Privacy & Cookies Policy

August 2021

Privacy Policy

My priority is to provide the most professional service possible to my valued clients. I highly respect your privacy and value your right to the simplest and most transparent understanding of how this website operates. The objective is to be fully compliant with GDPR regulations and data protection principles. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments you can send an email to badgers.hill@gmail.com.

What type of information is collected ?

If you submit your name, email and/or phone number or other information via the contact form on this website, this information is stored so that I can follow up with you in respect of your message/s. I also keep a record of any correspondence and any project work details in order to maintain smooth running of the business. If you submit your email to become a newsletter subscriber, we will only use your email address for this sole purpose. Cookies are used on this website. Cookies are small text files which are transferred to your computer or mobile when you visit a website. Please see the Cookie Policy below for more details.

Who is able to gain access to your details ?

I utterly respect your right to privacy so you can rest assured that under no circumstances will I sell or rent your information to any third parties, nor will I give access to your details for marketing purposes.

What are your rights ?

In line with GDPR regulations which are in effect from 25th May 2018, you may ask me for a copy of the details I hold for you. You can equally request me to edit, adjust or delete any or all of this information. I am obliged to deliver upon your request within 30 days under GDPR legislation.

How is your information protected ?

I go to considerable lengths to ensure any personal information is protected. This is done via the use of a security certificate (SSL), encryption and other security measures.

Data Retention

The amount of time that the data is retained, depends on the type of data being retained, and how that is used.  In some cases, there will be a legal requirement to hold data for a specified amount of time. In other cases, the data will not be retained for any longer than necessary for the purpose that it was collected and processed.

Breaches

If an extraordinary situation arises where any sensitive data has been breached, hacked or stolen, it is my policy to notify you as soon as possible of such breaches, along with my contingency plan to limit any potential damage arising from such a breach.

External links to other websites

This website may contain links to external websites that belong to other companies. This document only serves as a privacy policy for this website, and as such it’s imperative that you read the privacy documents supplied by the other websites that you visit – even if it’s through a link on this website. Additionally, if you have accessed this website via an external link on another site, then we cannot guarantee that they have the same privacy policy as this one. Please make sure you read their privacy documents to ensure that their practices are in line with your expectations.

reCAPTCHA v3

We have implemented Google’s reCAPTCHA v3 on this website. This is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. reCAPTCHA is used to fight spam and abuse on this website.

Minors

If you are under 18 years old, parental/guardian permission is required before any personal information is provided to us.

Policy Reviews

This Privacy Statement is reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis.

Cookies Policy

What are cookies ?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How are cookies used on this website ?

As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

What types of cookies are used ?

Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket, and checkout securely.

Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit, etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.

Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns.
The information stored in these cookies may also be used by the third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.

Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing content of the website on social media platforms.

Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.

The below list details the cookies used in our website.

COOKIE DESCRIPTION
CONSENT These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. They register anonymous statistical data on for example how many times the video is displayed and what settings are used for playback.No sensitive data is collected unless you log in to your google account, in that case your choices are linked with your account, for example if you click “like” on a video.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Advertisement”.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Analytics”.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Functional”.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Performance”.
elementor This cookie is used by the website’s WordPress theme. It allows the website owner to implement or change the website’s content in real-time.
IDE Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile.
test_cookie This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies.
viewed_cookie_policy The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website.
YSC This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos.
yt-remote-connected-devices These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos.
yt-remote-device-id These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos.
yt.innertube::nextId These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos.
yt.innertube::requests These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos.

How can I control the cookie preferences ?

You can at any time view, change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website. Simply click/tap on the “Cookie Settings” button below.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org. Please be aware that if you block/disable cookies in your browser, you may see diminished function of our website and services.