PRIVACY POLICY

 

Statement of intent

Valerie Hardware is committed to safeguarding your privacy, including online. This statement sets out how and why, we use personal information, (or “data”), you have provided, at events, through our website (www.valeriehardware.com) or personal sittings.   

Please read this carefully to understand how your personal information will be treated. We believe that your private information should be exactly that – private.

 

Personal Information – data

Your personal information is also known as data and is protected by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679).

Any data you provide about yourself and any information which identifies you, such as your name, email address, telephone number, will only be retained by us if you tell us that we can do so. Of course, you might choose not to, however this means that we may not be able to provide you with the full details of you either requested or enquired about. You have the right to update and amend your personal details and/or data permissions at any time by sending an email to valerieanthony77@btinternet.com

 

Your email address is never linked in anyway with the internet and is disposed of safely by shredding after a period of time. If you have agreed by ticking the yes box (if one is showing on a certain section) to a mailshot we then add your name and email address. We do not ask for home addresses so this is excluded.

All data from demonstrations collected on any seminar or demonstration evening are for promoting our next visit as long as you have consented on the form on the night.  It’s explained on the evening of the demonstration why we collect your data and you are given an option to delete your email address before we leave. If you’ve given us permission, we hold your data on system and use it for operational purposes, such as sending you information via electronic mail upcoming events.

 

Sharing your data

We will never share your data without your permission and you can withdraw your permission at any time. We never Sell or rent your private information to any third party nor share your data with other clients.

 

Who we share the information with

We also use Google Analytics. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve our website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, how visitors have come to the site and the pages they have visited.

 

Cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. The file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. Overall, cookies help us to provide a better website enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

 

Security

We take every precaution to protect your data, and we’ve developed and adopted technologies, practices and policies to safeguard you and your data.

 

Disclosure

Except where you’ve given your informed consent, Valerie Hardware will not disclose any of your personal information without permission unless we’re required to do so, for example if required by a court order, or when requested by the police or another authority investigating illegal activity.

 

Third party sites

We can’t be responsible for the privacy and practices of other companies, even when you’ve reached them from our website. So, we recommend you check privacy policies for each new site you visit.

 

Transferring your personal information outside of the EEA

Sometimes as part of our operations we may need to transfer your data out of the European Economic Area or EEA. For example, a server supporting our website might be outside the EEA. If this happens, we’ll take steps to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this notice.

 

Any questions

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or your personal data, please get in touch If you have any questions about this privacy policy or your personal data, please get in touch at www.valeriehardware.com or telephone 07970 197211