Last Updated: May 10, 2025
1. INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Autoimmune Ally. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://autoimmuneally.com/.
We are the data controller responsible for your personal data. If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at info@autoimmuneally.com
2. DATA WE COLLECT
We collect the following limited personal information:
- Name: Used to personalize our communications with you
- Email Address: Used to send you our newsletter
We collect this information only when you voluntarily provide it to us through our newsletter subscription form.
3. HOW WE USE YOUR DATA
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
- To send you our newsletter with information, updates, and promotional content
- To personalise your experience on our Website
- To respond to your inquiries or requests
- To improve our Website and services
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason compatible with the original purpose.
4. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), we process your personal data on the following legal bases:
- Consent: You have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for the specific purpose of sending you our newsletter.
- Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as running our business and marketing our services, provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
5. DATA RETENTION
We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
You may request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us at [Your Email Address].
6. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR DATA
We may share your personal data with:
- Service Providers: Third parties who provide services to us, such as email marketing platforms, to help us operate our Website and deliver our newsletter.
- Legal Requirements: To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to any government or regulatory request.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
7. AFFILIATE MARKETING DISCLOSURE
Our Website participates in affiliate marketing programs, which means we may earn commissions when you click on or make purchases via links to other websites, retailers, or services. This does not increase the cost of products or services for you.
When you click on affiliate links, you may be tracked by cookies or other tracking technologies. However, we only collect your name and email address as described in this policy. Our affiliate partners may collect additional information in accordance with their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to review.
8. COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
Our Website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amounts of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.
We use the following types of cookies:
- Essential Cookies: Necessary for the operation of our Website.
- Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our Website.
- Functionality Cookies: Enable us to personalize content for you.
- Targeting Cookies: Record your visit to our Website, the pages you visit, and the links you follow. These cookies may be used by affiliate partners to build a profile of your interests.
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 Website.
9. YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS
Under the UK GDPR, you have the following rights:
- Right to Access: Request access to your personal data.
- Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate personal data.
- Right to Erasure: Request erasure of your personal data.
- Right to Restrict Processing: Request restriction of processing of your personal data.
- Right to Data Portability: Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party.
- Right to Object: Object to processing of your personal data.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [Your Email Address]. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data. This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data or to exercise any of the other rights. However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
10. DATA SECURITY
We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.
We have procedures in place to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
11. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
We generally process and store your personal data within the United Kingdom. However, if we need to transfer your personal data out of the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:
- Transferring to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the UK Government.
- Using specific contracts or codes of conduct approved by the UK that give personal data the same protection it has in the UK.
12. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us.
13. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy. You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes.
14. CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
Claudine @ Autoimmune Ally
info@autoimmuneally.com
15. COMPLAINTS
If you have a complaint about our use of your personal data, please contact us directly first so that we can address your concerns. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk).