Data & Privacy Policy

With reference to the guidelines that have been issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (https://ico.org.uk), This Afro Life can confirm the following: 1) Levels of Awareness As the key decision makers, the Owner of This Afro Life is aware that the law regarding privacy and GDPR affects how it records, stores and processes any data that it captures on an ongoing basis. 2) Information that is held (The type of data This Afro Life holds, where it came from and who it is shared with). The personal data that This Afro Life holds include:

The names and email addresses of everyone who has purchased a product. This information was volunteered by individuals at the time of making a purchase.
This information is currently stored via another party – Wix (www.wix.com). This is information is not shared outside the remit of the Owner of This Afro Life (unless permission is given). Wix has been used (and will continue to be used where appropriate) for all of This Afro Life’s commercially sold products via its website which is hosted by www.Wix.com. Information can only currently be accessed by the Owner of This Afro Life following a 2-step password and authentication process.

3) Privacy Notice (How your data is used)

This Afro Life is the Data Controller, i.e. who is in control of processing any data that is requested/captured. The personal data that This Afro Life captures from you will be used in relation to the following:

Asking you to subscribe to This Afro Life communications e.g. newsletter or branded publications.
Asking you to participate in organised This Afro Life online (or face to face) special events and/or activities.
Contact you directly about upcoming updates/ news (but only if you have specifically opted in to do so).
Publicity and Promotion. Any personal request or invitations to be involved in the media and or the promotion of This Afro Life, will require explicit permission from the individual. Any person under 18 will require specific permission from a parent or guardian.

4) Your individual rights

If you have submitted your personal data to This Afro Life electronically via email and/or via a direct message using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc and you would like us to delete this information please:

Email your request to delete or remove any personal data about you (such as your first name, surname, email address, contact number(s), social media handles etc) to hello@thisafrolife.com. In this Subject heading, please clearly state “Request for personal data to be deleted” and then in the main email message state your first and surname; what information you would like us to delete and the areas and/or platforms that your personal data should be deleted from.
This Afro Life will endeavour to delete this information within 40 calendar days of receiving your request.
Please note that we do not have control of how third party partners process and/or hold your data, but we will endeavour to follow all available guidelines from the 3rd party platforms (such as www.wix.com and www.squarespace.com – who own Google domain-names and email accounts, that were formerly owned by Google until 6 September 2023).

5) Subject Access Requests

You have the right to ask This Afro Life: Whether any of your personal data is being processed:

For a description of the personal data we have about you, the reasons it is being processed, and whether it will be given to any other organisations or people.
For a copy of the information comprising the data; and given details of the source of the data (where this is available).
Please note: This Afro Life would normally provide direct information to you electronically by email.
If you would like us to confirm what personal data we hold about you (stored either via any password protected email accounts connected to This Afro Life and/or via any 3rd party platforms that This Afro Life use), then please:
Email your request to ask about any personal data that we may have about you (such as your first name, surname, email address, contact number(s), social media handles etc) to hello@thisafrolife.com.
Please clearly state “Request to confirm what personal data you hold about me”; what information you would like us to confirm and the areas and/or platforms that your personal data is currently stored on.
This Afro Life will endeavour to respond to your request for this information within 40 calendar days of receiving your request.

6) Lawful basis for processing personal data According to Article 6 of the GDPR

This Afro Life must apply at least 1 of the following areas whenever we process personal data. Therefore, This Afro Life will endeavour to:

ask you for your consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose such as subscribing to This Afro Life communications e.g. newsletter or branded publications.
request and/or use your personal data within the remit of drafting and/or finalising a contract/agreement for work to be delivered and or regarding a mutual partnership.
request and/or use your personal data if it is necessary to comply with the law (e.g. bank details must be captured in order for the purchase/transaction of This Afro Life branded merchandise to be complete whether manually or electronically/ online).
request and/or use personal data if it is needed to protect someone’s life.
request and/or use personal data to perform a task within the public interest or for official This Afro Life branded events/ functions.
request and/or use personal data which is necessary when legitimately using a third party to aid and/or provide a service or platform for This Afro Life related activities.

7) Consent

This Afro Life will endeavour to offer individuals choice and control regarding why we are allowed to contact you using your personal data. For e.g. we will always clearly display your options to subscribe and/or to opt-in or out of something (subject to relevance). 8) Data Breaches (Articles 32 to 34 of GDPR)

This Afro Life understands that it must report personal data breaches to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as its relevant supervisory authority by doing this online at: Report a breach | ICO. This Afro Life will do this within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach.
If a data breach occurs where This Afro Life are certain that the personal data of individuals is potentially at risk, individuals will be informed by email and/or direct messages via text and/or This Afro Life branded social media.

9) Data Protection by Design and Data Protection Impact Assessments (PIAs)

This Afro Life will endeavour to maintain the protection of personal data to ensure that the privacy of individuals is implemented when using new electronic platforms, starting a new project, partnership and/or service.
This Afro Life will endeavour to refer to these codes of conduct – https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/advice-and-services/codes-of-conduct/codes-of-conducts-a-guide/

10) Data Protection Officers Until a specific individual is recruited

The Owner of This Afro Life is currently the Data Protection Officer, who is responsible for the collection and the processing of personal data. 11) International This Afro Life has determined that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is its lead data protection supervisory authority.