Please read the following privacy policy as it outlines the what, how, why and when of our data handling on this website.
Your privacy is very important to us at Forager. We respect your data rights and comply with the latest EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements as of 25th May 2018.
The brief
This Website is owned and operated by Forager Ltd.
By accessing this Website you are acknowledging and accepting the conditions of this Privacy Policy.
These terms of use are subject to change at any time at the discretion of Forager Ltd without notice. Your use of this website after any changes are implemented constitutes your acceptance of the changes. As a result, we encourage you to consult the terms and conditions herein frequently.
The brief ethos we stand by in regards to privacy is as follows:
- We do not store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation and delivery of our services to you.
- We store personal information only for as long as we have a reason to keep it.
- We do not actively collect sensitive information about you. We will take steps to appropriately protect any sensitive information we do receive.
- We do not share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
- In our email communications we give you we give you the option to unsubscribe at any time.
How we use Personally Identifying Information
We collect non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available in the same way as most website operators; such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request.
Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use our website.
We also collect potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. We do not use such information to identify our visitors, and do not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that we use and disclose personally-identifying information, as described above.
Certain visitors to our website choose to interact with us in ways that require us to gather personally-identifying information like email address, name and surname (to name some). The amount and type of information that we gather depends on the nature of the interaction.
We collect such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with us. We do not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
It is our policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website.
If you are a registered user of our website and have supplied your email address, we will occasionally send you newsletters, updates on our business and product information.
We are committed to making sure our content is of a high quality and is relevant.
We take all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Email marketing messages & subscription
Under the GDPR we use the consent lawful basis for anyone subscribing to our newsletter or marketing mailing list. Any email marketing messages we send are done so through an EMS, email marketing service provider. An EMS is a third party service provider of software / applications that allows marketers to send out email marketing campaigns to a list of users.
Email marketing messages that we send may contain tracking beacons / tracked clickable links or similar server technologies in order to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of data such as; times, dates, I.P addresses, opens, clicks, forwards, geographic and demographic data. Such data, within its limitations will show the activity each subscriber made for that email campaign.
Any email marketing messages we send are in accordance with the GDPR. We provide you with an easy method to withdraw your consent (unsubscribe) or manage your preferences / the information we hold about you at any time.
Our EMS provider is; MailChimp. We hold the following information about you within our EMS system;
Name
Surname
Email address
I.P address
Subscription time & date
Third-party access to information
We use third-party services for:
Analytics tracking : Google Analytics
User authentication : 1&1 Web Hosting SSL
Email marketing : MailChimp
Recurring payment processing: Subbly, LTD.
These services may access our data solely for the purpose of performing specific tasks on our behalf. We do not share any personally identifying information with them without your explicit consent. We do not give them permission to disclose or use any of our data for any other purpose.
We may, from time to time, allow limited access to our data by external consultants and agencies for the purpose of analysis and service improvement. This access is only permitted for as long as necessary to perform a specific function. We only work with external agencies whose privacy policies align with ours.
Please see Subbly, LTD strict Privacy Policy with regards to recurring payments here.
How we protect personally identifying information
We disclose potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of our employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on our behalf or to provide services available at our website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others.
We will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to our employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, we disclose potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information, only when required to do so by law.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files of information stored by your internet browser on your computer’s hard drive. We may use cookies to collect browsing data, for example, to keep track of your preferences and profile information and to collect general usage and volume statistical information. Our cookies do not collect personal, confidential information and are not spyware.
You may set your internet web browser to refuse cookies or to remove cookies from your hard drive. We use a cookie control system which allows you to accept the use of cookies, and control which cookies are saved to your device / computer. Some cookies will be saved for specific time periods, where others may last indefinitely. Your web browser should provide you with the controls to manage and delete cookies from your device, please see your web browser options.
Children's Privacy
As a parent/guardian, if you believe your child is participating in an activity that collects personal information, and you have not received a notification or request for consent, please feel free to get in touch via our Contact page. We do not use parent contact details for marketing purposes unless marketing materials are explicitly requested.
Access to information
You have the right under the Data Protection Act to access the information which we hold about you. If you wish to exercise this right, please send your request to us via our Contact page. In order to meet our costs in responding, we are required to charge you a small fee.
Your consent
By using Forager Ltd's website you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
By giving Forager Ltd your email address via one of our sign-up forms, or by purchasing a product, you agree to receive our newsletter, and promotional advertising emails from us. You will always have the ability to unsubscribe, by using the links at the bottom of each email you receive from us.
About this Privacy Policy
If you do not understand any parts of this Privacy Policy, or if you have any questions or comments, we invite you to contact us via our Contact page.
This Privacy Policy was last updated October 2018.