Farrelly Atkinson Ltd and its associates provide their services to you subject to the following conditions. If you visit our websites, you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully. This page was last updated on 19 April 2023
Privacy
This privacy policy sets out how Farrelly Atkinson Ltd uses and protects any information that you provide when you use this website.
Farrelly Atkinson Ltd is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Farrelly Atkinson Ltd may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
If you have questions about our practices or any of your rights described below, you can email us at privacy@fat.digital
Privacy – What we collect
People registering an account on a site – The information we collect as part of the registration process is used to help us weed out maliscious registrations, and includes your email address. You may be asked to choose a username when you register. This will be viewable to all users of the site if you post content, so be careful when choosing it. It doesn’t need to personally identify you.
People signing up to a newsletter – we just collect your email address, so that we can send you the newsletter.
People buying items from a shop – We collect your name, email address, address and phone number, so we can send the items you have purchased and contact you if there is a problem.
Privacy – What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to provide services on our websites, and in particular for the following reasons:
- So that you can create an account to interact on our sites;
- So that we can keep our internal records up to date;
- So we can improve our products and services;
- So we can serve advertising, the revenue from which supports our sites;
- So we can periodically send emails relating to the site using the email address which you have provided for that purpose.
We do not share your information with any third party except in the following circumstances:
- With developers and other service providers who need access to site data to carry out work on our behalf;
- In response to a request for information required by any applicable law or legal process;
- In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
We may share aggregated information about users on the site, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you.
Privacy – How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file that is placed on your computer when you visit one of our sites. It allows us to remember your visit, store preferences that you’ve set on the site and serve you advertising that’s relevant to your browsing history. Cookies can be first party or third party depending on the domain that sets them. In relation to Farrelly Atkinson websites, first party cookies are set by us and information is collected and used by us in accordance with the terms of this policy. Other organisations also collect user information on our sites through third party cookies, tags and pixels. Tags and pixels, also known as web beacons, are similar to cookies but collect information through embedded images.
Our site may use the following types of cookie:
- Necessary cookies – these cookies are required for the proper functioning of a site. If you disallow them the site may not display properly. Your cookie preferences are also stored in a cookie, so if you disable all cookies we won’t be able to remember them.
- Functionality cookies – these provide functions to a user, such as remembering preferences or allowing persistent login on a device. They are intended to provide you with a better browsing experience
- Analytics/performance cookies – We use analytics to gather data so that we can benchmark the performance of the site. This data is anonymised and does not contain any personally identifiable information.
- Advertising/Affiliate cookies – We partner with a number of third-party providers to provide advertising on the site and track online purchases. Some of this advertising will be targeted to you by default, via tracking cookies, tags, web beacons and other technologies.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
The advertising techniques we use do not collect personal information. We sometimes use information such as your IP address and browser type and also sometimes share some limited aspects of this with third parties for advertising purposes.
We may share online data collected through cookies and similar technology with our advertising partners. This means that when you are on another website, you may be shown advertising based on your behaviour on our websites. We may also show you advertising on our sites website based on your browsing patterns on other sites that we have obtained from our advertising partners.
We may collect information via a cookie when you leave the site by clicking on a purchasing link. This cookie allows our affiliate partners to track your purchase, and we may earn commission from the vendor if you buy a product after clicking on a link on one of our sites.
How to manage cookies
You can switch some cookies off through the Your Online Choices site. You may also change preferences for targeted advertising by visiting Your Ad Choices. You may need to do these again each time you use a different IP address or device.
It is also possible to stop your browser from accepting cookies altogether by changing your browser’s cookie settings. Consult the browser’s help page for more details.
You can find out more about cookies by visiting http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
Privacy – Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site we do not have any control over that other website. We cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to the website in question.
If a link is to a website where you can buy a product, we may use third party technologies to track your visit and collect affiliate revenue should you make a purchase. This data is anonymised and does not contain any personally identifiable information.
Privacy – social sharing
We may use widgets on our sites which allow you to share information on a site via a social media profile. How widely that information will be shared will be dependent on the settings on your social profile. Refer to the social network provider’s privacy policy for more details.
Privacy – Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
When you are asked to fill in a form on the website, you may be asked to explicitly confirm that you are happy for your information to be used for marketing purposes. If the form is a competition entry form you may be asked to confirm that you’re happy to receive marketing emails from the competition sponsor.
if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for any purpose, you may change your mind at any time by emailing us at privacy@fat.digital. If you’ve indicated that you’re happy to receive marketing emails from a competition sponsor, you may have to contact the competition sponsor directly. All marketing emails from competition sponsors we work with will have an unsubscribe link in the body of the email.
We will not sell or disclose your personal information to third parties unless we have your explicit permission, or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you. You can do this by emailing us at privacy@fat.digital. If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, inform us as soon as possible by emailing us at privacy@fat.digital. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
Electronic Communications
When you visit a website owned by Farrelly Atkinson Ltd, or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on our sites. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
