This privacy statement relates to our privacy practices and GDPR compliance in connection with ‘The GOOZEBOB COMPETITION’, a
competition running on The MAGIC NARRATIVE website, an online children’s literary fiction publishing website.
Who we are:
- Goozebob is a children’s picture book published by Magic Narrative, Ireland – website: www.magicnarrative.com
- Ben Linehan (‘Ben’), is the author of Goozebob and owner of Magic Narrative Publishing.
Who is the Data Controller? - The Data Controller is Ben Linehan (‘Ben’), 65 Radcliff Hall, Sandymount, Dublin 4, Ireland.
What personal data do we process? How do we process data?
‘Goozebob’: Magic Narrative website does not solicit or accept Registrations from users.
‘Goozebob’: Magic Narrative website does collect GPS information volunteered through the website while running the competition.
When e-mailing us to enter the competition, you may also give us information about yourself by filling in forms on our website or by
corresponding directly with us by e-mail or otherwise.
We process the following data: Name and Email addresses and Volunteered Information contained with the e-mail.
Where do we store the information?:
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure server.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your
personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we
have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
Our website is hosted by Register 365 Services. Register 365 is protected from DDoS attack (UDP flood), as well as extensive custom
firewall rule and large mod security rule sets, protecting servers from a variety of forms of attack. In the event of heavy flooding, the
servers have data centre enable network level flood protection. Datacentres are also highly secure facilities with restricted access.
Finally, hosting service employs additional server security methods and precautions that are confidential.
How long do we retain data for?
Our stance on data retention is guided in accordance with best industry practice. We retain data relating to Individuals for a period
of one year, and collated information related to broader Community Activities for a period of two years. Once a retention period has
expired, data is deleted automatically, or destroyed under confidential conditions.
Why do we process personal data?
The data enables us to carry out our obligations arising from any service arrangement entered into between you and us in providing
you with the information, responses and/or services that your request from us. The data is necessary to ensure that the content from
our site is presented in the most effective manner for your and your computer.
Who do we share data with and why?
We do not share data with individuals, companies or organisations except under the following circumstances:
1. With your consent – we will share personal information when we have your written permission to do so;
2. For processing by third parties – including business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we
enter into with you, analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimization of our site.
3. For Legal Reasons – If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in
order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Ben Linehan or others.
This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purpose of fraud protection and credit risk
reduction.
Consent
In the absence of any Registration process, or corresponding data collection, Consent in fulfilling the function of the website is not
required.
What is GDPR?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a piece of legislation prepared by the European Union that aims to give you more
control over how your data is used and protected.
GDPR affords you the following rights:
- Right to be Informed: You have the right to be provided with “fair processing information”, which will be completely transparent
about how we have gathered and will use your data. You have a right to be notified about any third-party processors with whom we
share your personal data, along with the reason for doing so. - Right of Access: You have the right to confirmation that your personal data are being processed and to access a copy of your
personal data. If you would like access to or a copy of the personal information we hold about you, to request a correction, or have any
questions about how we may use it or to make a complaint, please contact the Data Protection Manager at the address shown above.
Or, email linehan.bendesign@gmail.com
Complaints will be dealt with by the Data Protection Manager, and will be responded to within 30 days at the latest. - Right of rectification: You have the right to have your personal data corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Right to Erasure: You have the right to have your personal data deleted from our systems in the following situations:
– When you withdraw consent
– Data deletion is to comply with a legal obligation
– Where the data was unlawfully processed
– Where it is no longer necessary
– Where you object to the processing - Right to Data Portability: You have the right to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purposes, without hindrance.
Access to all supplied information is achieved simply by reviewing the Reader’s own Home Page. This information may then be copied
and shared as required by the individual. - Right to Object: ‘Goozebob’ Magic Narrative, will not be engaging in any Marketing activities that will involve the direct use of User’s
data accumulated from this website, so this right does not apply in such circumstance.
Cross-border data transfer
Beyond back-up Servers, commissioned to ensure consistency of the project, and which operate by contract on terms identical the EU’s
GDPR legislation, no data will be transferred inside or outside the European Union.
Data Transfer:
• Beyond back-up Servers, commissioned to ensure consistency of the project, and which operate by contract on terms identical the
EU’s GDPR legislation, no data will be transferred inside or outside the European Union.