Preference Cookies

Preference cookies allow the website to remember information that customises the appearance or behaviour of the site for individual users. This may include saving the chosen currency, region, language, or colour theme.

Analytical Cookies

Analytical cookies are not essential, but are used to collect valuable information about how the website is used, identify problems, and understand what needs improvement and what content is useful. The information collected is usually anonymous, although some analytical services may gather information that could be used to identify individuals.

Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across different websites, allowing publishers to display relevant and engaging advertisements.

Your Rights and Options for Exercising Them

You may object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time. Settings can be changed by clicking the ‘Manage Consent’ button in the lower left corner of the screen. Most web browsers also allow you to control most types of cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to alert you when cookies are being accepted, and decide whether to confirm the use of cookies. You can also completely disable or deny cookies. More information can be found in your browser help. Cookies already stored on your computer can be deleted at any time. Consent given via the cookie banner can also be revoked. The consent you have voluntarily granted to me, as the administrator, can be withdrawn free of charge at any time.

GDPR

Privacy Policy under GDPR

A. Introduction

The privacy of visitors to our website is of utmost importance to us and we are committed to protecting it. This policy explains what we do with your personal data. Your consent to the use of cookies in accordance with our terms during your first visit to our website enables us to use cookies during your subsequent visits.

B. Acknowledgements

This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (seqlegal.com) and adapted by Website Planet (www.websiteplanet.com).

C. Collection of Personal Data

The following types of personal data may be collected, stored, and used:

Information about your computer including IP address, geographic location, type and version of browser and operating system;
Information regarding your visits to, and usage of, this website including the source of referral, length of visit, page views, and website navigation paths;
Information such as your email address that you provide when registering on our website;
Information such as your name and email address that you provide when subscribing for our email services and/or newsletters;
Information that you provide when using the services on our website;
Information related to your purchase, services used, or transactions you carry out on our website, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, and credit card details;
Information you send to our website intending to publish it on the internet;
Information contained in any communications you send to us via email or through our website, including the content and metadata;
Any other personal data you send to us.
Before disclosing personal data of another person to us, you must obtain that person's consent for the disclosure and processing of that personal data in accordance with these policies.

D. Use of Your Personal Data

Personal data provided to us through our websites will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of the website. We may use your personal data for the following purposes:

Managing our website and business;
Customising our website specifically for you;
Enabling your use of the services available on our website;
Supplying goods purchased through our website;
Providing services purchased through our website;
Sending you statements, invoices, reminders of payments, and collecting payments;
Sending you non-commercial business communications;
Sending you specifically requested email notifications;
Sending you our email newsletter, if you specifically requested it (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require the newsletter);
Dealing with inquiries and complaints made by or about you in relation to our website;
Maintaining the security of our website and preventing fraud;
Verifying compliance with the terms of use of our website (including monitoring private messages sent through our private messaging service); and further uses.
Without your express consent, we will not provide your personal data to any third party for the purpose of direct marketing.

E. Disclosures of Personal Data

We may disclose your personal data to any of our employees or affiliates.

We may disclose your personal data:

To the extent that we are required to do so by law;
In connection with any ongoing or future legal proceedings;
In order to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of preventing fraud and reducing credit risk);
To the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset we are selling (or considering selling); and
To any person we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other appropriate authority for the disclosure of such personal data and where, in our reasonable opinion, such a court or authority would be likely to order the disclosure of such personal data.
Subject to the above, we will not provide your personal data to any third party.

F. International Data Transfers

Data that we collect may be stored, processed, and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate to enable us to use the data in accordance with this policy.
The data we collect may be transferred to the following countries, which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in the European Economic Area: United States of America.
Personal data you publish on our website or submit for publication on our website may be available via the internet around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.
You expressly agree to the transfers of personal data described in this section F.

G. Retention of Personal Data

This section G sets out our data retention policies and procedures, designed to ensure that we comply with our legal obligations regarding the retention and deletion of personal data.
Personal data that we process for any purpose shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section G, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data:

To the extent that we are required to do so by law;
If we believe that the documents may be relevant to any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings; and
In order to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of preventing fraud and reducing credit risk).

H. Security of Your Personal Data

We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal data.
All personal data you provide will be stored on secure servers (password protected and firewalled).
All electronic financial transactions entered into via our website will be encrypted.
You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

I. Amendments

We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy. We may notify you of changes to this policy by email or through private messages on our website.

J. Your Rights

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal data we hold about you. Provision of such information will be subject to:

Payment of a fee and the provision of appropriate evidence of your identity; for this purpose, we generally accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a notary and an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address).
To the extent permitted by law, we may refuse to provide you with the personal data you request.

You can instruct us at any time not to process your personal data for marketing purposes.

In practice, we will usually either explicitly ask you for your consent to use your personal data for marketing purposes, or offer you an opportunity to refuse the use of your personal data for marketing purposes.

K. Third Party Websites

Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.

L. Data Updates

Please let us know if you need to correct or update any personal data we hold about you.

M. Cookies

Our website uses 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 stored by the browser. This identifier is then sent back to the server whenever the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies can be either “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies will be stored by the web browser and will remain valid until their specified expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date. Session cookies, on the other hand, expire at the end of the user session when the web browser is closed. Cookies typically do not contain any information that personally identifies a user, but the personal data we store about you may be linked to the information stored and obtained from cookies. We use both session and persistent cookies on our website.

The names of the cookies we use on our website and the reasons for their use are detailed below:
We use Google Analytics on our website to recognise the computer (when a user visits the website / track user movement on our website / enable the use of the shopping cart on the website / improve the usability of the website / analyse website usage / manage the website / prevent fraud and enhance website security / customise the website for each user / target advertising according to the individual interests of specific users);

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies – for instance:

In Internet Explorer (version 10) you can block cookies by changing the relevant settings that are available by clicking on "Tools", "Internet Options", "Privacy", and then "Advanced";
In Firefox (version 24) you can block all cookies by clicking on "Tools", "Options", "Privacy", then in the drop-down select "Use custom settings for history" and uncheck "Accept cookies from sites"; and
In Chrome (version 29) you can block all cookies in the "Customise and control" menu, where you click on "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Content settings", and then under the heading "Cookies" select "Block sites from setting any data". Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of our website.
You can delete cookies that are already stored on your computer – for example:

In Internet Explorer (version 10) you must manually delete cookies (instructions for how to do this can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835);
In Firefox (version 24) you can delete cookies by clicking on "Tools", "Options", and "Privacy", then selecting "Use custom settings for history", clicking "Show cookies", and then clicking "Remove all cookies"; and
In Chrome (version 29) you can delete all cookies in the "Customise and control" menu, by clicking "Settings", "Show advanced settings", and "Clear browsing data", and before clicking "Clear browsing data", selecting "Delete cookies and other site data".
Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.