Privacy Policy - Website
This privacy policy is for this website www.kellycounselling.co.uk, served by Kelly Counselling and governs the privacy of
its users who choose to use it. The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned
and outlines the obligations and requirements of the users, the website and
website owners. The way this website processes, stores and protects user data
and information will also be detailed within this policy.
The Website
This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user
privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its
users throughout their visiting experience. This website complies to all UK
national laws and requirements for user privacy.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are small text files saved to the user's computer
hard drive that track, save and store information about the user's interactions
and usage of the website. This website uses cookies to better the user's
experience while visiting the website. This allows the website, through its
server to provide users with a tailored experience within this website.
The law states that we can store cookies on your
device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all
other types of cookies, we need your permission. This website uses a cookie
control system, allowing the user on their first visit to the website, to allow the use of cookies on their computer/device, or to check this Privacy Policy, in order to make an informed decision to browse or not. By continuing to browse the website, the user is consenting to the use of cookies. This complies with
legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users
before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user's
computer/device. On some devices, history and data can be cleared by the user from the settings on their device. Once this is done and the user revisits the website, they will see the same cookie control system, to ask for their permission to continue using the site with the use of cookies.
This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like the user's preferred language or the region that the user is in.
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how users interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Marketing cookies are used to track users across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.
Users are advised that if they wish to
deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard
drive, they should take necessary steps within their web browser’s security
settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving
vendors.
This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors
to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google
Analytics, which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a
cookie to the user's computer hard drive, in order to track and monitor their engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect
personal information. Google's privacy policy can be accessed here for further
information [ http://www.google.com/privacy.html ] .
Other cookies may be stored to the user's computer’s hard
drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programmes, sponsored
links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking
and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal
information is stored, saved or collected.
Contact & Communication
Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at
their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their
own risk. Users personal information is kept private and stored securely until a
time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the General Data
Protection Regulations (2018). Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and
secure form to email submission process, but we advise users that from completion
to email process, is at their own risk. This
website and its owners use any information submitted, to provide you with further
information about the products/services they offer or to assist you in
answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. This includes using
the method with which you initiated contact to respond to any questions or
enquiries about services you require. This is by no means an entire list of
your user rights with regards to receiving email marketing material. Your
details are not passed on to any third parties.
Email Newsletter
This website operates an email newsletter programme, used to
inform subscribers about products and services supplied by this website. Users
can subscribe through an online automated process should they wish to do so,
but do so at their own discretion. Some subscriptions may be manually processed
through prior written agreement with the user.
Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws
detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. All
personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in accordance with
the General Data Protection Regulations (2018). No personal details are passed
on to third parties, nor shared with companies/people outside of the company
which operates this website. Under the General Data Protection Regulations
(2018), the user may request a copy of personal information held about them by this
website's email newsletter programme. A small fee will be payable. If users would
like a copy of the information held on them, please write to the business
address at the bottom of this policy.
Email marketing campaigns published by this website or its
owners may contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber
activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and
evaluation. Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails,
forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times,
dates and frequency of activity [this is by no far a comprehensive list].
This information is used to refine future email
campaigns and supply the user with more relevant content based around their
activity.
In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and
Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, subscribers are given the
opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an automated system. This
process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign. If an automated
un-subscription system is unavailable, clear instructions on how to
un-subscribe will by detailed instead.
External Links
Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and
relevant external links, users are advised adopt a policy of caution before
clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website. (External
links are clickable text/banner/image links to other websites).
The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the
contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should,
therefore, note they click on external links at their own risk and this website
and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by
visiting any external links mentioned.
Adverts and Sponsored Links
This website may contain sponsored links and adverts. These
will typically be served through our advertising partners, to whom may have
detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they serve.
Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the
advertiser's website through a referral programme, which may use cookies and
will track the number of referrals sent from this website. These cookies may in
turn be saved on your computer’s hard drive. Users should therefore note they
click on sponsored external links at their own risk and this website and its
owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting
any external links mentioned.
Social Media Platforms
Communication, engagement, and actions taken through external
social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on, are
custom to the terms and conditions, as well as the privacy policies held with
each social media platform respectively.
Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and
communicate/engage upon them with due care and caution, with regard to their
own privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners will ever ask for
personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage
users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary
communication channels such as by telephone or email.
This website may use social sharing buttons which help share
web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question.
Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at
their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save the request to share a web page respectively through the user's social media
platform account.
Shortened Links in Social Media
This website and its owners through their social media
platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. By default some
social media platforms shorten lengthy URLS [web addresses] and this is an
example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo. Users are advised to take
caution and good judgement, before clicking any shortened URLS published on
social media platforms by this website and its owners. Despite the best efforts
to ensure only genuine URLS are published, many social media platforms are
prone to spam and hacking. Therefore, this website and its owners cannot be
held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened
links.
Resources & Further Information
• General Data Protection Regulations 2018
• Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003
• Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 -
The Guide
• Twitter Privacy Policy
• Facebook Privacy Policy
• Google Privacy Policy
• Linkedin Privacy Policy
• Website Privacy Policy Template
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