PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used,
and shared when you visit or make a purchase from www.speaking-world.co.uk (the “Site”).
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you visit the Site, we 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, we collect information about the individual web pages
or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the
Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We 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.
Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the
Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing
address, shipping address, payment information (we do not collect or ask for
any credit card numbers or bank details), email address, and phone
number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.”
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are
talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders
placed through the Site (including processing your payment information,
arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order
confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
Communicate with you;
Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with
information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential
risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve
and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our
customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our
marketing and advertising campaigns).
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We sometimes share your Personal Information with companies and organisations
to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For
example, we might 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: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can
also opt-out of Google Analytics here:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable
laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful
request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
DO NOT TRACK
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices
when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
YOUR RIGHTS
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal
information we 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 us through the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing
your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for
example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our
legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note
that your information might be transferred outside of Europe, including to
Canada and the United States.
DATA RETENTION
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order
Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this
information.
MINORS
The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18.
CHANGES
We 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 office@speaking-world.co.uk
or by mail using the details provided below:
1 Rathad A’Mhaoir, Stornoway, Eilean Siar, HS1 2UP, United Kingdom