Privacy Policy for Whattoservewith.co.uk
What to Serve With, found at https://whattoservewith.co.uk (“Website”), is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy aims to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.
This Privacy Policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on 04/03/2024.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information, such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device you use to access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide a more personalised experience on the Website.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to unsubscribe from future emails.
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts
- To respond to your comments or inquiries
- To track and measure advertising on the Website
- To track, measure and analyse the statistical performance of the Website
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorised or illegal activity
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share your information with third parties when you authorise us to share your information.
Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Their respective privacy policies dictate each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but Google Analytics captures no other personal information.
Mailerlite – this service is used to deliver email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Mailerlite’s privacy policy for further information.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganisation proceeding brought by or against us.
ANONYMOUS DATA
Occasionally, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone or when combined with data from other parties. This anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
COOKIES
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, and customise Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by the Website by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted anytime via an Internet browser or other software. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browsers, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above.
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
Whattoservewith.co.uk participates in the Amazon Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon. As part of this Amazon Associates Program, the Website will post customised links provided by Amazon to track the referrals to their website. This program utilises cookies to track visits to assign commissions on these sales.
whattoservewith.co.uk is also a member of the Awin affiliate network and works with various brands. You can find out more about affiliate marketing here.
NEWSLETTERS
You may subscribe to our newsletter on the website, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the users’ interests. This behaviour will not be passed on to third parties.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out – You may opt out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us via email to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request via email.
Amend – You may contact us via email to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your data. To do so, please submit a request via email.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes, to complete transactions, or when required by law.
INFORMATION AND ACCURACY
All content provided on this Website is for information and entertainment purposes only. The website’s owner makes no representations of the accuracy or completeness of any information on this site or found by following any link. The owner will not be liable for any errors or omissions in this information nor for the availability of this information. The owner will not be liable for any losses, injuries, or damages from the display or use of this information. We are not responsible for republishing the content found on this Website on other websites or media without our permission. All opinions are those of the author alone.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Whattoservewith.co.uk may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide whilst visiting other websites, and this Privacy Policy does not govern other websites. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy of the website in question.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
The Website does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information about a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately via email, and we will use our best efforts to remove such information from our records promptly.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please email us with questions about this privacy policy.
Last updated: 4th March 2024