Privacy policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from sianrichardson.co.uk.

PERSONAL INFORMATION I COLLECT

When you visit the Site, I automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, I collect information about the individual web pages or services that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. I refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

- “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

- “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

- “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

- Analytics - used to monitor website traffic.

Additionally, when you make a deposit purchase or attempt to make a deposit purchase through the site, I collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, payment information (through a third party Paypal). We refer to this information as “Purchase Information.”

Please be advised when completing a deposit payment an overview of the privacy policy related to that deposit payment is also highlighted in that form.

When I talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, I am talking both about Device Information and Purchase Information.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

I use the Purchase Information that I collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Purchase Information to:

Communicate with you;

Screen orders for potential risk or fraud; and

When in line with the preferences you have shared, provide you with information or advertising relating to my services.

I use the Device Information that I collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimise my Site.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

I share your Personal Information with third parties to help me use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, I use Paypal for business and Acuity to power online purchase options--you can read more about how Paypal uses your Personal Information here and Acuity here.

I also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site--you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here.

Finally, I may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful requests for information I receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

As described above, I use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at here.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads 

GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous 

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/ .

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that I do not alter my Site’s data collection and use practices when I see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information I hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact me at hello@sianrichardson.co.uk.

DATA RETENTION

When you place a purchase through the Site, I will maintain your purchase Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

CHANGES

I may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at hello@sianrichardson.co.uk