Transfers of your personal data to these providers are made under appropriate safeguards, including Standard Contractual Clauses approved under UK GDPR, ensuring your data receives a level of protection equivalent to that required under UK law.

7. How Long We Keep Your Data

We retain messages and associated personal data for a maximum of 12 months after an enquiry is resolved, unless we are required to keep it for longer for legal or contractual reasons. After this period, messages and personal data will be deleted from our systems.

Please note that email providers (Gmail) and hosting platforms (WordPress.com) may retain data in accordance with their own retention policies.

8. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

As a UK resident, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

  • Right of access — you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification — you can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Right to erasure — you can ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • Right to restriction of processing — you can ask us to limit how we use your data.
  • Right to object — you can object to our processing of your data based on legitimate interests.
  • Right to data portability — you can request your data in a structured, machine-readable format.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 1. We will respond within one month of receiving your request.

9. Is Providing Your Data Required?

Providing your personal data via the contact form is entirely voluntary. However, without your name, email address, and message content, we will be unable to respond to your enquiry.

10. Right to Complain

If you have concerns about how we handle your personal data, we would encourage you to contact us directly in the first instance so that we can try to resolve the matter.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at any time. The ICO can be contacted at ico.org.uk or by calling 0303 123 1113.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated ‘last updated’ date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

This privacy policy was prepared in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.