Privacy policy.
Privacy Policy The Freelance Barn understands and respects the importance of your privacy. This privacy policy outlines the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, via this website will be processed by us.
Please read the following information carefully.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998, we, The Freelance Barn, trading as The Freelance Barn Design Ltd, are the Data Controller for this www.thefreelancebarn.com website, located at , Brighouse, Calderdale, United Kingdom.
By submitting your personal data via this website, you agree to the transfer, storage, or processing of it as set out below. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. If you do not agree to our use of your personal data as set out below, we cannot accept your data, and you should not use this website.
Information we may collect from you and why we collect it When you make an enquiry via this website, we will collect certain personal data about you. The types of personal data we collect include information such as name, address, company, email address, and telephone number. We need to collect this information to discuss the services you are requesting.
We may also collect personal data about you in the following circumstances:
If you enter a competition or promotion via this website, complete a survey, or report a problem with this site
If we ask for your contact details for future marketing use (which may be by email or post) or if you actively sign up to receive email newsletters from us (although you will be given the option to opt-out of such use)
If you contact us, we may keep a record of your email or other correspondence
We may collect details of your visits to this site, including traffic data and location data
We may collect information about your computer, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type, for system administration purposes and to report aggregate information. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns and does not identify any individual.
How we use your information We use information held about you for the purposes of:
Communicating with you regarding your enquiry
Ensuring that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer
Allowing you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so
Notifying you about changes to our service
Improving the quality of our service and the products offered via this site
Internal research/analysis and customer profiling
Resolving complaints and dealing with disputes
Marketing use If you have made an enquiry on this site, your personal data may be used by us to contact you by post and/or by electronic means with information and offers relating to products or services similar to those about which you enquired.
We will only do this if you did not opt out of such marketing at the point where we collected your contact details. If you have not made an enquiry, we will only send you information and offers by email relating to products and services offered by The Freelance Barn if you sign up (opt in) to receive such marketing.
Opting out of marketing use You have the right at any time to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by ticking/un-ticking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by sending an unsubscribe request to: The Data Management Department, The Freelance Barn Design, 10 James Street, Brighouse, HD6 4BE, Calderdale, United Kingdom.
Your right to access any personal data we hold The Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to check that your personal data is being processed lawfully. Your subject access right can be exercised in accordance with the act. Any subject access request must be made in writing to: The Data Protection Manager, The Freelance Barn Design, 10 James Street, Brighouse, HD6 4BE, Calderdale, United Kingdom.
Data security The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure, and although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to this website; therefore, any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will take all reasonable steps to keep your personal data secure and to try to prevent any unauthorized access to it. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers.
Disclosures The Freelance Barn Design will not disclose information about you or your business to any third parties.
Links Our website may contain links to other websites that are outside our control. If you access these sites, they are not covered by this policy, and they should be used in accordance with the third-party policy, which will be different from ours.
Google Analytics We use Google Analytics advertising features, including re-marketing and display, demographics, and interest reporting. To opt out, please see http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
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