Introduction
This privacy policy has been documented to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally identifiable information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as used in UK and US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact or locate a single person or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.
Information use
When using our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address or other details to help you with your experience. We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our communications, access content, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:
- To personalize your user experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
- To improve our website in order to better serve you.
- To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
- To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
- To send periodic emails regarding your order or to inform of other products and services.
Cookies
Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognise your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items you have viewed. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We use cookies to:
- Understand and save your user preferences for future visits.
- Identify users who post information to our blog system
If you disable cookies and/or turn them off, some features will be disabled. It will affect your user experience and some of our services will not function properly.
Third party disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties unless we provide you with advance notice and obtain your approval. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising or other uses. Our commitment to third party disclosure includes:
- Your email address or other information will never be sold to third parties.
- When you enter your email or sign in through social networks, you agree that your email address will be added to the subscription list for sending targeted news and special offers.
- You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the link at the end of any of emails received from us.
- Your name and email address may be shared with the person whose link(s) you followed to reach our site.
Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Privacy contact
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us at admin@michaellakinart.com.uk