Privacy Policy:
ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY
The Jersey Netball Association takes your privacy very seriously and is committed to protecting your personal information. This privacy policy sets out the way in which any personal information you provide to us is used and kept secure by the Jersey Netball Association. It applies whenever we collect your personal data (including when you use our website or other digital platforms), so please read it carefully.
ABOUT US
We are the Jersey Netball Association (“we”/”us”) and we run a variety of Netball Programmes including but not restricted to Adult Winter League, Back to Netball, Walking Netball, Mixed Netball Summer League and ad hoc tournaments, After School Netball Sessions, Holiday Netball Courses and a Youth Winter League. In order for us to deliver a full programme of events and to do this safely we must collect some data from you.
We are committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully in accordance with the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.
HOW TO CONTACT US ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL DATA OR THIS PRIVACY POLICY
The Jersey Netball Association does not currently have a Data Protection Officer. However, for information and queries about this privacy policy or about your personal data please email admin@jerseynetball.com or write to us at:
Data Protection Officer, c/o Roselea. La Route De L’eglise, St Peter, Jersey, JE3 7YH
WHAT DATA WE MAY COLLECT
When we provide you with services we may collect and store any personal information that you provide to us. We may collect and process the following types of personal data:
We will always seek consent from a parent or guardian before collecting information about children. Our services have specific rules about whether children can participate, and we will make sure advertising for those events is age appropriate.
WHAT WE USE YOUR INFORMATION FOR
We collect, store and process personal data for several purposes, mainly: our membership, programme and course administration; pathway, event and competition management; financial accounting; and marketing. All personal information that we collect about you will be recorded, used, and protected by us in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and this privacy policy. We may supplement the information that you provide with other information that we obtain from our dealings with you.
In broad terms we use your data for the following purposes:
HOW WE COLLECT YOUR DATA
We collect your personal data in a number of ways including:
UNDER THE LAW YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS:
UsING YOUR INFOMRAITON FOR MARKETING
We only send marketing information to you if you have explicitly agreed to our doing so or have requested it and we will only do so in the way(s) you have agreed to. You can withdraw consent at any time.
If we contact you by email, every message we send will include a link to opt out of receiving future messages if you change your mind. If we contact you by other means and you want to change how – or if – you receive our communications, please email admin@jerseynetball.com.
Marketing information covers information about tickets to events, special events and opportunities, news, products and services and other commercial information.
In connection with information about tickets, special offers, opportunities, products and services and other commercial information, the categories have been divided into two groups:
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION BY THIRD PARTIES
The Jersey Netball Association website contains links to other sites whose information practices may differ from those of the Jersey Netball Association. If you should visit such third-party sites, you should ensure that you review the appropriate privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
For the specific privacy policy relating to our website, please see the section further down this page.
WHY DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
We only share personal data where we are required by law or with our suppliers or sub-contractors who carry out work for us and who you have given us permission to share it with. Other than the circumstances set out above, information about you will not be passed to a third party for any other purposes. All our suppliers and sub-contractors are required by their own data sharing agreements or contracts to treat your data as carefully as we would, to use it only as instructed, and to allow us to check that they do this.
HOW WE KEEP YOUR DATA SECURE
We take the security of your personal information seriously.
We have security procedures in place to protect our paper-based systems and computerised databases from loss and misuse, and only allow access to them when it is absolutely necessary to do so, and then under strict guidelines as to what use may be made of the personal information contained within them.
We undertake regular reviews of who has access to information that we hold to ensure that your information is only accessible by appropriately trained staff and volunteers. Anyone with access to personal information must sign a confidentiality agreement as part of their contract which, among other things, includes strict regulations on the processing of personal data.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER
The personal information we collect may be transferred to and stored in countries outside of the UK and the European Union. Some of these jurisdictions require different levels of protection in respect of personal information and, in certain instances, the laws in those countries may be less protective than the jurisdiction you are resident. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is used only in accordance with this privacy notice and applicable data protection laws and is respected and kept secure. Where a third party processes your data on our behalf we will put in place appropriate safeguards as required under data protection laws.
MailChimp is an email marketing platform based in the U.S.A. which is not recognised by the European Commission as a country having data protection, and privacy laws equivalent to those we enjoy as European citizens. MailChimp subscribes to the EU-US Privacy Shield, which is approved by the EU in relation to data protection practices. The MailChimp registration on the Privacy Shield is available to review on the Privacy Shield website www.privacyshield.gov/list.
SNAP Surveys is used to facilitate the sending of surveys. Snap WebHost runs on Rackspace UK servers, and data are held on servers in the UK. This is accessible by Snap Surveys staff based in both the UK and the US. Snap US subsidiary is certified under the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield which is approved by the EU in relation to data protection practices. In rare technical support circumstances and to provide 24/7 cover, support agents working for Rackspace who are based outside of the European Economic Area may access the servers. They have included EU Model Clauses in their contract with Rackspace to apply their protections to any potential transfers of personal data in those circumstances.
Dropbox is a secure online file sharing and storage platform. It may store, process and transmit information in the United States and locations around the world. Information may also be stored locally on the devices used to access the Services. Dropbox complies with the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield which is approved by the EU in relation to data protection practices. Their registration can be reviewed on the Privacy Shield website www.privacyshield.gov/list.
SurveyMonkey is used to facilitate the sending of surveys. SurveyMonkey subscribes to the EU-US Privacy Shield which is approved by the EU in relation to data protection practices. Their registration can be reviewed on the Privacy Shield website www.privacyshield.gov/list.
Eventbrite is used to facilitate event booking and ticketing. Eventbrite subscribes to the EU-US Privacy Shield which is approved by the EU in relation to data protection practices. Their registration can be reviewed on the Privacy Shield website www.privacyshield.gov/list.
Google Cloud Platform is used for Google Docs. Google Cloud Platform subscribes to the EU-US Privacy Shield which is approved by the EU in relation to data protection practices. Their registration can be reviewed on the Privacy Shield website www.privacyshield.gov/list.
YOUR RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH A DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY (DPA);
If you have a complaint regarding any aspect of your personal data or this privacy policy, please write to us at the above address. If you are still not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you may write to the Information Commissioner’s Office at the following address:
Office of the Information Commissioner, Brunel House Old Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3RG
Email: enquiries@dataci.org Telephone: +44 (0)1534 716530
YOU CAN WITHDRAW CONSENT OR TRANSFER DATA AT ANY TIME
You have the right to receive a copy of the personal information that we hold about you. If you wish to submit a request that your data be deleted or transferred, please write to us at the above address. We may charge a small fee towards the cost of administering any request you make.
HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
We will endeavour to keep your information accurate and up to date and not keep it for longer than is necessary. Your personal data is kept in line with Jersey Sport’s Retention Schedule. The retention schedule sets out the kinds of information the organisation creates and uses, how long it should be kept, and what should be done with it at the end of its ‘life’.
The Jersey Netball Association takes your privacy very seriously and is committed to protecting your personal information. This privacy policy sets out the way in which any personal information you provide to us is used and kept secure by the Jersey Netball Association. It applies whenever we collect your personal data (including when you use our website or other digital platforms), so please read it carefully.
ABOUT US
We are the Jersey Netball Association (“we”/”us”) and we run a variety of Netball Programmes including but not restricted to Adult Winter League, Back to Netball, Walking Netball, Mixed Netball Summer League and ad hoc tournaments, After School Netball Sessions, Holiday Netball Courses and a Youth Winter League. In order for us to deliver a full programme of events and to do this safely we must collect some data from you.
We are committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully in accordance with the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.
HOW TO CONTACT US ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL DATA OR THIS PRIVACY POLICY
The Jersey Netball Association does not currently have a Data Protection Officer. However, for information and queries about this privacy policy or about your personal data please email admin@jerseynetball.com or write to us at:
Data Protection Officer, c/o Roselea. La Route De L’eglise, St Peter, Jersey, JE3 7YH
WHAT DATA WE MAY COLLECT
When we provide you with services we may collect and store any personal information that you provide to us. We may collect and process the following types of personal data:
- Your work and home details, such as email address, postal address and/or telephone number (both landline and mobile)
- Your medical details or that of the child who is participating
- Special categories of data such as medical history or race or ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation
- Next of kin and emergency contact details
- Your bank details
- Details of your social media accounts
- Family details
- Criminal convictions and offences
- Imagery in video and/or photographic form and voice recordings
- Records of participation at events/sessions/competitions
- Records of spectator attendance at events/courses/competitions hosted by the Jersey Netball Association or England Netball
- Details of your interactions with us, including any which occur electronically or in person
- Marketing email lists
We will always seek consent from a parent or guardian before collecting information about children. Our services have specific rules about whether children can participate, and we will make sure advertising for those events is age appropriate.
WHAT WE USE YOUR INFORMATION FOR
We collect, store and process personal data for several purposes, mainly: our membership, programme and course administration; pathway, event and competition management; financial accounting; and marketing. All personal information that we collect about you will be recorded, used, and protected by us in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and this privacy policy. We may supplement the information that you provide with other information that we obtain from our dealings with you.
In broad terms we use your data for the following purposes:
- To administer and provide services you request or have expressed an interest in
- To communicate with you if any of our services you have requested are unavailable
- To manage your account and sort out payment
- To trace and recover any debts incurred
- To ensure we can contact you (or a relevant family/friend) in the event of an emergency occurred during participation of our services
- To be compliant with health and safety procedures, particularly in the event of an accident
- To personalise and tailor any communications that we may send you
- To enable us to administer any competitions or other offers
- For profiling purposes to enable us to personalise and/or tailor any marketing communications that you may consent to receive from us
- For promotional and marketing materials and activities, including photos and videos
- To look into any complaints or questions you may raise
- Aid strategic development
- Other purposes reasonably ancillary to the above.
HOW WE COLLECT YOUR DATA
We collect your personal data in a number of ways including:
- When you register via our website
- A paper copy application form when you book a course or are being referred on a course
- Online registration of our referral programmes and sports development courses (such as Eventbrite)
- Your interaction with our staff both in person and on the telephone
- When you email us
- Information we collect from our contact on social media (including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram)
- Information available publicly. This may include information found in places such as Companies House or through the electoral roll and information that has been published in articles/newspapers.
UNDER THE LAW YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS:
- You have the right to know what personal data we collect of you and how we process the data we have collected
- You have the right to gain access to the personal data we process of you
- When your personal data are inaccurate, you have the right to ask us to correct the data
- You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data
- You have the right to ask us to erase the personal data we hold of you
- You have the right to ask us to limit the processing of your data
- You have the right to ask us to transfer your data to another data controller’s IT environment
- You have the right to ask not to be evaluated on the basis of automated data processing and profiling
UsING YOUR INFOMRAITON FOR MARKETING
We only send marketing information to you if you have explicitly agreed to our doing so or have requested it and we will only do so in the way(s) you have agreed to. You can withdraw consent at any time.
If we contact you by email, every message we send will include a link to opt out of receiving future messages if you change your mind. If we contact you by other means and you want to change how – or if – you receive our communications, please email admin@jerseynetball.com.
Marketing information covers information about tickets to events, special events and opportunities, news, products and services and other commercial information.
In connection with information about tickets, special offers, opportunities, products and services and other commercial information, the categories have been divided into two groups:
- from the Jersey Netball Association
- from the Jersey Netball Association about its sponsors and partners
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION BY THIRD PARTIES
The Jersey Netball Association website contains links to other sites whose information practices may differ from those of the Jersey Netball Association. If you should visit such third-party sites, you should ensure that you review the appropriate privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
For the specific privacy policy relating to our website, please see the section further down this page.
WHY DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
We only share personal data where we are required by law or with our suppliers or sub-contractors who carry out work for us and who you have given us permission to share it with. Other than the circumstances set out above, information about you will not be passed to a third party for any other purposes. All our suppliers and sub-contractors are required by their own data sharing agreements or contracts to treat your data as carefully as we would, to use it only as instructed, and to allow us to check that they do this.
- County Netball Associations;
- Regional Netball Associations;
- Leagues;
- Affiliated netball clubs;
- Companies, sub-contractors and other persons who help us to provide our programmes, products and services (e.g. Leisure centres where our programme are run);
- Data processors: for example, market research organisations, education and training providers, professional services, legal, financial, merchandise and information technologies who help to improve our products or services.
- Where the law requires it. We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we are under a duty to comply with any legal obligation; to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Jersey Netball Association customers, or others, including exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction; and
- Anyone else where we have your consent.
HOW WE KEEP YOUR DATA SECURE
We take the security of your personal information seriously.
We have security procedures in place to protect our paper-based systems and computerised databases from loss and misuse, and only allow access to them when it is absolutely necessary to do so, and then under strict guidelines as to what use may be made of the personal information contained within them.
We undertake regular reviews of who has access to information that we hold to ensure that your information is only accessible by appropriately trained staff and volunteers. Anyone with access to personal information must sign a confidentiality agreement as part of their contract which, among other things, includes strict regulations on the processing of personal data.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER
The personal information we collect may be transferred to and stored in countries outside of the UK and the European Union. Some of these jurisdictions require different levels of protection in respect of personal information and, in certain instances, the laws in those countries may be less protective than the jurisdiction you are resident. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is used only in accordance with this privacy notice and applicable data protection laws and is respected and kept secure. Where a third party processes your data on our behalf we will put in place appropriate safeguards as required under data protection laws.
MailChimp is an email marketing platform based in the U.S.A. which is not recognised by the European Commission as a country having data protection, and privacy laws equivalent to those we enjoy as European citizens. MailChimp subscribes to the EU-US Privacy Shield, which is approved by the EU in relation to data protection practices. The MailChimp registration on the Privacy Shield is available to review on the Privacy Shield website www.privacyshield.gov/list.
SNAP Surveys is used to facilitate the sending of surveys. Snap WebHost runs on Rackspace UK servers, and data are held on servers in the UK. This is accessible by Snap Surveys staff based in both the UK and the US. Snap US subsidiary is certified under the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield which is approved by the EU in relation to data protection practices. In rare technical support circumstances and to provide 24/7 cover, support agents working for Rackspace who are based outside of the European Economic Area may access the servers. They have included EU Model Clauses in their contract with Rackspace to apply their protections to any potential transfers of personal data in those circumstances.
Dropbox is a secure online file sharing and storage platform. It may store, process and transmit information in the United States and locations around the world. Information may also be stored locally on the devices used to access the Services. Dropbox complies with the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield which is approved by the EU in relation to data protection practices. Their registration can be reviewed on the Privacy Shield website www.privacyshield.gov/list.
SurveyMonkey is used to facilitate the sending of surveys. SurveyMonkey subscribes to the EU-US Privacy Shield which is approved by the EU in relation to data protection practices. Their registration can be reviewed on the Privacy Shield website www.privacyshield.gov/list.
Eventbrite is used to facilitate event booking and ticketing. Eventbrite subscribes to the EU-US Privacy Shield which is approved by the EU in relation to data protection practices. Their registration can be reviewed on the Privacy Shield website www.privacyshield.gov/list.
Google Cloud Platform is used for Google Docs. Google Cloud Platform subscribes to the EU-US Privacy Shield which is approved by the EU in relation to data protection practices. Their registration can be reviewed on the Privacy Shield website www.privacyshield.gov/list.
YOUR RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH A DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY (DPA);
If you have a complaint regarding any aspect of your personal data or this privacy policy, please write to us at the above address. If you are still not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you may write to the Information Commissioner’s Office at the following address:
Office of the Information Commissioner, Brunel House Old Street, St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3RG
Email: enquiries@dataci.org Telephone: +44 (0)1534 716530
YOU CAN WITHDRAW CONSENT OR TRANSFER DATA AT ANY TIME
You have the right to receive a copy of the personal information that we hold about you. If you wish to submit a request that your data be deleted or transferred, please write to us at the above address. We may charge a small fee towards the cost of administering any request you make.
HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
We will endeavour to keep your information accurate and up to date and not keep it for longer than is necessary. Your personal data is kept in line with Jersey Sport’s Retention Schedule. The retention schedule sets out the kinds of information the organisation creates and uses, how long it should be kept, and what should be done with it at the end of its ‘life’.
THE WEBSITE
This section of our privacy policy relates to the website www.jerseynetball.com and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it.
The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.
This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website complies to all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.
USE OF COOKIES
This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. Where applicable this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user’s computer / device.
Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computers hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.
This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google’s privacy policy here for further information on http://www.google.com/privacy.html .
Other cookies may be stored to your computers hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.
CONTACT & COMMUNICATION
Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the Data Protection Act 1998. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email submission process but advise users using such form to email processes that they do so at their own risk.
This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the products / services they offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter program the website operates but only if this was made clear to you and your express permission was granted when submitting any form to email process. Or whereby you the consumer have previously purchased from or enquired about purchasing from the company a product or service that the email newsletter relates to. This is by no means an entire list of your user rights in regard to receiving email marketing material. Your details are not passed on to any third parties.
EMAIL NEWSLETTER
This website operates an email newsletter program, used to inform subscribers about products and services supplied by this website. Users can subscribe through an online automated process should they wish to do so but do so at their own discretion. Some subscriptions may be manually processed through prior written agreement with the user.
Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. No personal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that operates this website. Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you may request a copy of personal information held about you by this website’s email newsletter program. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to the business address at the bottom of this policy.
Email marketing campaigns published by this website or its owners may contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity [this is by no far a comprehensive list]. This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user with more relevant content based around their activity.
In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 subscribers are given the opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an automated system. This process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign. If an automated un-subscription system is unavailable clear instructions on how to un-subscribe will by detailed instead.
EXTERNAL LINKS
Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website.
The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
ADVERTS AND SPONSORED LINKS
This website may contain sponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our advertising partners, to whom may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they serve.
Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the advertisers website through a referral program which may use cookies and will track the number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the use of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computers hard drive. Users should therefore note they click on sponsored external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.
Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.
This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.
SHORTENED LINKS IN SOCIAL MEDIA
This website and its owners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. By default some social media platforms shorten lengthy urls [web addresses] (this is an example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo).
Users are advised to take caution and good judgement before clicking any shortened urls published on social media platforms by this website and its owners. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine urls are published many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.
This section of our privacy policy relates to the website www.jerseynetball.com and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it.
The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.
This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website complies to all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.
USE OF COOKIES
This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. Where applicable this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user’s computer / device.
Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computers hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.
This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google’s privacy policy here for further information on http://www.google.com/privacy.html .
Other cookies may be stored to your computers hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.
CONTACT & COMMUNICATION
Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the Data Protection Act 1998. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email submission process but advise users using such form to email processes that they do so at their own risk.
This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the products / services they offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter program the website operates but only if this was made clear to you and your express permission was granted when submitting any form to email process. Or whereby you the consumer have previously purchased from or enquired about purchasing from the company a product or service that the email newsletter relates to. This is by no means an entire list of your user rights in regard to receiving email marketing material. Your details are not passed on to any third parties.
EMAIL NEWSLETTER
This website operates an email newsletter program, used to inform subscribers about products and services supplied by this website. Users can subscribe through an online automated process should they wish to do so but do so at their own discretion. Some subscriptions may be manually processed through prior written agreement with the user.
Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. No personal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that operates this website. Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you may request a copy of personal information held about you by this website’s email newsletter program. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to the business address at the bottom of this policy.
Email marketing campaigns published by this website or its owners may contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity [this is by no far a comprehensive list]. This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user with more relevant content based around their activity.
In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 subscribers are given the opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an automated system. This process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign. If an automated un-subscription system is unavailable clear instructions on how to un-subscribe will by detailed instead.
EXTERNAL LINKS
Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website.
The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
ADVERTS AND SPONSORED LINKS
This website may contain sponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our advertising partners, to whom may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they serve.
Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the advertisers website through a referral program which may use cookies and will track the number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the use of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computers hard drive. Users should therefore note they click on sponsored external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.
Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.
This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.
SHORTENED LINKS IN SOCIAL MEDIA
This website and its owners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. By default some social media platforms shorten lengthy urls [web addresses] (this is an example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo).
Users are advised to take caution and good judgement before clicking any shortened urls published on social media platforms by this website and its owners. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine urls are published many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.