FREE UK Website Privacy Policy

A free Website Privacy Policy that can be used in the United Kingdom to explain the privacy policies to a web site user. It describes how information is collected, used, shared and more.

Disclaimer:This was not drafted by an attorney & should not be used as a legal document.




WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY


This Privacy Policy explains the practices employed by [Company] in collecting and using your information and the ways in which you can influence these. This Privacy Policy relates to websites operated from time to time by Company.


The Company will collect various types of information about you through your use of our websites to process your requests and orders, to provide a more personalised web-surfing and shopping experience and to help us improve the services we offer.

Extent of the Information Collected:



Through Company websites you can, amongst other things, order products and services, enter competitions, subscribe to our publications, vote in polls, play games, complete surveys and place postings on forums.



In order to process your requests and orders and other activities, it may be necessary to collect personally identifiable information about you. The type of personally identifiable information that may be collected includes, but is not limited to: your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit/debit card information. You may also be asked to provide additional (non-mandatory) pieces of information for our research purposes or choose to provide information by making a posting on a forum.



In addition, we may collect anonymous information about you and your website usage through the use of cookies. Such information will not be personally identifiable to you. If you choose, you may opt out of allowing our cookies to collect information about you. For further information please go to the section on cookies below.





Use of the Information:



The Company will use the personal information you provide to us to process your orders and requests. We may also use this information to communicate with you directly, for example to notify you in the event you have won a competition or to contact you in relation to an account you hold with us.



Marketing:



From time to time we will ask you whether you wish to receive marketing material from Company containing information about our products and services. If you do not wish to receive such information please ensure that you opt-in or opt-out of receiving such information as appropriate. If you have consented to receiving such material you may opt-out at a later stage from:



• Emails - by clicking on an email unsubscribe link;

• SMS - by following the instructions in any SMS message received;

• Post or telemarketing





Third Party Disclosure:



If you consent we may sell, rent or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes. Such third parties will be carefully selected and registered with the Information Commissioner.



We may also pass your personal information to third parties to enable them to process a request, order or service; or to supply you with a prize in the event you win a competition or in order to obtain professional advice.





Protection of Information:



Once we have received your data we will ensure that it is treated with the utmost respect and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and any applicable regulations. Your data will be stored on our secure server within the UK. We follow strict security procedures in order that the data we collect is stored and disclosed appropriately and securely.





Changes to our privacy policy:



The Company keeps this privacy policy under review and may update it at any time. Any updates will be made on this page so that you can always find out what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we will disclose it.



How to contact us

If you have any queries relating to the Company’s Policy please contact us by writing to [Address].



COOKIES



What is a cookie?



A cookie is a small text file that we, and in certain circumstances third parties, place on your browser when you visit our websites or open some of our emails.

Cookies, amongst other things, allow Company to recognise you each time you re-visit one of our websites and provide you with a more personalised user experience. There are in existence a variety of different cookies which are designed for use in specific sets of circumstances.





How to manage or refuse cookies:



If you do not want your browser to accept cookies and use them in the ways described above it is possible to change your browser settings. It is also possible to delete existing cookies from your browser. However blocking all cookies will affect your web experience and may result in some parts of Company’s websites not functioning properly. Some cookies are designed to help save you time, for example, by remembering your contact details when you are making an order for the second time – this means that you will not have to complete the contact section again unless your details have changed.
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