True Colours Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 8, 2024

Welcome to True Colours! Your privacy is very important to me, and I am committed to safeguarding it. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we collect and how we use, share, and protect that information. By using our Substack newsletter, True Colours, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

1. Information We Collect

a. Personal Information

When you subscribe to True Colours, we may collect the following personal information:

• Name

• Email address

b. Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the newsletter is accessed and used. This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our newsletter that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.

2. Use of Your Information

True Colours uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain the newsletter

• To notify you about changes to our newsletter

• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our newsletter when you choose to do so

• To provide customer support

• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our newsletter

• To monitor the usage of our newsletter

• To detect, prevent and address technical issues

3. Sharing of Your Information

We will not share your personal information with third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy:

• With Your Consent: We may share your personal information with third parties ONLY when we have your explicit consent to do so.

• Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our newsletter, provide the newsletter on our behalf, perform newsletter-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our newsletter is used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

4. Security of Your Information

The security of your personal information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

5. Your Data Protection Rights

As a resident of the UK, you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). True Colours aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal data. If you wish to be informed about what personal data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us at yolandabarker@truecolours.co.uk.

6. Links to Other Sites

Our newsletter may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Yolanda Barker
Email: Yolanda@barkermanor.co.uk

Thank you for being a part of the True Colours community.

Yours sincerely,

Yolanda Barker
True Colours