INTRODUCTION
We understand your privacy is important and that you care about how the data you supply us is used and shared online. We value and respect the privacy of each individual who visits www.alanskirving.co.uk and will only collect personal information that is consistent with the law.
This Privacy Policy will explain how your Personal Information is collected, used and shared when you visit and use www.alanskirving.co.uk (“the Site”).
Please read this Privacy Policy and ensure you understand how your personal information is collected, used and shared. Your acceptance of our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of the Site. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using the Site immediately.
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address and time zone. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically collected information as “Device Information”.
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
“Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org
“Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
“Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
Additionally, when you make a purchase or booking through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, payment information, address and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information”.
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use the Order Information that we collect to fulfil any purchases or bookings made through the Site (including processing your payment information and providing you with purchase receipts). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
Communicate with you, such as replying to emails;
Supplying you with emails that you have opted into which you can unsubscribe or opt-out of at any time;
Providing and managing your access to our Site.
We use the Device Information that we collect to improve and optimise our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
MARKETING
With only your permission and or/where permitted by law, we may also use your data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you by email with information, news and offers on our services. We will not send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take steps to ensure that we protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
You will only receive marketing emails if you have joined our mailing list using the sign up form on our Site. You can unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails.
We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it.
SHARING AND STORING YOUR PERSONAL INFO
We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
We use a third party application on our website, to generate mailing lists. Information you submit to us when you sign up for our mailing list is transferred outside the EEA and stored on our third party mailing list provider’s servers which is Mailchimp. You can access their privacy policy here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
YOUR RIGHTS
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. You have the following rights.
The right to be informed about how we use and collect your personal data.
The right to access any personal data we hold about you.
The right to rectification to correct personal data we hold about you that is inaccurate.
The right to be forgotten and you to request that we delete any personal data held about you.
The right to restriction of processing of your personal data.
The right to data portability and requesting a copy of your personal data to re-use with third parties.
The right to object to us using your data for direct marketing and such purposes.
The rights with respect to automated individual decision-making and profiling.
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
DATA RETENTION
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your order information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
CHANGES
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
CONTACT US
For more information about our privacy practices or if you have questions please contact us by e-mail at alan.skirving@gmail.com or write to Alan Skirving, 3 Sunningdale Road, Glasgow, G23 5QT.