PRIVACY POLICY

 

WMIW is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy (together with the terms of use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data collected from you, or that you have provided, will be processed by WMIW. Please read the following carefully to understand WMIW’s views and practices regarding your personal data and how it will be treated. By visiting WMIW you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

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Information that may be collected from you

The following data may be collected and processed:

  • Information you provide.You may give information about yourself by filling in forms or by corresponding by phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you register to use the site, subscribe to the service, search for a product/service, participate in social media functions on the site, enter a competition, promotion or survey and when you report a problem with the site. The information you give may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number.
  • Information collected about you.With regards to each of your visits to WMIW, the following information may be collected:
    • technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform;
    • information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time); products/services you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call WMIW.
  • Information received from other sources.WMIW may receive information about you if you use any of the other websites WMIW is registered to.

Cookies

WMIW uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the website. This helps provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows improvements to the site. For detailed information on the cookies used, view the Cookie policy.

Uses of the information

WMIW uses information held about you in the following ways:

  • Information you give to WMIW.This information will be used;
    • to carry out obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and WMIW and to provide you with the information and services that you request from WMIW;
    • to provide you with information about other services WMIW offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about;
    • to provide you with information about services WMIW feels may interest you. If you are an existing customer, WMIW will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail) with information about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale or negotiations of a sale to you. If you are a new customer, WMIW will contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this.
    • to notify you about changes to WMIW’s service;
    • to ensure that content from WMIW’s site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
  • Information collected about you.WMIW will use this information:
    • to administer the site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
    • to improve the site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
    • to allow you to participate in interactive features of the service, when you choose to do so;
    • as part of WMIW’s efforts to keep the site safe and secure;
    • to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of the site about services that may interest you or them.
  • Information received from other sources. WMIW may combine this information with information you give to WMIW and information WMIW collect about you. WMIW may use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).

Disclosure of your information

WMIW may share your information with selected third parties including:

  • Business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract WMIW enter into with you.
  • Advertisers and advertising networks that require the data to select and serve relevant adverts to you and others.  [WMIW does not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers, but may provide them with aggregate

information about the users (for example, WMIW may inform them that 500 women aged under 30 have clicked on their advertisement on any given day). WMIW may also use such aggregate information to help advertisers reach the kind of audience they want to target (for example, women in Greater Manchester). WMIW may make use of the personal data collected from you to enable to comply with advertisers’ wishes by displaying their advertisement to that target audience].

  • Analytics and search engine providers that assist WMIW in the improvement and optimisation of our site.

WMIW may disclose your personal information to third parties:

  • If WMIW is under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of WMIW, the customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Where WMIW stores your personal data

The data that WMIW collects from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA (e.g. MailChimp). Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. WMIW will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

[All information you provide to WMIW is stored on secure servers. Where WMIW have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of the site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. Do not share a password with anyone and log off any shared computers.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although WMIW will work to protect your personal data, WMIW cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to the site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once WMIW has received your information, WMIW will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Your rights

You have the right to ask WMIW not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. WMIW will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if WMIW intends to use your data for such purposes or if WMIW intends to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms WMIW uses to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting WMIW at creative@wmiw.co.uk

WMIW site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that WMIW does not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Access to information

The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet costs in providing you with details of the information held about you.

Changes to the privacy policy

Any changes WMIW may make to the privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to creative@wmiw.co.uk.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is Farah Bahsoon of The Boulevard, West Didsbury, M20 2EA.