Privacy and Cookies Policy
Privacy & Cookies Policy
This policy is to help you understand the information collected, how it is used and what choices you have about it. It’s been written to explain things in a simple and clear way but if you have any questions, please contact me.
Rights are reserved to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If a material change is made to this policy, you will notified here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information is collected, how it is used it, and under what circumstances, if any, it is uses and/or disclosed.
This privacy policy describes how information you provide is protected when you use this website. If you are asked to provide information when using this website, it will only be used in the ways described in this privacy policy. This policy is updated from time to time. The latest version is published on this page.
This website privacy policy was updated on: 03 April 2021
If you have any questions about this policy, please message me.
Introduction
This website gathers and uses certain information about individuals in order to provide products and services and to enable certain functions on this website. Information is collected to better understand how visitors use this website and to present timely, relevant information to them.
Data Gathered
This website may collect the following information:
Contact information including email address and physical address
Demographic information
Website usage data
Payment information
Other information relevant to client enquiries
Other information pertaining to special offers and surveys
How Data is Stored
The security of your personal information is taken seriously. To prevent unauthorised disclosure or access to your information, physical and electronic security safeguards have been implemented. Stringent procedures are followed to ensure all personal data is used in line with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018.
How Long Your Information is Kept
Your information is kept only so long as it is needed to provide a valuable service to you. When your information is no longer needed and there is no need to keep it to comply with legal or regulatory obligations, it will either removed from all systems or depersonalize it so that it can't identify you.
Policy on Children’s Information
This site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18.
How The Data is Used
Collecting this data helps to understand what you are looking from the website, enabling the website to be continually improved. Specifically, the data may be used:
For internal company records.
To process orders and deliver products to you.
To improve the products and services provided to you.
To contact you in response to a specific enquiry.
To customise the website for you.
To send you promotional emails about new blog posts, newsletters, products, offers and other things which might be relevant to you.
Your information may be shared with third parties in order to fulfill orders you place on the website. The following third parties are used to process product orders:
Stripe - to process online payments
Royal Mail - to post orders
Your Rights
You have certain rights in relation to the information held about you described below.
You can request to access the information held about you. This will usually be shared with you within 30 days of you asking us for it.
You can ask to correct your information or delete it, if you are unable to do it yourself.
You can request that your information is stopped being used, and opt out of receiving newsletters or marketing messages and object to having the information you provided, sent to another organisation, where this information with your consent or for the performance of a contract with you, where it's technically feasible.
Your personal information will never be leased, distributed or sold to any other third parties unless you grant permission or the law requires us to. Any personal information held about you is stored and processed under the data protection policy, in line with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018.
If at any time you wish for your information to be deleted, please message me and this will be done immediately.
Links From The Site
The website may occasionally contain links to other websites. Please note that there is no control of websites outside the www.shellsellison.com domain. If you clicked a link to another website and provided information to that website, there is no responsibility for its protection and privacy given by the domain www.shellsellison.com. Always be wary when submitting data to websites. Read the site’s data protection and privacy policies fully.
Cookies and how they are used?
What Is A Cookie?
A cookie is a small file placed on your computer's hard drive. It enables this website to identify your computer as you view different pages on this website. Cookies allow websites and applications to store your preferences in order to present content, options or functions that are specific to you. They also enable the website owner to see information like how many people use the website and what pages they tend to visit.
How Cookies are Used
Cookies may be used to:
Analyse the web traffic using Google Analytics. Aggregated usage data helps me improve the website structure, design, content and functions. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
Store information about your preferences. The website can then present you with information you will find more relevant and interesting.
To recognise when you return to my website. It may show you relevant content or provide functionality you used previously.
Email newsletters related cookies. This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
Orders processing related cookies. This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities, and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
Forms related cookies. When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Cookies do not provide access to your computer or any information about you, other than that which you choose to share.
Controlling Cookies
You can use your web browser’s cookie settings to determine how this website uses cookies. If you do not want this website to store cookies on your computer or device, you should set your web browser to refuse cookies. However, please note that doing this may affect how this website functions. Some pages and services may become unavailable to you. Unless you have changed your browser to refuse cookies, this website will issue cookies when you visit it.
To learn more about cookies and how they are used, visit All About Cookies.
Contact
For more information about these privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please message me. If you are still not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you may write to the Information Commissioner’s Office. You can also contact the Information Commissioner’s Office using their online form: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/