Professional Eulogy Writing Privacy Policy
Our contact details:
Professional Eulogy Writing
Phone Number: 07595 837326
Email: andrea@eulogywriting.co.uk
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Date of Privacy Notice Last Updated: 28th January 2023
The type of personal information we collect
We currently collect and process the following information:
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Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics (for example, name, home address, telephone number, email address, paypal email address, as well as personal information of a sensitive nature regarding a deceased person and their family members)
How we get the personal information and why we have it
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:
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The writing of a eulogy for a deceased person, which may also make reference to living people, with their knowledge and informed consent.
We use the information you have given to us in order to share stories about the deceased person which include details of their personal and professional life, for example the deceased person's relationships with family and friends, their work, their living arrangements, their religious and political beliefs, leisure activities, interests and personality traits.
In sharing the pre-approved eulogy we have been contracted to write, we will share personal information with people attending the funeral and/or memorial service for the deceased person.
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Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting Professional Eulogy Writing by email: andrea@eulogywriting.co.uk
(b) We have a contractual obligation.
How we store your personal information
Your information is securely stored digitally in protected files.
We keep your questionnaire, briefing notes and finished eulogy for three months following the approval of a final draft . We will then dispose your information by permanently deleting all these files. No paper copies of research notes or the final draft of the eulogy are made or stored.
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The eulogy is the responsibility of the person who commissioned its writing. Professional Eulogy Writing writes eulogies in good faith based upon the information provided to us.
Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
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Please contact me by email: andrea@eulogywriting.co.uk if you wish to make a request.
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How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to me by email: andrea@eulogywriting.co.uk
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You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk