Privacy Policy

Who We Are

This website, janescottstuart.com, is operated by Jane Scott Stuart, an author based in Scotland, United Kingdom. Jane Scott Stuart is the data controller for the personal data collected through this site.

We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Our ICO registration number is ZC176037. You can verify this on the ICO register of fee payers.

To contact us about your personal data, please use the contact form on this website.

What Data We Collect and Why

Newsletter Subscriptions

If you sign up to our newsletter, we collect your email address. We use this solely to send you news and updates about Jane Scott Stuart and her work.

• Legal basis: Consent — you opt in voluntarily.
• Retention: Your data is deleted immediately when you unsubscribe. You may also ask us to delete it at any time.

Contact Form

If you send us a message via the contact form, we collect your name, email address, and message content. We use this to respond to your enquiry.

• Legal basis: Legitimate interest in responding to your enquiry.
• Retention: Up to 12 months, then deleted.

How We Protect Your Data

All personal data stored in our database is encrypted at rest. We do not store email addresses or contact details in plain text. Our website uses HTTPS throughout, and our hosting infrastructure is secured in accordance with industry standards.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with any third parties for marketing purposes. We use the following third-party services that may process your data as part of operating this website:

• Brevo (Sendinblue) — used to send newsletter emails. If you subscribe to our newsletter, your email address is transmitted to Brevo for this purpose. Brevo is our data processor and acts on our instructions only. Brevo Privacy Policy.
• Cloudflare Turnstile — used on our forms to distinguish humans from bots without displaying a CAPTCHA. Turnstile operates invisibly in the background and processes limited technical data (such as browser characteristics) to verify requests. No personal data is stored by Turnstile beyond what is necessary for this check. See Cloudflare's Privacy Policy and Turnstile Privacy Addendum.

Your data is not shared with anyone else outside of the team managing this website, except where required by law.

Your Rights Under UK GDPR

As a resident of the UK or EEA, you have the following rights:

• Right of access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate data.
• Right to erasure — ask us to delete your personal data.
• Right to restrict processing — ask us to limit how we use your data.
• Right to data portability — receive your data in a portable format.
• Right to object — object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Right to withdraw consent — withdraw your newsletter consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please use the contact form. We will respond within 30 days.

Unsubscribing from the Newsletter

You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in every newsletter email, or by contacting us via the contact form. When you unsubscribe, your email address is deleted immediately from our database — we do not retain it.

Cookies

This website uses only essential cookies necessary for security and navigation. We do not use tracking or advertising cookies. See our Cookie Policy for full details.

Supervisory Authority

If you have concerns about how we handle your personal data and are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection supervisory authority.

ICO website: ico.org.uk

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date at the top.