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Privacy Statement
www.kirkstonephotography.co.uk
is committed to protecting your privacy and
maintaining the security of any personal information
received from you. We strictly adhere to the
requirements of the data protection legislation
in the UK.
The purpose of this statement
is to explain to you what personal information
we collect and how we may use it. By using the
website you are accepting the practices described
in this Privacy Statement.
1 What information
do we collect?
We collect ‘personal’
information from you when you provide it to
us. For example, this includes:
(a) information relating to any transaction
you undertake with us;
(b) information you provide when subscribing
to our services, email notifications and/or
newsletters;
(c) information about your computer and your
use of this website; and
(d) any other information you choose to provide.
You have the option to withhold personal information
that is not required for the order process.
2 How do we use the
information we collect?
We may use the information
we collect:
(a) to process and fulfil
your order and to process your payment via our
payment processor, Barclaycard Merchant Services;
(b) to administer and improve the website;
(c) to send you email notifications and/or newsletters
to which you have subscribed;
(d) to send you any other correspondence which
you have expressly initiated eg enquiries and
complaints; and
(e) to provide third parties (eg trade associations,
government) with statistical information, in
aggregate form, about our users.
Additionally, we may disclose
information about you:
(f) as required by law;
(g) in connection with any legal proceedings
or prospective legal proceedings;
(h) to protect our legal rights including managing
credit risk
(i) to the prospective purchaser of any business
which we are contemplating selling.
We do not sell, rent or exchange
your personal information with any third party
for commercial reasons except as detailed above.
3 Security of your
information
We follow strict security
procedures in the storage and disclosure of
information which you have given us, to prevent
unauthorised access in accordance with the UK
data protection legislation.
We use a technology called
"cookies" as part of a normal business
procedure to track patterns of behaviour of
visitors to our site. A cookie is an element
of data that our Website sends to your browser
which is then stored on your system. You can
set your browser to prevent this happening.
Any information collected in this way can be
used to identify you unless you change your
browser settings.
4 International data
transfers
When you have completed your
shopping and entered your delivery details,
you will be directed from our site to our payment
processor, Barclaycard Merchant Services. Only
at this stage will you be required to enter
your card details, giving you the confidence
that your card details are always covered by
the latest security measures. Our payment processor
may require to verify your personal details
for authorisation outside the EEA (European
Economic Area). Your information will not be
transferred outside the EEA for any other purpose.
5 Links to third party
websites
We are not responsible for
the privacy policies of any third party websites
to which this website is linked.
6 Privacy Statement
amendments
From time to time we may need
to update our Privacy Statement. Any such update
will become effective when posted to the website.
The updated Privacy Statement will apply to
all current and past users of the website and
will replace any prior statements which are
inconsistent with it.
7 Updating your information
and Contacting us
We seek to maintain an accurate
database. If you would like to check, update
or remove your personal details or make any
other enquiries, please contact us at rs@kirkstonephotography.co.uk
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