Last Updated: 27th April 2026

Welcome to peterdrichards.co.uk. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy informs you how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

1. Important Information and Who We Are

Purpose of this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how this website collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you  sign up to our newsletter or contact us.

This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

Controller

admin@peterdrichards.co.uk is the controller and responsible for your personal data (referred to as “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy policy).

Contact Details

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the [Data Protection Manager] using the details set out below.

  • Email address: info@peterdrichards.co.uk

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

 

2. The Data We Collect About You

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified.

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

  • Identity Data: [includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier].
  • Contact Data: [includes email address, and telephone numbers].
  • Technical Data: [includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, 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].
  • Marketing and Communications Data: [includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences].

3. How Is Your Personal Data Collected?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including through:

  • Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
  • Subscribe to our service or publications;

     

  • Request marketing/lead magnets [such as the free novella prequel] to be sent to you;

     

  • Contact us.

     

  • Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies [server logs and other similar technologies].

     

4. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you [e.g., delivering your free novella prequel].
  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
  • Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.

     

Lawful Bases for Processing

Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than in relation to sending third-party direct marketing communications to you via email. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us.

We rely on Legitimate Interest for:

  • Lead Generation/Marketing Nurture: We may process your Contact Data to add you to our marketing list when you request a free item [such as the preamble novella], provided that you have an expectation of hearing from us regarding the saga, and our marketing activities are proportionate and balanced against your rights. You can opt out at any time.

     

5. Disclosures of Your Personal Data

We will not share your personal data with third parties for the purposes set out below:

  • Service Providers: Providers who support our business, such as IT and system administration services [insert specific categories e.g., email marketing platforms like Mailchimp/ConvertKit, web hosting services, Google Workspace].
  • Professional Advisers: Including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance, and accounting services.
  • HM Revenue & Customs: Regulators and other authorities based in the United Kingdom who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.

6. International Transfers

We will not share your personal data within our Service Providers. This may involve transferring your data outside the UK.

If transferring data outside the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

  • Adequacy Decisions: We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data.
  • Standard Contractual Clauses: Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts approved for use in the UK which give personal data the same protection it has in the UK.

7. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

8. Data Retention

How long will you use my personal data for?

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

If you subscribe to our marketing list, we will retain your data until you opt out or unsubscribe.

9. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. You have the right to:

 

  • Request access to your personal data.
  • Request correction of your personal data.
  • Request erasure of your personal data.
  • Object to processing of your personal data.
  • Request restriction of processing your personal data.
  • Request transfer of your personal data.
  • Right to withdraw consent.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us.