Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 16, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to clivesumner.com a site dedicated to celebrating the life and memory of Clive Sumner. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect personal information, particularly memories, stories, and photographs submitted by visitors. We are committed to respecting your privacy and handling your personal data responsibly.

2. What Information We Collect

When you choose to share memories, stories, or photographs of Clive Sumner, you may provide us with the following types of information via the email address pups@clivesumner.com.

• Personal Identifiers: Your name and email address (as the submitter).
• Content of Submissions: The memories, stories, anecdotes, tributes, and photographs you share. This content may include personal data about yourself, Clive Sumner, or other individuals.
• Metadata: Digital photographs may contain embedded metadata (e.g., date, time, location photo was taken, camera type).

3. How We Use Your Information

The personal information and content you submit will be used for the following purposes:

• To Display Memories: To publish the memories, stories, and photographs you provide on the Website as a tribute to Clive Sumner, creating a collective space for remembrance.
• To Manage the Website: To administer and maintain the Website, including moderating content where necessary.
• To Communicate With You: We may use your email address to acknowledge receipt of your submission, to seek clarification if needed, or to inform you if there are any issues with publishing your content. We will not use your email address for unrelated marketing purposes without your explicit consent.

4. Consent for Submissions

By submitting memories, stories, and photographs to pups@clivesumner.com or through any other designated submission method on the Website, you are providing your explicit consent for:

• clivesumner.com (as the website operator) to process the personal data contained within your submission for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy.
• The public display of the submitted memories, stories, and photographs (excluding your personal email address unless you explicitly request its inclusion) on clivesumner.com

If your submission contains personal information (including images) of other living individuals, you confirm that you have obtained their consent for sharing their information and for its potential publication on this Website, or that you have another lawful basis for sharing this information.

You can withdraw your consent for the publication of your specific submission at any time by contacting us at pups@clivesumner.com. Please note that withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information (like your email address as the submitter) to outside parties, unless required by law. The memories, stories, and photographs you submit with your consent will be publicly visible on the Website. Please be mindful of this when deciding what information to share.

6. Data Retention

We will retain submitted memories, stories, and photographs on the Website for as long as the Website remains active as a memorial to Clive Sumner, or until you request the removal of your specific submission. Personal data collected solely for communication purposes regarding your submission (e.g., your email address) will be retained for a reasonable period to manage the submission process.

7. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect the personal information submitted to us from loss, misuse, and unauthoriSed access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

8. Your Rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

• Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
• Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
• Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
• Your right to withdraw consent - You can withdraw your consent for the publication of your submitted content at any time.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at pups@clivesumner.com.

9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

This Website may use essential cookies for its basic operation. We do not currently use cookies for tracking or analytics purposes beyond "basic server logs for website traffic analysis which do not identify individual users"].

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this 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 "Effective Date" at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: pups@clivesumner.com