Privacy Policy

It is Author L.G. Castillo’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any informationwe may collect from you or which you may provide to us, in the circumstances set out below.Accordingly, we have developed this privacy policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate, disclose, safeguard and otherwise make use of your personally identifiable information (“Personal Data”).

We will only collect and use your Personal Data where:
• we have lawful grounds to do so, including to comply with our legal obligations;• we are performing a contract with you for our services; and• we have legitimate interests in using your Personal Data and your interests and fundamentalrights do not override those interests.

For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”), we,Author L.G. Castillo of www.lgcastillo.com, are the “data controller”. If you have any questions about this policy or about how we use your Personal Data, please contact us via our contact details at the end of this policy.
This policy is effective as of May 20, 2017. We review our privacy practices on an ongoing basis, and as such we may change this privacy policy from time to time. Please check this page frequently to ensure you are familiar with its current content.

1. Personal Data we collect via our website www.lgcastillo.com (the “Website”)We only collect Personal Data where you choose to interact with us on the Website. This include
signing up to receive L.G. Castillo’s newsletter.
Personal data collected – First name and email address.
completing the website’s contact form
Personal data collected – Name and email address.
Data that we collect automaticallyWe automatically collect certain information when you visit our Website – such as the type ofbrowser and operating system you are using, and the domain name of your Internet serviceprovider. We do not link this information with any Personal Data.
CookiesWe may also collect data automatically through our use of cookies on the Website. Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer's hard drive
Like many sites, we use "cookies" to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

2. Use of your Personal DataWe will only use your Personal Data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use yourPersonal Data to:
• process and manage your use of our website;
• respond to your questions, comments and requests;
• where you have opted-in to receive marketing from us, deliver communications that arerelevant to your preferences / may be of interest to you;
• improve our services and Website through analysis of information.

3. Sharing of your Personal DataWe take your privacy seriously and will not share your Personal Data with others, except aspermitted by applicable law or as set out below:

We share Personal Data as necessary with third parties who provide services or functions on ourbehalf and who require the information to provide those specific services to us. These thirdparties may include social media advertising platforms such as Facebook for the purpose of custom audience generation and the development of targeting criteria for other audiences. Please note that we have appropriate data privacy safeguards in place with third parties with whom we share Personal Data as described above and who are providing services or functions on our behalf.

4. Keeping your Personal Data secureWe have implemented security policies and technical measures to safeguard the Personal Datawe collect. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply withapplicable law, including the GDPR, to safeguard Personal Data from accidental loss,destruction or damage and unauthorized access, use and disclosure.

5. Retention periods for use of your Personal DataWe will use and store your Personal Data only for as long as necessary, bearing in mind the usesof your Personal Data as described in this privacy policy and otherwise as communicated toyou. We review the Personal Data we hold at regular intervals and delete permanently oranonymize any Personal Data which is no longer necessary.

6. ChildrenThis Website and our services are aimed at adults, and we do not knowingly collect anyPersonal Data relating to children aged under 18 years old. If you are under the age of 18,please do not provide us with any of your Personal Data, including your email address.

7. Access to and control over your Personal DataYou have legal rights under applicable law in relation to your Personal Data. You can ask thefollowing questions, or take the following actions, at any time by contacting us:

• see what Personal Data we hold about you (if any), including why we are holding it and who it could be disclosed to;• ask us to change/correct your Personal Data;• ask us to delete your Personal Data;• object to the processing of your Personal Data;• ask us to restrict the processing of your Personal Data;• withdraw any consents you have given us to the processing of your Personal Data; and• express any concerns you have about third parties’ use of your Personal Data.

8. Change of purposeWe will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless wereasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatiblewith the original purpose. If you wish to have an explanation as to how the processing forthe new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.If we need to use your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we willexplain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

9. Contact UsIf you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us.