Who we are
We are the International Association of Journal Writing and you can find more details on our about page.
Our website address is: https://iajw.org.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Newsletter Sign Up Forms
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An anonymized 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
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Contact forms
When visitors complete the contact form we collect the data supplied on that form as well the visitor’s IP address. We only ever use this information to respond to your request.
Cookies
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Who we share your data with
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If you subscribe to our newsletter, we share your name and email data with Mailchimp, who provide our email list and newsletter management service. When you place an order we share information about the products purchased with Mailchimp.
When you submit a comment on our website, an anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you use it. If you do have/use a Gravatar, and after approval of your comment, your Gravatar profile picture is then made visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How long we retain your data
Order and Payment Data
We retain order data indefinitely to allow us to provide customer support, answer questions and re-issue access to your purchases if requested.
Comments
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact forms
We retain contact form data indefinitely so that we have an audit trail of customer support issues and our responses.
Newsletter Sign Up Forms
You will remain subscribed to our newsletter until you decide to unsubscribe (using the link provided or by contacting us). After unsubscribing your data will be retained for up to 6 months and then deleted. You will no longer receive our newsletters.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
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Do we send your data outside of the EU?
This website is hosted in a US data centre by a high performance, secure host, and all data is stored in that location. All data including that of EU citizens will be collected, stored and processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
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How we protect your data
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