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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy governs the privacy of this website (kiwicreations.co.uk) and its users who choose to use it. The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations and requirements of the user, the website and its owners.

 

The Website

This website and it's owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website conforms to all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.

 

Use of Cookies

This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website.

Cookies are small files saved to the user's computer hard drive that track, save and store information about the users interaction and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server, to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.

 

Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website onto their hard drive, they should take necessary steps within their web browser security settings to block all cookies from this website. This website uses tracking software to monitor visitors to the site. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software saves a cookie automatically to the user's hard drive in order to track and monitor the visitor's usage of the website. For further information, please read Google's Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

 

Use of Information

 

We use the information that we collect from you to provide our services to you.  In addition to this we may use the information for one or more of the following purposes:

  1. To provide information to you that you request from us relating to our products or services.

  2. To provide information to you relating to other products that may be of interest to you. Such additional information will only be provided where you have consented to receive such information.

  3. To inform you of any changes to our website, services or goods and products.

If you have previously purchased goods or services from us we may provide to you details of similar goods or services, or other goods and services, that you may be interested in.

 

We do not provide your details to third parties unless this relates to your order or the delivery of your order. (for which you have provided consent). Where such consent has been provided it can be withdrawn by you at any time.

Storing Your Personal Data

In operating our website it may become necessary to transfer data that we collect from you to locations outside of the European Union for processing and storing. By providing your personal data to us, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We do our upmost to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to make sure that your data is treated stored securely.

 

Unfortunately the sending of information via the internet is not totally secure and on occasion such information can be intercepted. We cannot guarantee the security of data that you choose to send us electronically, Sending such information is entirely at your own risk.

 

Disclosing Your Information

We will not disclose your personal information to any other party other than in accordance with this Privacy Policy and in the circumstances detailed below:

  1. In the event that we sell any or all of our business to the buyer.

  2. Where we are legally required by law to disclose your personal information.

  3. To further fraud protection and reduce the risk of fraud.

 

Contact and Communication

Users contacting this website and/or it's owners, do so at their own discretion. Users providing personal details requested, do so at their own risk. Users personal information is kept private and is stored securely until the time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the Data Protection Act 1998. 

 

User contact details and information will not be shared with third parties. 

 

Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email submission process but advise users using such form to email processes that they do so at their own risk. This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide the user with further information about the products and services it offers or to assist with any questions or queries submitted by users. This includes using user details to subscribe users to the email newsletters program the website may operate, unless specific instructions were given by the users not to do so. This is by no means an exhaustive list of the user rights with regards to receiving emails and marketing materials. For further information please read the section "Email Newsletters".

 

External Links

Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website. (External links are clickable text / banner / image links to other websites, similar to: Folded Book Art or Used Model Trains For Sale.)

 

The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note that clicking on external links is done at their own risk. This website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

 

Social Media Platforms

Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on, are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.

 

Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. Neither this website nor its owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.

 

This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.

 

Shortened  Links in Social Media

This website and its owners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. By default some social media platforms shorten lengthy urls [web addresses] (this is an example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo).

 

Users are advised to take caution and good judgement before clicking any shortened urls published on social media platforms by this website and its owners. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine urls are published many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.

 

Access to Information

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 you have the right to access any information that we hold relating to you. Please note that we reserve the right to charge a fee of £10 to cover costs incurred by us in providing you with the information.

 

Resources and Further Information

  • Data Protection Act 2018

  • Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations

  • Twitter Privacy Policy

  • Facebook Privacy Policy

  • Google Privacy Policy

  • LinkedIn Privacy Policy

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