The afternoon sun shone brightly as a herd of dairy cattle moved about in a small pasture, sparse from over-grazing. On the other side of an old fence in an area more shaded, the grass was greener, taller but just out of reach. A single cow reached its head below the lower of two rusty barbed wires that made the division between the farmer's fields. It stretched and leaned hard to get to the taller grass now just within reach of its tongue. Soon it was joined by other cows and the tall, green grass could be reached by pushing against the rusting barbed wire. The barbed wire screeched as it was pulled through the rusty fence staples. One by one, the staples were pulled free from the rotting post. Within minutes the low and rusting thread of wire snapped and gave way to the movement of the herd. The cows moved over the remaining wire and a very thin, weathered and rotting post yielded to the force. All at once the herd of almost twenty-five cows was grazing in the neighbor's field.

Matt Miller and his son John were donned in beekeeping attire as they saw to the hives in the small orchard near their house. Matt's wife Katherine hung laundry on the line not far away. Their hired hand, a middle-aged man, was near an open shed greasing up the hay loader and tractor. Dust billowed as an old truck came down their long driveway and pulled into the yard. They all looked up from their tasks as their neighbor, Harlan, stopped his truck and stepped out.

He tipped his broad-brimmed straw hat back and wiped his brow with his hand. "Hello, Miller's ... your cows busted through the east fenceline." he said with a smile. Then he cocked his head to the side and spat as far as he could into the dry dirt.

Matt Miller waved an arm at him as if to tell him to hold on. After another minute, Matt and John put the last of the frames back into place, set the cover back on the hive and walked toward their neighbor. As they moved away from the hive and toward Harlan, they each removed their screened hats and long gloves. Matt wiped the sweat from his brow with his long denim sleeve.

"Well, I'm sorry about that, Harlan. I planned on splitting the north forty and moving them just as soon as we were done haying that field." Matt Miller said.

"Not a problem, Mattie. The boys and I rounded them up and patched the fence good enough for now, but I don't think it'll keep them cows out for long, wire's pretty rusty." After a pause, he continued. "How's the corn?"

"Pretty near knee-high. Got it in early thanks to a good Spring - and yours?" Matt smiled as he brushed a few bees away.

"Same here - it'll be a bumper crop if we don't get a dry spell. Well, I best be getting back."

"Have a glass of lemonade?" Katherine asked. Harlan smiled.

"Some other time, Katherine, thanks the same." Harlan tipped his hat to her, Matt and John, got into his truck and drove away.

"John, you best take a load of hay out to the pasture. After tonight, we'll have to keep them in the barnyard until you and Steeg can get a new fence strung."

"Yes, sir." John replied.

Morning sun glistened over the gentle hills of the east field of Matt Miller's farm and illuminated the tips of every stalk of wheat as they slowly danced in the gentle breeze. To most it would seem calm, but summer mornings were warm and welcoming to the birds, insects and every other living thing. If you studied the earth closely enough, within arm's reach you could witness an abundant bustling of life.

It was June 13, 1944, and U.S. Troops had just landed at Normandy a week earlier. The world was at war - a world far from this field. It wasn't a war that Matt Miller had started or knew much about, but he had a son over there and this made it his war as well. Matt Miller's other son was here at home on the farm where he could see him every day - work with him, and teach him the things he would need to know in order to achieve something of meaning and value in this world. As much as he needed his son's help, he placed greater value on being able to watch his son become a man and take on a character of his own.

Two men were now preparing an early start on what remained of the two-strand fence work. Previous days of work were productive and this day would be the last that they could devote before haying began. When completed, the cattle would be able to graze in a field farther east and near the edge of the woods and swamp where it was too shady and low for crops, but rich for grass. The McCormick tractor had been filled with gas the night before. It was good practice to prepare the tractor before it was put away in the shed each night. The cedar posts, sledge hammer and metal tool box were on the farm cart glistening with dew that was quickly drying from the morning heat. A small cart that held a large spool of barbed wire was still hitched behind the tractor. The screen door swung open and slammed shut behind the two men clothed in denim jeans, sleeveless t-shirts, plaid cotton shirts with sleeves rolled up and straw hats.

Steeg was the hired hand, a Swedish immigrant who had moved down from the forest country of northern Wisconsin. He was tall blonde-haired man with a solemn expression, high cheek bones and a long blonde moustache. He was a part of this farm for as long as John could remember. As a child growing up, John had always called him Mr. Onsgaard, but now that John had made that measured growth into manhood, he was at ease calling him Steeg as the other men in town did. John earned this status to be an equal and Steeg granted it to him. And the name "Steeg" seemed to fit this man like the brim of his well-worn hat. It was still early in the morning and already the brims of their hats were wet with the first sweat of the day.

Matt's son John was a strong, and good-looking young man with blonde hair and brown eyes that gave him a look of innocence. He had just turned eighteen on the first day of June, and, having registered for the draft, expected to be called at any time. Throughout the days, he would sometimes strain to hear if Ma were calling from the house or ringing the dinner bell at a time other than the ceremonial noon. He was waiting for his call to duty.

This was Wisconsin, the dairy state, a land settled mostly by German Catholic Immigrants. Many people still spoke German, especially the older ones. Sometimes German was spoken in front of the children when the adults didn't want the young ones to know what they were talking about. The people found it funny though, that the children all picked up the language, and by the time most of them were twelve they could speak their native tongue nearly as well as their fathers, mothers and grandparents.

Out on the fenceline, Steeg was digging a hole as John unloaded cedar posts from a two-wheeled trailer. John carried a half dozen posts over his left shoulder. He laid a post every twelve feet - stepping out four long steps as a measure. After dropping the last post, he turned and started walking back to Steeg. John broke the long silence. "So, Steeg, what would you be doing if you weren't doing this?"

"I suppose I'd finish getting the hay loader ready." came his reply.

"No, I mean what would you be doing if you weren't working here on the farm?"

After a long pause Steeg answered. "Suppose I'd be up north logging ... I don't know."

Moments later, sensing that John was looking for conversation, Steeg continued, "What about you?"

John was quick to answer. "I'd be traveling the world, looking for treasure. Maybe I'd be an anthropologist or archeologist. I like all of that old stuff and the hunt that goes with it. I'd like to go to college someday, but Ma and Pa don't have the kind of money to help me out and I don't have much saved. I was thinking that after I come back from the war I could work for a year or two and then go to college. Not much adventure here on the farm - unless you want to consider that time awhile back when the bull broke his stanchion and ran around the yard. I never saw Pa move so fast." A few more minutes passed and then John continued, "Maybe I'd search for the Holy Grail." He let out a little laugh. Then his expression changed as if he were thinking `why not'? "I want to ride on the Orient Express, I want to walk on the Great Wall of China, and I want to climb the Eiffel tower. I want suitcases loaded with stickers, labels and tags from countries that I've visited all over the world!"

"Well, I suppose ... suitcases with labels ..." Steeg said quietly keeping his laughter to himself.

"Seriously, Steeg, there is a big world out there. I hope to see some of it when I go off to the war".

Steeg's expression was suddenly terse. "You might see more than you bargain for. Besides, you have everything in the world right here. You have the farm, the land, the Kassendahl and all its beauty." His words, which almost seemed to be scolding at first, turned warm and sensitive.

John had a puzzled look on his face. "The Kassendahl?" he asked.

"Yes, Kassendahl, I saw you by the stream one time with a young lady. Kassendahl ... kissing place, you know, a special place that you never forget." Steeg said with a smile.

John knew that Steeg was right about the kissing place and it was a place he would never forget. A little embarrassed that his rendezvous received such exposure, John hurried to get the subject back on track.

"I love this farm, but I don't want to spend my whole life here wondering what's out there. Hopefully, in a month I'll be in the war fighting side by side with Bill. Who knows, if I'm over there when the war ends ... maybe I'll stay awhile, see Europe, travel around Italy, France ... maybe England."

Steeg laid the posthole digger off to the side as John dropped a post into the new hole. The cedar posts were sharpened at one end and, after starting a hole with the post-hole digger as deep as they could reach, a sledgehammer was used to drive the pointed end of the post down square and true. The two men took great pride in making sure the fence was in a straight line so that any man from now and on down through the years could stand at the end of the field, look down the fence line and see how straight and true a job these men had done. And a strong fence gave all of them a confidence that their cows would not be wandering off into the swamp. Steeg felt concerned for John who obviously wanted to talk more about the world on the other side of these fences. He wanted to continue the conversation with John, but he wasn't sure that he could or even should try to explain the devastation of war, the disorder, disruption and ending of people's lives or the destruction of families and homes. To Steeg there was no greater sin than to destroy a family through the taking of a life.

They were hurrying now, to get the last posts set before the noon dinner bell would ring. The sun was straight up in the sky and the mid-morning snack of hard-boiled eggs and salted pork sandwiches made with homemade white bread was long behind them. John held the last post as Steeg grabbed the sledgehammer. His first swing hit straight and true, but the post was not vertical. As John said, "hold up," he reached over the top of the post to straighten it just as the second blow came. In an instant that neither man would ever forget, the force of a grown man swinging a five-pound sledge had hit the top of his right hand.

John screamed out in pain pulling his hand to his chest and covering it with his left-hand, he doubled over and fell to the ground in unbearable, piercing pain. "GOD ... Steeg ... Oh, my God ..."

When John finally opened his eyes, blurred with tears, he could not see Steeg. As he regained some calmness from the pain, he saw Steeg running away, but not toward the farm for help, he was running toward the swamp. Confused and disoriented, John's senses quickly came to him as he took his flannel shirt from the fence post where he had put it earlier that morning. Wrapping it tightly around his bleeding hand, John was compelled with a sense of survival. He wondered where Steeg had gone as he put his focus on his feet and stumbled toward the tractor. One more yell, "Steeg". John started the tractor with left hand, right hand still held tightly to his chest and clinched in a fist, his shirt soaking with blood. The old McCormick tractor got him to the house, but emphasized to him every bump in the farm lane. John reached the house. Ma had a sense that there was trouble - a premonition - as she rushed from the house wiping her hands on her apron and running down the porch steps toward her son.

John shut off the tractor and feeling light-headed, let Ma help him down from the tractor. She took the blood-soaked shirt from his hand to wrap her clean apron around it instead. He looked away as she did this, not wanting to see what he felt. She was somewhat relieved to see that he still had all of his fingers. She caressed his back and shoulder as she led him to the house. John's straw hat fell to the porch and he could feel the wave of cool air ripple through his hair, cooling his hot and sweaty head. He was faint and felt nauseated. Through the narrow slits of his eyelids, he saw the apron quickly turning red from the burst veins in his hand.

"What happened, John?" she asked.

"Had my hand over the top of the post ... sledgehammer ... must've slipped ..." John replied as he winced in pain.

Matt Miller came from the barn and hurried into the kitchen. Seeing the situation, he proceeded to wash his hands in the kitchen sink without a word. He then rushed over to John as Katie picked up the earpiece and cranked the wooden wall phone to make a call. She was able to reach Doc Smith at his office in nearby Calvary Station. She was relieved to hear his voice and thankful that he was tending to routine office visits at this moment and not out seeing patients in their homes.

"Doc, Katie Miller here. There's been an accident."

There was a long pause as Katherine's face creased with concern and mild panic, her hands trembling as she held the earpiece. "His hand ... it was hit with a sledgehammer." She paused, took a breath, wiped her brow and eyes with a towel and continued, "Pretty bad - no, I can't tell. We have it wrapped to stop the bleeding, but it's soaking through". There was another pause as she listened intently. "Yes, yes. Okay ... goodbye".

Katherine turned to her husband Matt. "Get some ice from the freezer," she ordered before realizing that he had already taken the ice tray from the freezer and was crushing the cubes in a towel. She took the towel full of crushed ice and wrapped it around John's hand.

"John, Doc Smith will be here in about twenty minutes. Can you be strong until he gets here?" she asked.

John just winced in pain and nodded. "Let's get him to the parlor ... grab some towels, Mattie".

Matt and Katie walked John to the couch in the parlor and helped him rest back. Matt laid towels on the floor near John and tucked more towels near his side. A long quick trail of blood ran down John's arm and dripped to the floor.

"Best keep your arm raised a bit, John." Matt said. Putting a pillow behind John's head, Matt wiped the sweat from his son's forehead with his handkerchief before it reached his eyes.

"Where's Steeg?" Matt asked quietly. There was no response except for a look of confusion in John's teary eyes.

Katherine went to the kitchen, took a fresh white apron from the top drawer and put it on, tying it in the front. She then put both hands on the kitchen table, gripping the edge tightly. She lowered her head, closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. There had been accidents on the farm before, but none like this and not to her baby. In a few seconds she was prepared again to deal with the responsibilities of being a farm wife.

It was more than a half-hour before Doc Smith arrived. He was greeted by Matt Miller holding the screen door open.

"He's in the parlor. Near as we can tell, he had his hand over the top of a fence post and the farmhand must have hit it with the sledge." Mister Miller said.

Doc Smith nodded at Katie as he hurried into the parlor. He set his black bag down and opened it, taking out a light and stethoscope. He lifted John's eyelids one at a time, and shined the light into each. He placed his stethoscope into his ears and placed the cold end onto John's chest. The coolness of the instrument caused John to open his eyes slightly, but he was in too much pain to talk. He knew now that the doctor had arrived and he could leave everything in his hands. Doc Smith carefully removed the towel from John's hand. Katherine was right there to take the bloody, wet towel from the doctor. Most of the bleeding had stopped although more blood began to trickle out as Doc Smith felt the swollen hand. John grimaced in pain as the Doctor pressed into the flesh of his hand to determine if bones had been broken. After a minute, the conclusion was clear.

(Continues...)

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5-star seller

AbeBooks seller since April 7, 2005

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We first started out as “The Paperback Exchange,” a chain of physical bookstores where we would part exchange your beloved books for new stories to transport you to faraway places. However, as shopping started to evolve to online shops and marketplaces, we bid our stores goodbye to become “PBShop.” This transition has only allowed us to blossom as we now ship thousands of titles to book lovers across the globe. We pride ourselves in being a community of local book lovers which allows our passion and devotion to shine in everything we do. In 2020 we not only celebrated our 20th birthday but our 1st birthday as being completely employee owned after becoming an E.O.T in September 2019. We are proud to be different and embrace standing apart on a book mountain by working from a virtual inventory which allows us to provide thousands of books that may be difficult to get for your bookshelf or your studies. Working with a number of different suppliers allows us to explore other avenues such as puzzles, sheet music and even stationery so we really do have something for everyone. Life is about being versatile in all realms of existence. If this is your first visit or you are a returning customer, we would like to welcome you to the PBShop family, for there is no friend as loyal as a book. We are a company who put our customers at the centre of everything we do as we understand the importance of reading because once you learn to read, you will forever be free. There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours that we are yet to explore, which is why we will forever inspire curious minds.…

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Seller's business information

Pbshop.co.uk Ltd

Unit 22 Horcott Industrial Estate, Horcott Road
Fairford, United Kingdom GL7 4BX

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Returns Policy
We ask all customers to contact us for authorisation should they wish to return their order. Orders returned without authorisation may not be credited.
If you wish to return, please contact us within 14 days of receiving your order to obtain authorisation.

Returns requested beyond this time will not be authorised.

Our team will provide full instructions on how to return your order and once received our returns department will process your refund.
Please note the cost to return any unwanted order to us is borne by the buyer.

Should your order arrive damaged, not as advertised or faulty, we must be advised of this within 14 days of delivery. Please contact us so we can find the best solution for you.

Our Customer Care Team can be contacted via emailing paperback-us@paperbackshop.co.uk, or by calling our UK Office on +441285 712 917. We are available 9:00am till 5:30pm GMT weekdays and 9:00am till 1:00pm GMT on Saturdays.

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If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.

Information regarding the right of withdrawal

Statutory right to withdraw

You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.

The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.

To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.

To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.

Effects of withdrawal

If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).

We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.

We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.

We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.

We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.

You shall send back the goods or hand them over to PBShop.store US, Springfield Gardens, New York, U.S.A., +44 1285 712917, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.

Exceptions to the right of withdrawal

The right of withdrawal does not apply to:

The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.

Shipping terms

Books are shipped from our US or UK warehouses. Delivery estimates allow for delivery from either location.

Privacy and security

We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal data. This policy tells you how we will collect and use your personal data, and what you should expect in respect of the personal information about you that we have collected.

We are PBShop.co.uk Limited (registered in England & Wales with Company No: 9366362). Our registered office is at Swatton Barn, Badbury, Swindon, SN4 0EU, United Kingdom.

The person with responsibility for our data protection compliance is the Managing Director and they can be contacted via email at help@pbshop.store.

We are the data controller of the personal data that we keep and use, and we are therefore responsible for making sure that our systems, processes and people comply with the relevant data protection laws in respect of that personal data.

We will act in respect of personal data to comply with the six principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which are:

Lawfulness, fairness and transparency;
Purpose limitation;
Data minimisation;
Accuracy;
Storage limitation;
Integrity and confidentiality.
You have rights in respect of how your personal data can be processed; these include the right to request:

a copy of your personal data;
that inaccurate data is rectified; and
that your personal data is, in certain circumstances, erased or restricted.
You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner, which you can do by contacting the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) directly. Full contact details, including a helpline number, can be found on the ICO website (www.ico.org.uk). This website also has useful information on your rights and our obligations. However, please raise any concerns or issues with us first so that we may deal with this as quickly as possible for you.

COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
We collect and process data for the following reasons:

personal data collected and created in relation to our selling books and other items; and
personal data relating to our people (which means those people working for our company, or providing services to us, or potentially working or providing services to us, including employees, consultants, temporary or casual workers and contractors).
All of our people are required to abide by our Privacy Policy when handling personal data, and are provided with appropriate data protection training. Any breach of data protection will be taken seriously, and may result in disciplinary action.

Selling books and other items
COLLECTION:
We will collect personal information which may include names, addresses and other information for our customers. This will be done for the management of the commercial relationship with our customers.

We may collect this personal data from you directly, and also from third parties, including publicly available third party sources. Additional personal data will be collected as it is created by or supplied to us in the course of anything we do for you.

USE:
We will use the personal data in the course of making sales and to comply with requirements that we are required to undertake.

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

in performance of a contract (the agreement to sell books and other items); and/or
compliance with a legal obligation; and/or
vital interests of the data subject; and/or
where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
We may also use your personal data in the following situations, which are likely to be far less common:

where we need to protect your interests (or someone else’s interests);
where it is needed in the public interest or for official purposes.
DISCLOSURE:
We may share personal data with third parties as is necessary in the sale of books and other items, including to third party providers who deliver services to support the operation of our company.

In respect of all disclosures of personal data, we will only share the personal information which is necessary for the particular purpose for which it is provided, or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so, and we will ensure that the personal data is appropriately protected.

RETENTION PERIOD:
We will keep personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements. Normally, our retention period for personal data collected for this purpose is a minimum of 6 years after the end of the period that we are selling books and other items.

Our people
COLLECTION:
We will collect names, addresses, contact details, education and employment history, identity and other background checks (which may include appropriate criminal and financial checks and confirmation of the right to work in the UK), marital status and information on next of kin and dependents, financial information (such as bank details and NI numbers), date of birth, gender, a copy of your passport and driving licence, performance information and compensation history, recruitment information (including references), salary, benefits, pension and annual leave information, disciplinary and grievance information, photographs, information about your use of our information and communications systems and CCTV footage or other information obtained through electronic means.

We may collect and use special categories of personal data as required in the carrying out of obligations and exercising specific rights of us or the data subject in the field of employment. This may include information relating to matters such as health, racial origin, religious belief and offences or alleged offences.

Personal data may be collected from you during the selection process (for example via your application form and CV) and during your employment (including holiday forms, expense claims, performance reviews, any disciplinary or grievance processes), or from third parties, including referees, health service providers, background check providers.

USE:
Personal data of our people will be used for HR administration and management, both in respect of the selection of people to work for us (including suitability, eligibility and/or fitness to work), and those who do work for us, to include learning and development, disciplinary and security (of people, offices and data) requirements, providing and liaising with benefits providers, business management and planning (including accounting and auditing), paying you and dealing with tax and NI deductions, assessing and deciding on salary reviews and compensation, conducting performance reviews and managing performance, dealing with legal disputes involving you or others, preventing fraud, monitoring your use of our information and communications systems, ensuring compliance with our policies, and equal opportunities monitoring.

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

In performance of a contract with you; and/or
compliance with a legal obligation; and/or
vital interests of the data subject; and/or
where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
We may also use your personal data in the following situations, which are likely to be less common:

where we need to protect your interests (or someone else’s interests);
where it is needed in the public interest or for official purposes.
In respect of all disclosures of personal data, we will only share the personal information which is necessary for the particular purpose for which it is provided, or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so, and we will ensure that the personal data is appropriately protected.

In respect of special categories of personal data, we may process this in the following circumstances:

in limited circumstances with your explicit written consent; and/or
where we need to carry out our legal obligations and in line with our policies; and/or
where it is needed in the public interest (such as for equal opportunities monitoring or in relation to our occupational pension scheme), and in line with our policies; and/or
where it is needed to assess your working capacity on health grounds, subject to appropriate confidentiality safeguards.
Less commonly, we may process this type of information where it is needed in relation to legal claims or where it is needed to protect your (or someone else’s) interests and you are not capable of giving your consent, or where you have already made the information public. We may also process such information about our people (or former people) in the course of our legitimate business activities with the appropriate safeguards.

The special categories of personal data may be used in the following ways:

in relation to leaves of absence, to comply with employment and other laws;
in relation to your physical or mental health, or disability status, to ensure your health and safety in the workplace and to assess your fitness to work, to monitor, manage and administer benefits and absences;
in relation to your race, national or ethnic origin, religious, philosophical or moral beliefs, or your sexual life or sexual orientation, to ensure meaningful equal opportunity monitoring and reporting.
DISCLOSURE:
Personal data may be transferred to service providers who support the operation of our business (such as payroll service providers), to other third parties reasonably necessary in the conduct of our business (including insurers, professional advisors, regulators). These third parties may be acting as processor, or controller of personal data in their own right.

RETENTION PERIOD:
We will keep personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements. We will normally keep personal data of applicants who we do not employ for six months after we receive it.

We will keep personal data of employees throughout your employment and normally for a minimum of six years after your employment ends.

Changes to your personal data
It is very important that the personal information that we hold about you is accurate and current. Please tell us if your personal information changes during your relationship with us.

Data Security
We have put in place measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those of our people and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and where they have agreed to treat the information confidentially and to keep it secure. We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and the ICO of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.

Where we store your personal data
We principally store data, both electronically and on file, at our office.

Personal data may be transferred outside of the EEA by processors acting on our behalf. For transfers to countries not considered adequate by the EC, we will ensure that personal data is adequately protected, as required by the GDPR. This would include by use of the Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the EC to protect personal data.

Your rights
Under certain circumstances, you have the right by law to request:

access to your personal data. This enables you to ask to receive a copy of the personal data that we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
correction of the personal data that we hold about you.
erasure of your personal data.
object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on our legitimate interest and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
restriction of processing of your personal data.
transfer of your personal data to another party.
Links from our website
Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third parties that we permit to make such links. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. We recommend that you check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on our website, so please ensure that you are viewing the correct version.

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A Memory of Kassendahl

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