Privacy Policy

I, Kay Douglas, and anyone working for me, take your privacy and the security of your information very seriously. We are committed to ensuring any information you provide to us by visiting our website or subscribing to newsletters is kept secure. We are opposed to any unlawful or immoral use of your information, and we do not send spam or provide your information to 3rd parties. As new privacy laws emerge or changes are made that require us to, we will update this policy on this page.

The information we collect

Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or e-mail address. For example, you may voluntarily submit personal information by commenting on Kay’s blog, or subscribing to a newsletter.

Automatically Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Kay Douglas website. This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including: information about your browser, network and device; web pages you visited prior to coming to this website; your IP address. Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. The cookies Squarespace uses are functional and required cookies. Squarespace, our hosting platform, uses these to securely serve this website to you and analytics and performance cookies are used on this site, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. We use analytics cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including: clicks; internal links; pages visited’ scrolling; searches; timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Electronic communications

We may send you information or marketing emails from time to time. You can unsubscribe from our emails at any time by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We share your contact information with Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf.

For our electronic email we request the following required information: (i) name, and (ii) e-mail address. The provision of an e-mail address is required in order to receive our newsletter.

At any time, you may opt-out of future e-mail communications by following the unsubscribe links in our e-mails. You may also notify us at kay@kaydouglas.com to be removed from any or all mailing lists.

 Your personal information

Kay Douglas may use your personal information in the following ways:

  • To operate and maintain the website

  • To send you electronic material, such as newsletters or blog updates. Each e-mail newsletter will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings by unsubscribing

  • To send you administrative communications, such as administrative e-mails, confirmation e-mails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts

  • To respond to your comments or inquiries

  • To provide you with user support

  • To track and improve the website based on user needs

  • To process payment for purchases you make through the Kay Douglas website

  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity

  • To review the effectiveness of our material and make decisions based on which material is most beneficial to visitors

  • To notify you of new information or services that may be of interest to you; or,

  • To send promotional materials

 Do We Share Your Information?

Kay Douglas will not share, rent, or sell your personally identifiable information to third-parties. We may, however, share your information with third-parties when we are authorized to do so by law.

Additionally, Kay Douglas may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policy.

 Your rights to your personal data 

 Opt-out: At any time, you may opt-out of future e-mail communications by following the unsubscribe links in our e-mails. You may also notify us at kay@kaydouglas.com to be removed from any or all mailing lists.

Access: You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to “kay@kaydouglas.com’

Amend: You may contact us at kay@kaydouglas.com  to amend or update your personal information.

Forget: In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to kay@kaydouglas.com. Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

Sensitive Personal Information: At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to Kay Douglas. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

Children’s Information: This website is not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that Kay Douglas has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its possession, please contact us immediately at “kay@kaydouglas.com’ and we will remove any such information as quickly and effectively as possible.

Links To Other Websites: This website may at times link to other websites. We do not have any control over those websites and therefore cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any personal information which you provide whilst visiting those websites. We strongly recommend you review each website’s privacy policy before providing your information.

For any questions or notices, please contact us at:
141 Glendhu Road, Bayview, Auckland, 0629, New Zealand.

If you have any further questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy, please send an email to kay@kaydouglas.com