This privacy policy is for this website
www.wistow.com 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 & requirements of the users, the website and website
owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user
data and information will also be detailed within this policy.
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.
This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the
website. When first visiting our website you will be notified that cookies are
used to browse the website, this gives you the chance to either leave or
continue using the website.
Cookies are small files saved to the user's computers hard drive that track,
save and store information about the user's interactions and usage of the
website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a
tailored experience within this website.
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 browsers 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 your
computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of
the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can
read Google's privacy policy here for further information
http://www.google.com/privacy.html
Other cookies may be stored to your computers hard drive by external vendors
when this website uses referral programs, 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.
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. Your personal
information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer
required or has no use, as detailed in the Data Protection Act 2018. Every
effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email submission
process but advise users using such form to email processes that they do so 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
your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter program the website
operates but only if this was made clear to you and your express permission was
granted when submitting any form to email process. Or whereby you the consumer
have previously purchased from or enquired about purchasing from the company a
product or service that the email newsletter relates to. This is by no means an
entire list of your user rights in regard to receiving email marketing material.
Your details are not passed on to any third parties.
This website operates an email newsletter program, used to inform subscribers
about products and services supplied by this website. Users can subscribe
through an online automated double-opt in 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 Data Protection Act
2018. No personal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with
companies / people outside of the company that operates this website.
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 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.
Email addresses that opt in to receive the wistow.com newsletter will be passed onto a third party email provider called SendinBlue, who are registered in France (Reg no 498 019 298) at 47, rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, 75009 Paris, France. SendinBlue provide the mass mail sending service for our newsletters. This data is held in accordance with GDPR and French Data Protection Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978. Personal data will not be shared to any third parties by SendinBlue other than in the following instances:
• with the user's authorization and confirmation that the owner of this personal data has personally authorized its disclosure;
• at the request of legally competent authorities, upon presentation of a court order or within the context of a legal dispute.
SendinBlue’s full privacy policy can be viewed here: https://www.sendinblue.com/legal/privacypolicy/
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.
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 advertisers website through a
referral program which may use cookies and will track the number of referrals
sent from this website. This may include the use of cookies which may in turn be
saved on your computers 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.
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 in 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 your
request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform
account.
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].
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 and therefore this website
and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by
visiting any shortened links.
Please note that Wistow Maze takes no responsibility for any accidental loss
or damage to personal effects, or any injuries or accidents to visitors, arising
from or in connection with exploring the maze, using the bridges, towers and
equipment.
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