The Marketing Fountain: Exceptional Marketing Consultancy

This privacy notice applies between you, the User of this website and Rebecca Fountain, the owner and provider of The Marketing Fountain website. Rebecca Fountain takes your privacy very seriously. This privacy notice applies to our use of any data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of the website. Please read this privacy notice carefully.

Definitions

In this privacy notice, the following definitions are used:

Data : collectively all information that you submit to Patsy Valentin via the Website. This definition incorporates, where applicable, the definitions provided in the Data Protection Laws.
Cookies: a small text file placed on your computer by this Website when you visit certain parts of the Website and/or when you use certain features of the Website. Details of the cookies used by this Website are set out in the clause below (Cookies).
Data Protection Laws: any applicable law relating to the processing of personal Data, including but not limited to the GDPR, for as long as the GDPR is effective in France.
GDPR: the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Rebecca Fountain, we or us: Rebecca Fountain of The Marketing Fountain, 07700 Saint Martin D’Ardèche. Siret No: 537 844 466 00012
EU Cookie Law: the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011;
User or you: any third party that accesses the website and is not either (1) employed by Rebecca Fountain and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to Rebecca Fountain and accessing the website in connection with the provision of such services; and
Website: the website that you are using, www.themarketingfountain.com, and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.

Scope of this Privacy Policy

This privacy notice applies only to the actions of Rebecca Fountain and Users with respect to this website. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed from this website including, but not limited to, any links we may provide to social media websites.

For purposes of the applicable Data Protection Laws, Rebecca Fountain is the "data controller". This means that Rebecca Fountain determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which, your Data is processed.

Data Collected

We may collect the following Data, which includes personal Data, from you:

name;
contact Information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
contract information - when you enter into a contract with The Marketing Fountain, we keep a detailed account of your contract terms, contract addenda, invoices issued and payments received;
IP address (automatically collected);
web browser type and version (automatically collected);
operating system (automatically collected);
a list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on this website, and the site you exit to (automatically collected);

in each case, in accordance with this privacy notice.

How we Collect Data

We collect Data in the following ways:

data is given to us by you; and
data is collected automatically.

Data that is given to us by you

Rebecca Fountain will collect your Data in a number of ways, for example:

when you contact us through the Website, by telephone, post, e-mail or through any other means;
when you elect to receive marketing communications from us;
when you use our services.

in each case, in accordance with this privacy notice.

Data that is collected automatically

To the extent that you access the Website, we will collect your Data automatically, for example:

we automatically collect some information about your visit to the Website. This information helps us to make improvements to Website content and navigation, and includes your IP address, the date, times and frequency with which you access the Website and the way you use and interact with its content.

We will collect your Data automatically via cookies, in line with the cookie settings on your browser. For more information about cookies, and how we use them on the Website, see the section below, headed "Cookies".

Our Use of Data

Any of the above Data may be required by us from time to time in order to provide you with the best possible service and experience when using our Website. Specifically, Data may be used by us for the following reasons:

internal record keeping;
improvement of our products/services;
transmission by email of marketing materials that may be of interest to you;

in each case, in accordance with this privacy notice.

We may use your Data for the above purposes if we deem it necessary to do so for our legitimate interests. If you are not satisfied with this, you have the right to object in certain circumstances (see the section headed "Your rights" below).

For the delivery of direct marketing to you via e-mail, we'll need your consent, whether via an opt-in or soft-opt-in:

soft opt-in consent is a specific type of consent which applies when you have previously engaged with us (for example, you contact us to ask us for more details about a particular product/service, and we are marketing similar products/services). Under "soft opt-in" consent, we will take your consent as given unless you opt-out.
for other types of e-marketing, we are required to obtain your explicit consent; that is, you need to take positive and affirmative action when consenting by, for example, checking a tick box that we'll provide.
if you are not satisfied about our approach to marketing, you have the right to withdraw consent at any time. To find out how to withdraw your consent, see the section headed "Your rights" below.

Who We Share Data With

We may share your Data with the following groups of people for the following reasons: our employees, agents and/or professional advisors - to obtain advice from professional advisers ; in each case, in accordance with this privacy notice.

Keeping Data Secure

We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your Data, for example:

we store your Data on secure third party servers, hosted by GoDaddy

Technical and organisational measures include measures to deal with any suspected data breach. If you suspect any misuse or loss or unauthorised access to your Data, please let us know immediately by contacting us via this e-mail address: rebecca@themarketingfountain.com.

Data Retention

Unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, we will only hold your Data on our systems for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy notice or until you request that the Data be deleted.

Even if we delete your Data, it may persist on backup or archival media for legal, tax or regulatory purposes.

Your Rights

You have the following rights in relation to your Data:

Right to access - the right to request (i) copies of the information we hold about you at any time, or (ii) that we modify, update or delete such information. If we provide you with access to the information we hold about you, we will not charge you for this, unless your request is "manifestly unfounded or excessive." Where we are legally permitted to do so, we may refuse your request. If we refuse your request, we will tell you the reasons why.
Right to correct - the right to have your Data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to erase - the right to request that we delete or remove your Data from our systems;
Right to restrict our use of your Data - the right to "block" us from using your Data or limit the way in which we can use it.
Right to data portability - the right to request that we move, copy or transfer your Data.
Right to object - the right to object to our use of your Data including where we use it for our legitimate interests.

To make enquiries, exercise any of your rights set out above, or withdraw your consent to the processing of your Data (where consent is our legal basis for processing your Data), please contact us via this e-mail address: rebecca@themarketingfountain.com

If you are not satisfied with the way a complaint you make in relation to your Data is handled by us, you may be able to refer your complaint to the relevant data protection authority. For the UK, this is the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The ICO's contact details can be found on their website at https://ico.org.uk/. For France, this is the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés – contact details can be found on their website: https://www.cnil.fr/en/steps-procedure-sanction

It is important that the Data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your Data changes during the period for which we hold it.

Links to Other Websites

This Website may, from time to time, provide links to other websites. We have no control over such websites and are not responsible for the content of these websites. This privacy notice does not extend to your use of such websites. You are advised to read the privacy notice or statement of other websites prior to using them.

Changes of Business Ownership and Control

Rebecca Fountain may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of The Marketing Fountain. Data provided by Users will, where it is relevant to any part of our business so transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this privacy notice, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was originally supplied to us.

We may also disclose Data to a prospective purchaser of our business or any part of it.

In the above instances, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring your privacy is protected.

Cookies

This website may place and access certain Cookies on your computer. Patsy Valentin uses cookies to improve your experience of using the Website and to improve our range of services. Patsy Valentin has carefully chosen these Cookies and has taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and respected at all times.

All Cookies used by this Website are used in accordance with current UK and EU Cookie Law.

Before the website places Cookies on your computer, you will be presented with a message bar requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies, you are enabling Rebecca Fountain to provide a better experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of the Website may not function fully or as intended.

Changes to This Privacy Notice

Rebecca Fountain reserves the right to change this privacy notice as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law.

Any changes will be immediately posted on the Website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy notice on your first use of the Website following the alterations.

You may contact Rebecca Fountain by email at rebecca@themarketingfountain.com.

Last Updated: November 2021

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