{"id":1108,"date":"2026-07-02T16:01:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essay-king.com\/blogs\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:01:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:01:55","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essay-king.com\/blogs\/privacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Last updated: [ 02\/07\/2026 ]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who We Are<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essay King, registered in England and Wales under company number [Companies House number], with registered address at [registered UK address], is the data controller for personal data collected through this website (essay-king.com).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact: [privacy email address]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What personal data we collect<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Contact details<\/strong>: name, email address, phone\/WhatsApp number<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Account information<\/strong>: if you create an account, your login credentials and order history<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Payment information<\/strong>: processed by our payment provider [name of processor, e.g. Stripe\/PayPal] \u2014 we do not store full card details on our own servers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Communications<\/strong>: messages you send us via contact forms, email, live chat, or WhatsApp<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Technical data<\/strong>: IP address, browser type, device information, collected automatically via cookies (see our Cookie Policy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Usage data<\/strong>: how you interact with our website (pages visited, time on site)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How we use your data (lawful basis)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Purpose<\/th><th>Lawful basis (UK GDPR Art. 6)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Providing the service you&#8217;ve ordered<\/td><td>Performance of a contract<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Responding to enquiries<\/td><td>Legitimate interests \/ contract<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sending order updates<\/td><td>Performance of a contract<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marketing communications (only if opted in)<\/td><td>Consent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fraud prevention, legal compliance<\/td><td>Legal obligation \/ legitimate interests<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who we share your data with<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We may share personal data with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Payment processors, to complete transactions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IT\/hosting providers, to operate the website<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professional advisers (accountants, solicitors), where necessary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Law enforcement or regulators, where legally required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We do not sell personal data to third parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International transfers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If any of our service providers are located outside the UK\/EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place (e.g. UK International Data Transfer Agreement, adequacy decisions) as required under UK GDPR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How long we keep your data<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes above, or as required by law (e.g. financial records must generally be kept for 6 years under UK tax law).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Your rights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under UK GDPR you have the right to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access the personal data we hold about you<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Request correction of inaccurate data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Request deletion of your data (&#8220;right to be forgotten&#8221;), subject to legal exceptions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Object to or restrict certain processing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data portability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complain to the Information Commissioner&#8217;s Office (ICO) \u2014 ico.org.uk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To exercise these rights, contact [privacy email address].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Security<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data, including [encryption in transit \/ access controls \/ staff training \u2014 describe actual measures accurately].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changes to this policy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We may update this policy from time to time. The &#8220;last updated&#8221; date at the top will reflect the most recent revision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last updated: [ 02\/07\/2026 ] Who We Are Essay King, registered in England and Wales under company number [Companies House number], with registered address at [registered UK address], is the data controller for personal data collected through this website (essay-king.com). Contact: [privacy email address] What personal data we collect How we use your data (lawful &#8230; <a title=\"Privacy Policy\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essay-king.com\/blogs\/privacy-policy\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Privacy Policy\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essay-king.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essay-king.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essay-king.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essay-king.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essay-king.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/essay-king.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1109,"href":"https:\/\/essay-king.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions\/1109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essay-king.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essay-king.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essay-king.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}