Improvemyworld is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy explains when and why we collect personal information, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.
We may change this policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. By using this website, you are agreeing to be bound by this Policy.
Any questions regarding our privacy practices should be sent by email to vernon@improvemyworld.com
Who we are
Improvemyworld is a website that is dedicated to providing relevant, well researched, interesting and truthful information, knowledge and guidance to anyone and everyone wanting to understand better how to live a happier, healthier, more fulfilled and more enlightened life. The site provides articles on matters we consider of importance and relevance to this, as well as information on other services and products we offer, including videos, books, courses, coaching etc. and links to these as appropriate.
Information we may collect from you
If you sign up to any of our activities we may collect some personal information about you such as name, address, email and telephone/mobile number. The accuracy of your information is important to us and if you change email address or any other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date please email us at vernon@improvemyworld.com
Uses made of the information
We may use your information to ensure that the content of our site is accurate, to provide you with information, products or services which you request from us or which we feel may interest you or where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes and to notify you about changes to our site or business. We may also use your data to provide you with information about our services which may be of interest to you and we may contact you about these by email, post or telephone
Disclosure of information
We will not sell or rent your information to third parties and we will not share your information for marketing purposes, unless we are under duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, including a contractual obligation, or to protect our rights, or if required to do so for regulatory purposes.
Third party software platforms/product suppliers
We may work with third party products that enable us to email or transfer material to you. The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmission, so any such transmission is at your own risk.
Security Precautions in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information
When you provide us with personal information, we take steps to ensure that it is treated securely. We do not hold sensitive information such as credit or debit card details. While we strive to protect the security of any information you transmit to us, you do so at your own risk.
Your rights
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data or whether you wish or do not wish to receive information from us. You can exercise your right at any time by contacting us at vernon@improvemyworld.com.
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of partners or other companies. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check before you submit any personal data to these websites.
In addition, if you linked to our website from a third party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party site and we recommend you check the policy of that third party site.
Access to information
The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee to GBP 10 to meet our costs in providing you with the details of the information we may hold about you.
16 or under
We are concerned to protect the privacy of children 16 or under. If you are aged 16 or under, please obtain your parent/guardian’s permission beforehand wherever you provide us with personal information.
Transferring your information outside the United Kingdom
As part of the services offered to you through this website, the information you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the United Kingdom (“UK”) These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the UK. By submitting your personal data, you are agreeing to this transfer, storing and processing.
About cookies
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
Cookies may not contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal data that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored by your web browser to improve your browsing experience. Our website uses essential cookies for functionality, authentication and status - we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website, and to help us determine if you are logged into our website using a unique ID number. We use Google Analytics to monitor visitors and website performance. This helps us identify and fix issues and deliver the best content. We create internal reports but do not share or sell information. We may use cookies on YouTube or Vimeo videos, but we do not use other analytics or third-party service cookies.
Google Analytics gathers information about the use of our website by means of cookies. The information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our website. You can find out more about Google's use of information by visiting https://www.google.com/policie... and you can review Google's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/pr....
Managing cookies
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
- https://support.google.com/chr... (Chrome)
- https://support.mozilla.org/en... (Firefox)
- https://help.opera.com/en/late... (Opera)
- https://support.microsoft.com/... (Internet Explorer)
- https://support.apple.com/en-g... (Safari)
- https://support.microsoft.com/... (Edge)
Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
Our details
This website is owned and operated by Improvemyworld
You can contact us:
a) using our website contact form; or
b) by email, using the email address published on our website.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page.