Privacy Statement

Basically, I promise not to do creepy stuff.

mildlydiverting.com is a website set up and managed by Kim Plowright (I, me, my) to promote my work. I am a sole trader, not a registered company. This means I am the Data Controller for this site.

I use a lot of different services to make this website work, including:

• Squarespace

• Squarespace Analytics,

• Squarespace Newsletter platform,

• Adobe Fonts,

• Google Fonts,

• Instagram embeds,

• Google Spreadsheets,

• Google ReCaptcha v2/v3

Squarespace, Instagram and Google are therefore probably Data Processors, as they manage the data from these tools on my behalf, governed by the contracts I have with them, and their terms of service.

Cookies

The services I use to run the site may also set Cookies on the site. Using Cookies helps me and the website to:-

• remember if you’ve ticked the cookie opt in!

• make forms work properly on the site

• get pseudonymised statistics through Squarespace Analytics that help me understand how many people are visiting the site, and what they’re looking at. This helps me do things like improve the site, spot any technical problems, and write funding applications or reports for my art practice based on ‘engagement’ figures.

The personal data Squarespace Analytics collects is:

• Information about your browser, network, and device

• Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

• Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

• Clicks

• Internal links

• Pages visited

• Scrolling

• Searches

• Timestamps

You can find out more about the cookies that Squarespace sets, what they do, and how long they persist in their Cookie Help Area and Cookie Policy.

These functional and required cookies are always used, to allow Squarespace to securely serve the website.

These analytics and performance cookies are used if you click ‘Accept’ on our cookie banner.

I may also embed content from social media sites like Instagram, YouTube, Vimeo or Twitter. These sites may set their own 3rd party social cookies. If you disable them, this embedded content might not work properly.

The ICO Website has good information about what cookies are, and how to opt out of them in your browser and across other websites.

How I manage your data

If you use the contact form, it will send an email to my main email address, and also store your information and message in a Google spreadsheet. This spreadsheet is held in a folder in my personal Google Drive account, accessable only when I’m securely signed in to my Google account.

My email is provided by Ionos, and I also access it through Google Mail. My email client may keep a record of your email address so it can autocomplete things as I type. If we end up working together, I am likely to store your details in my Contacts app, from where they will sync to my other devices via Google’s servers.

I will review and delete records in the contacts spreadsheet regularly, and will not keep them longer than 12 months unless we have an ongoing business or personal relationship. (If you say really nice things, I might save quotes with your name a bit longer so I can use them to cheer myself up when I’m writing those darn applications. If we’re having a personal relationship, there’s a WHOLE LOT of stuff we need to talk about at that point anyway.)

If you opt in to recieve my newsletter either via a form, when you send me a message, or by giving me your details in writing at an event I will add your name and email to the Squarespace Newsletter platform manually. I will record the method you used to opt in; I get very annoyed when people sign me up to newsletters without asking nicely, so I would hope I remember to treat you in the way I’d like to be treated.

Squarespace Newsletter platform will store a record of your Name and Email address, and if you have opted in to recieve the email newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter using a link in every email, or by contacting me directly.

If you want to access, correct, or delete your personal data, (that is, to make a ‘Subject Access Request’) you can email me on kim@mildlydiverting.com and I’ll sort it out. Please put Subject Access Request in the subject of your email.

If you do not feel I have handled your request or your data properly, you have a right to complain to the Data Comissioner at the ICO. I’d appreciate if you tried to sort it out with me, first, though, because I’m trying very hard to be considerate and do the right thing, and I am just a person, not a big company.

Terms and Conditions

If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with the privacy notice above govern my relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website.

The terms ‘mildlydiverting’, 'I' or 'me' refers to Kim Plowright, the owner of the website whose address is 10 Woodland Way, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7LS. I am a sole trader, not a registered company. The term 'you' refers to the user or viewer of this website.

The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:

The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.

Neither I nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and I expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which I am not liable. It is your responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.

Artwork, photographs, video and writing displayed on this website are the property of and copyright © Kim Plowright 2021. If content is available for re-use under a permissive license, this will be clearly stated next to that content. It is your responsibility to ensure that you comply with the terms of any permissive licenses.

This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice or any permissive licenses, which forms part of these terms and conditions.

Material that is reproduced in this website which is not the property of or licensed to me will be clearly acknowledged on the website.

All trade marks reproduced in this website which are not the property of, or licensed to, the operator are acknowledged on the website.

Unauthorised use of this website and its contents may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.

I may link to other websites, because, well, that’s how the web works. Links are there for you to follow in order to find out more information. If I recieve any benefit from a link - such as an afilliate scheme link - I will state this clearly on the page containing the link. Links do not signify that I endorse the website(s). I have no responsibility for the content of the linked website(s).

Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Thanks for visiting. Sorry about the mess.