Privacy Policy

RatedWriters.com knows that you care how information about you is used and shared and we will use your information carefully and sensibly. We comply with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and the Data Protection Act and treat your information in strict confidence. By visiting RatedWriters.com, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

Controllers of Personal Information
Any personal information provided to RatedWriters.com is controlled by the registered office of RatedWriters.com.

Collection and Use of Personal Information About Members and Customers
The information we receive from members and customers helps us to personalise and continually improve your experience as a member at RatedWriters.com. We use the information to assist members to use the website’s services and provide generalized and anonymized statistical information about reviewers of members Creative Work. We use member information to handle orders, deliver products and services, process payments, communicate with you about orders, services, products and promotional offers, keep our records up to date, maintain your membership accounts with us, and to recommend merchandise and services that might be of interest to you. We use information we receive to improve our customer services, prevent or detect fraud or abuses on our website and enable third parties to carry out technical, logistical or other functions to enable the delivery of our website and services. 

These are the types of information we gather. We comply with GDPR and the Data Protection Act in accordance with all data and treat your information in strict confidence. 

• Information you give us: we receive and store any information you enter on our website or impart to us in other ways. You can choose not to provide certain information, however, you will need to be aware that if you choose to do this you may not be able to take advantage of all of the site’s features.
• E-mail communications: We use email correspondence to help us personalise and continually improve your experience as a member at RatedWriters.com. All correspondence is treated in strictest confidence. If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please adjust your customer communication preferences on your member pages via the Menu buttons when you login.
• Business transfers and delivery of services: As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy stores, subsidiaries or business units or the website. In such transactions, member and customer information is generally one of the transferred business assets and remains subject to the Privacy information and details made in any pre-existing Privacy Notice unless a member or customer consents otherwise.
• Delivery of Services: When delivering services for members and for customers we employ other companies and individuals to undertake functions to deliver services to you. For example, for fulfilling service or other orders, sending e-mail or other types of correspondence, analyzing data, providing assistance, processing payments and providing customer service. These third parties have access to information needed to perform their functions, for example to process payments, and may not use it for other purposes. They process the personal information in accordance with this Privacy Notice and as permitted by GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act.
• Protection of RatedWriters.com, our members and others: We release account and other personal information when we believe it appropriate to comply with laws, or to protect the rights, property or safety of RatedWriters.com, our members or others as applicable. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. This does not include selling, renting, sharing or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information from members or customers for commercial purposes in a way that is contrary to the commitments made in this Privacy Notice.
• With your consent: other than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about you might go to third parties and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.

Whenever we transfer personal information to countries outside of the European Economic Area in the course of sharing information as set out above, we will ensure that the information is transferred in accordance with this Privacy Notice and as permitted by GDPR and the UK's Data Protection Act.

Information Security Protection

• We protect the security of your information using secure protection.  HTTPS uses TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3. These are currently the most secure and reliable security protocols available to protect your information
• We maintain physical, procedural and electronic security and safeguards in connection with the collection, storage and disclosure of personally identifiable customer information. Our security procedures mean that we may need to request proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you.
• It is important for you to protect against unauthorised access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when you finish using a shared computer.

Terms and Conditions, Notices and Revisions
If you choose to visit RatedWriters.com, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Notice and our terms and conditions including limitations on damages and application of English law. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all information that we collect about members and your account to enable the use of our website and services. We will not materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of member and customer information collected without the consent of members and customers.