Privacy Policy

Who I am

The Intentional Mum is a website owned and run by Rebecca Hainsworth.

My website address is: https://theintentionalmum.com.

The Intentional Mum respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how I look after your personal data when you visit my website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy please contact me at hello@theintentionalmum.com.

Personal data I collect and why I collect it

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

I may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which I have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data includes first name, last name.
• Contact Data includes email address.
• Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
• Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services.
• Communications Data includes your communication preferences.

The Intentional Mum may also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, The Intentional Mum may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if I combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, I treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

I do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do I collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

How is your personal data collected?

The Intentional Mum uses different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

• Direct interactions. You may give me your Identity and Contact by filling in forms. This includes personal data you provide when you:
  • subscribe to my mailing list
  • leave a comment on The Intentional Mum
  • give me feedback or contact me.
• Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with this website, The Intentional Mum will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies and other similar technologies. Please see the cookie policy below for further details.
• Third parties or publicly available sources. We will receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below:
  • Technical Data from the following parties:
    • analytics providers such as Google based outside the UK;
    • search information providers.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site The Intentional Mum collects 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.

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 my 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 my login page, The Intentional Mum 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, The Intentional Mum 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.

Third-party links and embedded data

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. I do not control these third-party websites and am not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave my website, I encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

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

How I use your personal data

I will only use your personal data when the law allows me to. Most commonly, I will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• Where it is necessary for the legitimate interests of The Intentional Mum (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
• Where I need to comply with a legal obligation.

Generally, I do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data.

Purposes for which your personal data is used by The Intentional Mum are:

• To keep you up to date with relevant information and content on The Intentional Mum and episodes of The Intentional Mum podcast through my mailing list
• To administer and protect this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data) 
• To deliver relevant website content to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the content served to you
• To use data analytics to improve this website, products/services and experiences

Opting out

You can ask me to stop sending you email messages at any time by following the opt-out links on any email message sent to you.

You can also contact me at any time at hello@aminimalistmother.com

Who I share your data with

I do not actively share any Personal Data with third parties. Where you have signed up to my mailing list your data will be shared with MailChimp as my mailing provider.  You can read more about MailChimp’s privacy policy here.

How long your data will be retained for

I will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes it has been collected for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory or reporting requirements.

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

What rights you have over your data

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data (see section Data Rights below). If you wish to exercise any of these rights please contact me.

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

Where I send your data

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

Data Rights

Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data I hold about you and to check that I am lawfully processing it.

Request correction of the personal data that I hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data I hold about you corrected, though I may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to me.

Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask me to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for me continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask me to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where I may have processed your information unlawfully or where I am required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that I may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.

Object to processing of your personal data where I am relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where I am processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, I may demonstrate that I have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.

Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask me to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios:

• If you want me to establish the data’s accuracy.
• Where my use of the data is unlawful but you do not want me to erase it.
• Where you need me to hold the data even if I no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
• You have objected to my use of your data but I need to verify whether I have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.

Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. I will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for me to use or where I used the information to perform a contract with you.

Withdraw consent at any time where I am relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, I may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. I will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). I would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact me in the first instance.

This privacy policy is kept under regular review. This version was last updated on 19 March 2021.