Privacy Policy

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors, this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information. Our website uses cookies, by using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.

Last updated: 08/12/2023 17:00

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:

• information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including but not limited to: your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views, website navigation and associations.)
• information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any donations or purchases you make of our goods or services.
• information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us (including but not limited to: your name, email address, IP address, geographical location, interests, hobbies, employment, age and date of birth)
• information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters (including but not limited to: your email address)
• any other information that you choose to send to us.

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 this website.

We will use the session cookies to:

• keep track of you whilst you navigate the website
• associate your actions with your account

We will use the persistent cookies to:

• enable our website to recognise you when you visit
• perform security checks to ensure the site is used within the rules which are also available on this website.

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 Cloudflare analytics to analyse the use of this website. Cloudflare 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. Cloudflare will not store any personal information. Cloudflare's privacy policy is available at: https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/privacypolicy/.

Our advertisers/payment services providers may also send you cookies.

We may publish Google Adsense interest-based advertisements on our website. These are tailored by Google to reflect your interests. To determine your interests, Google will track your behaviour across the web using cookies. You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser using Google's Ads Preference Manager, available at: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/. You can opt-out of the Adsense partner network cookie at: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html. However, this opt-out mechanism uses a cookie, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained. To ensure that an opt-out is maintained in respect of a particular browser, you should use the Google browser plug-in available at: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/plugin.

None of the above prevents you from blocking all cookies or third party cookies that you may receive while browsing this site, it may however alter your viewing experience or prevent some functionality.

Personal information submitted to us via 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:

• administer the website
• improve your browsing experience by personalising the website
• enable your use of the services available on the website
• send to you goods purchased via the website, and supply to you services purchased via the website
• send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you
• send you general (non-marketing) site related communications
• send you email notifications which you have specifically requested
• send to you our newsletter if you have opted to receive it
• provide third parties with statistical information about our users - but this information will not be used to identify any individual user
• deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website

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. You can review the PayPal privacy policy 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 and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments.

We may disclose information about you to any of our staff insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.

In addition, we may disclose your personal information:

• to the extent that we are required to do so by law
• in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings
• 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)
• to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of this website should we choose to sell it
• to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information.

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

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 which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European Economic Area.

In addition, personal information that you submit for publication on the website will be published on the internet and may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.

You expressly agree to such transfers of personal information.

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 (except when you log in to the website).

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.

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you.

Provision of such information will be subject to:

• the possible payment of a fee (excessive or unfounded requests)
• the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity

We may withhold such personal information to the extent permitted by law.

This website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.

Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information, please contact us via the "Contact Us" link at the base of every page on this website.