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Website privacy policy

 

This website is operated by Graham McKenzie-Smith. I take your privacy very seriously therefore I urge to read this policy very carefully because it contains important information about: 

  • who I am

  • how and why I collect and store your information

  • your rights in relation to your personal information

Who I am

This website, used by Graham McKenzie-Smith (hereby referred to as ‘we’ or ‘us’) is hosted by wix.com. We collect, use and are responsible for certain personal information about you. When we do so we are regulated under the General Data protection Regulations which apply across the European Union (including the United Kingdom) and we are responsible as 'controller' of that personal information for the purposes of those laws. 

The personal information we collect and use

 a) Personal information you provide to us 

We collect the following personal information that you provide to us:

name; address; email address; phone number

Some examples of when we collect this information include:

When making a purchase; When signing up for a newsletter; When making a query. 

b) Personal information you provide about third parties

If you give us information about another person, you confirm that the other person has appointed you to act on their behalf and agreed that you:

shall consent on their behalf to the processing of their personal data;

shall receive any data protection notices on their behalf;

and shall consent on their behalf to the transfer of their personal data abroad. 

c)  Cookies and similar technologies

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your computer or electronic device when you access our website. Similar technologies include web beacons, action tags, local shared objects (flash cookies) and single-pixel gifs. Such technologies can be used to track users' actions and activities, and to store information about them. We use these cookies and/or similar technologies on this website. 

For example we may use cookies to monitor and/or collect the following information:

How many times a user visits; Which pages are visited; Traffic Data; Location services

This information helps us to build a profile of our users. Some of this information may be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.

In addition it should be noted that in some cases our cookies or similar technologies may be owned and controlled by third parties who will also collect personal information about you.

On the first occasion that you use our site we will ask whether you consent to our use of cookies. If you do not, cookies will not be used. Thereafter you can opt-out of using cookies at any time or you can set your browser not to accept cookies and the websites below tell you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, some of our website features may not function as a result.

For further information on cookies generally visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org

How we use your personal information

We collect information about our users for the following purposes:

Process ordering; Statistical analysis 

Who your information may be shared with

We may share your information with:

Law enforcement agencies in connection with any investigation to help prevent unlawful activity

We will not share you personal information with any other 3rd parties. 

Marketing

We would like to send you information about products, services, offers, competitions and our business which may be of interest to you. Such information could be sent by post, email, telephone, text message or automated call. 

If you do opt in to receive such marketing from us you can opt out at any time. If you have any queries about how to opt out, or if you are receiving messages you do not want you can contact us using the details provided below. 

Whether personal information has to be provided by you, and if so why 

The provision of the following information is required from you:

Name; address; email address; phone number

This is to enable us to do the following: For delivery information; for newsletter if requested

We will inform you at the point of collecting information from you, whether you are required to provide the information to us. 

How long your personal information will be kept

We will hold your personal information for the following periods:

Name and address - 6 years to satisfy UK tax law

 

Keeping your information secure

We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal Information from being accidentally lost, or used or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal Information to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We will also use technological and organisation measures to keep your information secure. These measures may include the following examples:

All Data is stored on Wix secure servers; Payment Details are encrypted using SSL

We are certified to ISO 27001. This family of standards helps us manage your information and keep it safe and secure. 

We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.

Indeed, while we will use all reasonable efforts to secure your personal data, in using the site you acknowledge that the use of the intemet is not entirely secure and for this reason we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal data that are transferred from you or to you via the internet. If you have any particular concerns about your information, please contact us using the details below. 

Transfers of your information out of the EEA

We may need to transfer your personal data to the following countries outside of the European Economic Area: USA These transfers will be undertaken for the purpose of 

Personal information is sent to the Wix Database which is stored in USA. 

Any transfers to these countries will be undertaken on the basis that that country, territory or one or more specific sectors in that country, or an international organisation ensures an adequate level of protection.

For more information on the basis of any non-EEA transfers, our safeguards or Commission details, please contact us as described below. We will not otherwise transfer your personal data outside of the EEA or to any organisation (or subordinate bodies) governed by public international law or which is set up under any agreement between two or more countries. 

 

What rights do you have?

Under the General Data Protection Regulation you have a number of important rights free of charge. In summary, those include rights to: 

  • fair processing of information and transparency over how we use your use personal information

  • access to your personal information and to certain other supplementary information that this Privacy Notice Is already designed to address

  • require us to correct any mistakes in your Information which we hold

  • require the erasure of personal information concerning you in certain situations 

  • receive the personal information concerning you which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to a third party in certain situations 

  • object at any time to processing of personal information concerning you for direct marketing 

  • object to decisions being taken by automated means which produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you

  • object in certain other situations to our continued processing of your personal information • otherwise restrict our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances

  • claim compensation for damages caused by our breach of any data protection laws

For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, see the Guidance from the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on individual's rights under the General Data Protection Regulations (http://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/)

If you would like to exercise any of these rights please: 

  •  email, call or write to us 

  • let us have enough information to identify you 

  • let us have proof of your identity (a copy of your driving license, passport or a recent credit card/utility bill) 

  • let us know the information to which your request relates

From time to time we may also have other methods to unsubscribe (opt-out) from any direct marketing including for example, unsubscribe buttons or web links. If such are offered, please note that there may be some period after selecting to unsubscribe in which marketing may still be received while your request is being processed. 

Changes to the privacy policy

This privacy policy was published on 23/11/2020 and last updated on 23/11/2020. We may change this privacy policy from time to time. You should check this policy occasionally to ensure you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you access this website. We will also attempt to notify users of any changes by: 

By email if signed up for newsletter; by post on blog 

Contacting me

If you have any questions about this policy or the information we hold about you, please contact Alpiglen.com

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