A lifestyle expat travel blog about culture, history, Brexit, the Royal Family, travels around the world, Europe, and being British in Berlin!
I’ve updated my Privacy Policy to take effect on May 25th, 2018.
Legal disclaimer
The contents of these pages were prepared with utmost care. Nonetheless, I cannot assume liability for the timeless accuracy and completeness of the information.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union and the European Economic Area. It also addresses the export of personal data outside the EU and EEA. The GDPR aims primarily to give control to citizens and residents over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU.
Superseding the Data Protection Directive, the regulation contains provisions and requirements pertaining to the processing of personally identifiable information of data subjects inside the European Union. Business processes that handle personal data must be built with privacy by design and by default, meaning that personal data must be stored using pseudonymisation or full anonymisation, and use the highest-possible privacy settings by default, so that the data is not available publicly without explicit consent, and cannot be used to identify a subject without additional information stored separately. No personal data may be processed unless it is done under a lawful basis specified by the regulation, or if the data controller or processor has received explicit, opt-in consent from the data’s owner. The business must allow this permission to be withdrawn at any time.
A processor of personal data must clearly disclose what data is being collected and how, why it is being processed, how long it is being retained, and if it is being shared with any third-parties.
Users have the right to request a portable copy of the data collected by a processor in a common format, and the right to have their data erased under certain circumstances. Public authorities, and businesses whose core activities centre around regular or systematic processing of personal data, are required to employ a data protection officer (DPO), who is responsible for managing compliance with the GDPR. Businesses must report any data breaches within 72 hours if they have an adverse effect on user privacy.
This is my updated Privacy Policy to go into effect on May 25th, 2018.
Your privacy is extremely important to me.
Who I Am and What This Policy Covers
The British Berliner is a lifestyle expat travel blog about culture, history, travels around the world, Europe, and being British in Berlin.
It focuses on a British girl from Manchester living in Berlin with her German husband and her half British – half German son, her promotion of British-German life, culture, history, literature, theatre, style, Europe, travels around the world, what she does in normal every day life and where she goes.
Trips featured on The British Berliner are based on her own travel experience.
This Privacy Policy applies to information that I collect about you when I use:
Information I Collect
In general, when visiting the website of The British Berliner, no personal data, except minimal information such as users posting comments such as a name (real or alias), website and email address, is saved. Your name and website may be displayed on the site if you post a comment, but your email address and privacy, will always be kept secure.
Newsletters and latest posts are distributed through WordPress and a Mailchimp mailing list. Any personal information stored on a mailing list is solely kept for the distribution of blog posts and newsletters – I don’t share personal information with third parties. At the bottom of every post or newsletter is a clear and easy way to opt-out. However, this data can be given on a voluntary basis.
No data is passed onto third parties without your consent. I would like to point out that in regard to unsecured data transmission in the internet (e.g. via email), security cannot be guaranteed. Such data could possibly be accessed by third parties.
Information You Provide to Me
Information I Collect Automatically
How And Why I Use Information
Purposes for Using Information
I use information about you as mentioned above, and strictly only for the purposes listed below:
Legal Bases for Collecting and Using Information
Sharing Information
Information Shared Publicly
Information that you choose to make public is at your own risk
My website contains links to external websites. As the contents of these third-party websites are beyond my control, I cannot accept liability for them. Responsibility for the contents of the linked pages is always held by the provider or operator of the pages.
This means that information like your public profile, photographs, posts, other content that you make public, “likes” and comments on other websites, are all available to others
How Long I Keep Information
In general, when visiting the website of The British Berliner, no personal data, except minimal information such as users posting comments such as a name (real or alias), website and email address, is saved.
Newsletters and latest posts are distributed through WordPress and a MailChimp mailing list. Any personal information stored on a mailing list is solely kept for the distribution of blog posts and newsletters – I don’t share personal information with third parties. At the bottom of every post or newsletter is a clear and easy way to opt-out. However, this data can be given on a voluntary basis.
No data will be passed onto a third parties without your consent. I would like to point out that in regard to unsecured data transmission in the internet (e.g. via email), security cannot be guaranteed. Such data could possibly be accessed by third parties.
Choices
You have several choices available when it comes to information about you:
Your Rights
If you are located in the EU or anywhere that falls under the scope of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), data protection laws give you rights with respect to your personal data, subject to any exemptions provided by the law, including the right to:
You can usually access, correct, or delete your personal data, using the unsubscribe button at the bottom of the page, but if you aren’t able to do so, please don’t hesitate to contact me
That’s it!
Thanks very much!
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