Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 21/05/25
Last Updated: 21/05/25
Website: Doseofdoctorz.com
Data Controller: DoseofdoctorZ

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal data when you visit this website, leave a comment, or subscribe to our newsletter.

2. What Data We Collect

We collect and process the following types of personal data:

a) When You Leave a Comment

  • Name (as entered)
  • Email address
  • IP address
  • Website (optional)
  • Comment content
  • Browser user agent string

b) When You Subscribe to the Mailing list

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Consent timestamp

c) Automatically Collected Data (via Cookies)

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device type
  • Pages visited and time spent
  • Referral source

See our Cookie Policy for more information.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We rely on the following legal bases under the UK GDPR:

  • Consent – For email subscriptions and non-essential cookies
  • Legitimate Interest – For spam protection, site analytics, and comment moderation
  • Legal Obligation – Where required by law

4. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

  • To display and moderate comments
  • To send you email newsletters (with your consent)
  • To improve the website and user experience
  • To detect and prevent spam and abuse
  • To comply with legal obligations

5. Sharing Your Data

We do not sell or rent your personal data.

We may share it with:

  • Email marketing platforms (e.g., MailPoet, Omnisend)
  • Web hosting providers
  • Analytics and performance tools (e.g., Site Kit by google)
  • Anti-spam services (e.g., Akismet)
  • Contact forms and user submissions (eg., WPForms Lite and Sureforms)
  • Email deliverability & Logs (e.g., Site Mailer)
  • Cookie consent and legal compliance (e.g., Complianz)
  • Debugging and deliverability tracking (eg., Email API Deliverability & Email Log)
  • Security (eg., Wordfence)

Each of these third parties is required to comply with relevant data protection laws.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this Policy:

  • Comments: Indefinitely, unless deleted by the user or us
  • Newsletter data: Until you unsubscribe
  • Analytics data: Typically anonymised and kept for 26 months

7. Your Rights (UK/EU Users)

Under the UK/EU GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access your personal data
  • Correct or update inaccurate data
  • Request deletion (“right to be forgotten”)
  • Withdraw consent at any time
  • Object to certain processing
  • Right to data portability

Contact us at richerthinking1@gmail.com to exercise these rights.

8. Security

We implement technical and organisational measures to protect your data, including:

  • SSL encryption
  • Firewall protection

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. We’ll notify you by updating the date at the top of this page. Please review it regularly.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this policy or your data, contact us at:

📧 Email: richerthinking1@gmail.com