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Depth of Mind (“we”, “us”), found at https://depthofmind.com (“Website”), is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information may be collected and how it may be used and to govern the manner in which Depth of Mind collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the website. This document applies to the website and all products and services offered by Depth of Mind.
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: we may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit the site, register on the website, submit a form, place an order, subscribe to the newsletter, respond to a survey, leave a comment, email us, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our website.
We do not seek sensitive personal information such as your race, political beliefs, religion, political associations, sexual preference, or genetic information.
Automatically-Collected Information: we automatically collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Website. We use this information to monitor and improve our website. This includes information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked. Your information has been anonymised and only is viewed aggregately.
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalised experience on the Website.
To operate and maintain the Website;
To send you newsletters. Each email promotion will provide an easy opt-out button;
To respond to your comments or enquiries;
To track and measure statistics/advertising on the Website;
To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity
Any information shared with third parties will only be as a result of your explicit authorisation. In addition, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
This Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. We have anonymised our Google Analytics data and never look at non-aggregated data.
MailChimp – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications that you have opted-in to receive. Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.
Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Website, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.
We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalised experience on the Website.
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customises Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
Depth of Mind takes data protection extremely seriously and uses your private data only to offer a personalised experience.
We use Mailchimp for our newsletter, which you can opt out of, and Google Analytics for analysing website data.
If you subscribed to our newsletter, you will receive our newsletters. You can always unsubscribe by following the link in email or by emailing us.
If you gave us your name, it will only be used to personalise the newsletters.
We have never sold, we are not selling, and we will not sell any of your personal data provided to us.
Depth of Mind does not currently work with any affiliates but, should that change in future, measures will be taken to ensure all are GDPR compliant.
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Depth of Mind is stringent in abiding by GDPR regulations, so if you wish to have your information (e.g. comments removed) and you’re an EU resident, please contact us. We are happy to amend/remove your information/comments/email from the mailing list if you contact us. We do not retain secondary copies of commenters/reader contact information without permission. Similarly, we do not resell or share your contact information with third parties and once you opt out of the mailing list, you are permanently removed.
Please be aware that if you leave a comment and certain information (such as your name as you provide it) this may be publicly visible, however your email address will not be. Depth of Mind will not contact you using your email as this goes against GDPR regulations, so if you wish to be contacted, please contact us directly. Please do not request that we contact you in the comments.
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your sensitive personal identifiable information, identification or documentation numbers, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
Protecting the privacy of the children is imperative here at Depth of Mind. For that reason, we do not knowingly collect or maintain information on our site from anybody under the age of 16.
If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately. We will endeavour to swiftly remove the information from our records.
You have the right to view, edit or delete the personal data we have collected about you. Furthermore, you have the right to withdraw consent or to object to the processing of your personal data. Requests to view, edit or delete your personal data, and withdrawals of consent can be sent to contact@depthofmind.com
Please note that by using this Website, you signify your acceptance of our policy. If you do not agree to our policy, please do not use our Website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed as your acceptance of those changes.
If you have any questions about the Depth of Mind privacy policy, please get in touch via contact@depthofmind.com
Privacy Policy last updated 19th August 2023.
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