We
are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this
policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.
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What information do we collect?
We
may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:
a)
information about your computer and about your
visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical
location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page
views);
b)
information relating to any transactions carried
out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including
information relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services;
c)
information
that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us;
d)
information that you provide to us for the
purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or
newsletters;
e)
any other information that you choose to send to
us.
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Cookies
We may use both “session” cookies and “persistent”
cookies on the website. We will
use the session cookies to keep track of you whilst you navigate the website
we will use the persistent cookies to enable our website to recognise you
when you visit.
Session cookies will be deleted from your computer
when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or
until they reach a specified expiry date.
Personal data submitted on this website will be used
for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of
the website.
We may use your personal information to:
a)
administer the website;
b)
improve your browsing experience by personalising the
website;
c)
enable your use of the services available on the
website;
d)
send to you goods purchased via the website, and supply
to you services purchased via the website;
e)
send statements and invoices to you, and collect
payments from you;
f)
send you general (non-marketing) commercial
communications;
g)
send you email notifications which you have
specifically requested;
h)
send to you our newsletter and other marketing
communications relating to our business which
we think may be of interest to you by post or, where you have specifically
agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any
time if you no longer require marketing communications);
i)
deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you
relating to the website;
Where you submit personal information for publication
on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in
accordance with the license you grant to us.
We will not without your express consent provide your
personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct
marketing.
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Disclosures
We may disclose information about you to any of
our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as
reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.
In addition, we may disclose information about you:
a)
to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
b)
in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective
legal proceedings;
c)
in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal
rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud
prevention and reducing credit risk)
Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not
provide your information to third parties.
We
will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the
loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
Of
course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we
cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
We
may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on
our website. You should check
this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.
You
may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about
you. Provision of such
information may be subject to the payment of a fee (currently fixed at
£10.00).
You
may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes by
email at any time.
(In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to
our use of your personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you
with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal data for
marketing purposes.)
The
website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the
privacy policies or practices of third party websites.
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Updating information
Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs
to be corrected or updated.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or
our treatment of your personal data, please write to us by email to
karen@harlequinarts.co.uk or by post to 10 Westfield Gardens, Brampton,
Chesterfield.