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PRIVACY POLICY

Dana's Macarons agrees to maintain high standards in respecting the privacy rights of our customers and to those visiting our website. To ensure your privacy rights are not violated, Dana's Macarons has instituted policies and procedures as outlined below.

 

By entering and using this website, you acknowledge and agree that the following privacy policy is part of the terms of service and that you agree to Dana's Macarons privacy policy and to be bound by it. Dana's Macarons reserves the right to change the terms of service, including this privacy policy, at any time, without advanced notice. Any changes to our privacy policy will be posted on this page so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

 

The term "Dana’s Macarons" or "we" or "us" or "our" refers to Dana’s Macarons

 

Information about us:

Our Site www.danasmacarons.co.uk is owned and operated by Us.

 

 

Definitions:

In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:

  1. “Account” means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of Our Site;

  2. “Cookie” means a small text file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site. Details of the Cookies used by Our Site are set out in our Cookies section, below;

  3. “Our Site” means the website, www.danasmacarons.co.uk;

  4. “UK and EU Cookie Law” means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended in 2004, 2011 and 2015; and

  5. “We/Us/Our” means Dana’s Macarons, whose information is detailed below in section 3 Information About Us.

 

 

What does this policy cover?

 

This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. It does not extend to any websites that are linked to from Our Site (whether We provide those links or whether they are shared by other users). 

We have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

 

What information we collect?

When you purchase something from Dana’s Macarons, as part of the buying and selling process,

  1. We will collect personal data on this Website only if it is directly provided to us by you the user, e.g. your e-mail address, name, home or work address and telephone number, and therefore has been provided by you with your consent. Normally you will only provide such details if you wish to sign up for our free e-newsletter or other resources, or are making a purchase from us.

  2. We also use analytical and statistical tools that monitor details of your visits to our website and the resources that you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data (but this data will not identify you personally).

  3. Your payment information (e.g. credit card details) provided when you make a purchase from our website is not received or stored by us. That information is processed securely and privately by the third party payment processors that we use. Dana’s Macarons will not have access to that information at any time. We may share your personal data with our payment processors, but only for the purpose of completing the relevant payment transaction. Such payment processors are banned from using your personal data, except to provide these necessary payment services to us, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your personal data and payment information.

 

How we use your data?

All personal data is stored securely in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (GDPR). We use your data to provide the best possible products and services to you.

  1. We may hold and process personal data that you provide to us in accordance with the DPA and GDPR.

  2. The information that we collect and store relating to you is primarily used to enable us to provide our services to you, and to meet our contractual commitments to you. In addition, we may use the information for the following purposes:

  3. To notify you about any changes to our website, such as improvements or service/product changes, that may affect our service;

  4. If you are an existing customer, we may contact you with information about goods and services similar to those that were the subject of a previous sale to you;

  5. Where you have consented to receive our e-newsletters, from time to time to provide that to you.

 

Where do we store and transfer your data?

  1. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal data, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

  2. We may disclose your personal data outside of our group: (a) in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets; and (b) if Dana’s Macarons business is bought by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the assets to transfer to the buyer.  However any such transfer will only be on terms that the confidentiality of your personal data is protected and that the terms of this privacy policy will continue to be complied with by the recipient.

  3. Otherwise, we will process, disclose or share your personal data only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal requirements or legal process served on us or the website.

  4. You have the right to opt out of our processing your personal data for marketing purposes at any time by contacting us at info@danasmacarons.co.uk ? Or by logging into your account and updating your details online

 

Disclosure of your information

  1. We may disclose your information to regulatory bodies to enable us to comply with the law and to assist fraud protection and minimise credit risk.

  2. Please be advised that we do not reveal information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers but we may, on occasion, provide them with aggregate statistical information about our visitors.

 

Controlling the use of your data

If you have given us consent to use your data for a particular purpose you can revoke or vary that consent at any time. If you do not want us to use your data or want to vary the consent that you have provided you can write to us at Dana’s Macarons, 4A KD Plaza, Cotterells, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1AX or email us at info@danasmacarons.co.uk at any time.

 

Security

  1. The transmission of information via the Internet or email is not completely secure.  Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of data while you are transmitting it to our site; any such transmission is at your own risk.  Once we have received your personal data, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

  2. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password so that you can access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.  You should choose a password it is not easy for someone to guess.

 

Third party links

You might find links to third party websites on our website. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control over them.

 

Use of cookies

Our Website uses cookies. We use cookies to gather information about your computer for our services and to provide statistical information regarding the use of our Website. Such information will not identify you personally - it is statistical data about our visitors and their use of our Website. This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever. We may also gather information about your general Internet use by using a cookie file. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer automatically. This cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your computer, as cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our Website and the service that we provide to you. All computers have the ability to decline cookies. This can be done by activating the setting on your browser which enables you to decline the cookies. Please note that should you choose to decline cookies, you may be unable to access particular parts of our Website. Where we work with advertisers on our Website, our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Such cookies (if used) would be downloaded once you click on advertisements on our Website.]

Cookie name: _gcl_au Cookie purpose: These cookies are used by Google to improve and measure the website actions taken by a site visitor. Cookies may be used to show advertising within Paid Search, Display and Video platforms subsequent to the website visit. When are cookies set on a visitor’s device? On initial visit to the website. Expiry time of cookie: 90 days

 

Your rights

  1. The DPA and GDPR give you the right to access information held about you by us. Please write to us or contact us by email if you wish to request confirmation of what personal information we hold relating to you. You can write to us at the address Dana’s Macarons, 4A KD Plaza, Cotterells, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1AX, or by email to info@danasmacarons.co.uk. There is no charge for requesting that we provide you with details of the personal data that we hold. We will provide this information within one month of your requesting the data.

  2. You have the right to change the permissions that you have given us in relation to how we may use your data. You also have the right to request that we cease using your data or that we delete all personal data records that we hold relating to you. You can exercise these rights at any time by writing to us at Dana’s Macarons, 4A KD Plaza, Cotterells, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1AX or by email to info@danasmacarons.co.uk

 

Changes to this policy

We may update these policies to reflect changes to the website and customer feedback. Please regularly review these policies to be informed of how we are protecting your personal data.

 

We welcome any queries, comments or requests you may have regarding this Privacy Policy. Please do not hesitate to contact us at Dana’s Macarons, 4A KD Plaza, Cotterells, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1AX or info@danasmacarons.co.uk.

 

 

VERSION:  SEPTEMBER 2021

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