PRIVACY POLICY
OUR PRIVACY AND COOKIES POLICY
We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors, readers and service users. Any data you send us will be used in a lawful way, we won’t do anything with it that we did not tell you about in advance and it will all remain private unless you give us permission to send specific data to a third party for a good reason. We use cookies, or pieces of code that record your preferences, on our website, but we will ask for your consent to their use when you first visit us. There are laws around the world restricting what we can do with your data (your email address, name, phone number and other identifying information) and the policy below complies with current laws.
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We may process data about your use of our website through a third-party analytics tracking system, such as Google Analytics. This usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. We may process your account and profile data, which will include your name and email address and phone number and and other demographic information you voluntarily provided to us. This information is used only to provide you with our services and communicate with you. We may also process information you supply to us in contributing to our website or in transactions, including purchases of goods and services. Also, we may process information you gave us in subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters.
ABOUT COOKIES
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before then; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
We use cookies to identify you when you visit our website, determine if you are logged in and maintain the status of your shopping cart.
They may also be used to help us to display advertisements relevant to you and to help us analyse the use and performance of our website and services.
Our service providers, such as Google Analytics and Google Adsense, use cookies that may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete them. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser and from version to version.
You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links.
CHANGE YOUR SETTINGS
You can block cookies using your browser settings that allow you to refuse all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access parts of our website or use some of its features.
If you have any questions or concerns about our handling of data, please e-mail us. For more information about cookies in general, you may wish to visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
MORE INFORMATION
Answers to questions about laws concerning handling of data privacy can be found in this guide to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the European Union.
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/