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Privacy Policy
We are committed to
safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets
out how we will treat your personal information.
(1) 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.
(2) Cookies
A
cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser,
and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the
server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This
enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.
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.
We
use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google
Analytics generates statistical and other information about website
use by means of cookies, which are stored on users computers. The
information generated relating to our website is used to create
reports about the use of the website. Google will store this
information. Googles privacy policy is available at:
http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
Our
advertisers/payment services providers may also send you cookies.
Most
browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow
you to reject just third party cookies. For example, in Internet
Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”,
“Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all
cookies” using the sliding selector. Blocking all cookies will,
however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
(3) Using your personal data
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 or the businesses of
carefully-selected third parties 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) provide third parties with statistical information about our
users – but this information will not be used to identify any
individual user;
(j) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating
to the website; and]
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.
All
our website financial transactions are handled through our payment
services provider, Paypal And or Direct Deposit. You should only
provide your personal information to Paypal after reviewing the
Paypal privacy policy (available at www.paypal.com). We will share
information with Paypal only to the extent necessary for the
purposes of processing payments you make via our website.
(4) 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); and
(d) to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of
any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling.
Except as
provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information
to third parties.
(5) International
data transfers
Information
that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred
between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable
us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy.
Information
which you provide may be transferred to countries (including the
United States, Japan, OTHER COUNTRIES
which do not have data protection laws.
You
expressly agree to such transfers of personal information.
(6) Security of your personal data
We will take reasonable
technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse
or alteration of your personal information.
We will store all the
personal information you provide on our secure (password- and
firewall- protected) servers. All electronic transactions you make to
or receive from us will be encrypted using SSL technology.
Of course, data
transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot
guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
You are responsible for
keeping your password and user details confidential. We will not ask
you for your password.
(7) Policy amendments
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.
We may also notify you of
changes to our privacy policy by email.
(8) Your rights
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 $20.00.
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.
(9) Third party websites
The website contains
links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy
policies or practices of third party websites.
(10) Updating
information
Please let us know if the
personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or
updated.
(11) Contact
If you
have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your
personal data, please write to us by email to
Delicatedelights@live.com .
(12) Data controller
The data controller
responsible for our website is Hostess.
This
privacy
policy
is courtesy of
Employment
Law Contracts
and Website
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