1. WHO ARE WE? |
1.2 We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Register of Data Controllers under number ZA234161.
2. WHATâS THE POINT OF THIS POLICY? |
2.2 Please do not use our website unless you are completely happy with this policy. If you do use our website, we will assume that you do accept it.
3. MIGHT THE POLICY CHANGE? |
4. WHAT PERSONAL OR OTHER DATA DO WE COLLECT? |
4.2 We may receive and store certain information automatically when you interact with us. Examples include the internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, connection information such as browser type and version, information about your mobile or other device including device-type and device identifier, operating system and platform, a unique reference number linked to the data you enter on our system, login details, clickstream data, details of your activity on our website with date / time stamps including the pages you visited, searches you made and goods / services purchased.
5. WHAT ABOUT COOKIES |
5.2 Cookies are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the website owner or others. Session cookies are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser only until your browser is closed. They allow websites to link your actions during a browser session. Persistent cookies stay in the cookie file of your browser for longer (though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie). For further information on cookies, including how to use your browser to block them and how to delete cookies already stored on your device, visit: www.allaboutcookies.org.
5.3 COOKIES ARE USED ON THIS WEBSITE FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: |
b) Hosting Cookies: Our hosting provider sets session cookies
in connection with its hosting services including to help pages load as
efficiently as possible.
c) Google cookies: Persistent cookies (up to four
years we believe) are set in connection with the following Google services on
our site and these cookies may involve certain non-personally identifying
information being sent to Google:
i) Google Analytics ("GA"): We use cookies to recognise and count the number of website
visitors as well as providing other information about the visit such as
duration, route through the website and what sites the visitor came from. This
information helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by
making sure users find what they need easily.
More information and
opt out: Click here for Google's
privacy policy and here for more
information about the kinds of cookies placed by Google. Click here for
information about how Google uses data from its partners - sites or apps as
well as how to opt out of Google cookies.
d) Cookie-warning cookie: This cookie takes note of whether you are
happy to accept cookies on this website based on your response to the message
which appeared when you first visited the website. This persistent cookie will
remember your preference for up to until the user deletes the cookie.
5.4 By continuing to use our website, having seen our cookie notice, we assume that you consent to use of the cookies outlined above.
6. HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA? |
6.2 We use your personal
data to help us communicate with you effectively should you try to contact us
via our website.
6.3 If you have given permission on our
website, we may use your personal data to send you emails (or other
communications such as mail, phone or SMS) with details of our or third
party goods or services which may be of interest to you including information
about special offers or promotions.
6.4 We may use personal
data to recognize you when you visit or return to our website to track
anonymised traffic and usage patterns, to prevent or detect fraud or abuses or
to help us improve our website. We may use cookies to do this. See above.
6.5 We retain personal
data from closed accounts in order to comply with legal obligations, enforce
our terms and conditions, prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, resolve
disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations and take other
actions as permitted by law.
6.6 We may access, remove, alter, store or otherwise use any personal data if we have reason to believe that it breaches our terms and conditions, or that such steps are necessary to protect us or others, or that a criminal act has been committed, or if we are required to do so by law or appropriate authority.
7. HOW TO WE PROTECT PERSONAL DATA? |
7.2 Email and other electronic communications are not secure if they have not been encrypted. Your communications will pass through a number of network nodes before they reach us. So we do not accept responsibility for any unauthorised access to or loss of personal data that stems from a cause beyond our control. Nor can we be held responsible for the actions or omissions of other users or third parties who may misuse your personal data which they collect from the website.
8. TO WHOM DO WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL DATA? |
8.2 We may allow
access to your personal data by third parties who supply us with a
service. Examples include e-commerce platform providers, website hosts,
content delivery networks and businesses which assist us in undertaking
communications or monitoring our website.
8.3 Very important: Any information which you choose to make public (such as
your real name and/or location) plus any photo you post will be available to
and searchable by users of our website.
8.4 We may disclose
personal data so far as reasonably necessary:
a) if we have reason
to believe that it breaches our terms and conditions, or that such steps are
necessary to protect us or others, or that a criminal act has been
committed, or if there has been a complaint about content posted by you, or if
we are required to do so by law or appropriate authority; or
b) in the case of an
actual or proposed (including negotiations for a) sale or merger or business
combination involving all or the relevant part of our business.
8.5 We may store or
transfer personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA) for the
purposes stated in this policy. If so, we will of course comply with the
applicable laws relating to data transfer outside the EEA.
8.6 Except as otherwise specifically included in this policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. If you disclose your information to third parties, whether they are suppliers of services on our website (e.g. payment providers) or other websites, different rules will apply to their use or disclosure of your information. Please check their privacy policies carefully.
9. HOW CAN YOU ACCESS and RECTIFY PERSONAL DATA? |
9.2 For
information about your rights under UK data protection laws, see the website of
the UK Information Commissioner.