Privacy Policy and Cookies

Privacy Policy
Who we are
Scope
What personal data do we collect?
Technical data and cookies
How we collect personal data
What we do with your personal data
Social media
Disclosing your personal data
Other websites
Security and retention period
Access and correction rights
Changes to policy
Privacy query
Cookie policy
Unexpected cookies
Browser settings and deleting cookies
Changing your cookie settings
Policy changes

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Privacy Policy

Fairwood Helpers takes your privacy seriously and is committed to handling your personal data in a way that is fair and worthy of trust. Fairwood Helpers will comply with applicable data protection laws and take all reasonable steps to protect your information from misuse and keep it secure.

Who we are
Fairwood Helpers is a design, marketing and web agency located in Guildford, Surrey, offering a range of creative services for print and online

Scope
This privacy policy applies to all personal data of individuals collected or used by Fairwood Helpers in relation to our services. This includes information received via our website or information processed as part of the delivery of our product or services to you.

What personal data do we collect?
The types of personal data we collect may include:

your name, postal address and other contact details, such as your telephone number, e-mail address, that we collect when you register for one of our online services
the data that you share with us when you use one of our online services, such as on the Fairwood Helpers website.
any personal data that you share with us online or through social media, such as your opinions, preferences and interests, your product or reviews and your familiarity with our brands
your requests, any complaints you may have and any other data that we receive if we communicate with you via e-mail, online or via social media
any other relevant personal data which you have shared with us online or through social media, such as your experiences, preferences and interests, your product reviews and your familiarity with our brands

Technical data and cookies
When you visit one of our websites, we automatically collect certain technical data such as the type of computer operating system (e.g., Windows or Mac OS) and browser (e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer) being used, your internet service provider, your IP address or, when appropriate, the address of the page that led you to visiting our website.

Fairwood Helpers uses cookies to offer you an optimal user experience, and to keep track of statistics, among other things. Read more about cookies in our cookie policy below.

How we collect personal data
Fairwood Helpers may obtain your personal data in a number of ways, for example, when you share personal preferences or reviews with us, when you communicate with us via e-mail, online or social media.

Any personal information that we collect will not be kept for longer than is necessary to provide you with the services you request.

What we do with your personal data
Fairwood Helpers obtains and uses your personal data for the following purposes:

to facilitate the use of our website and to provide you our services in connection therewith
to process your enquiries and complaints received via our websites
to comply with applicable laws and regulations
any other purpose indicated at the time you voluntarily provide your personal data

Social media
We are active on various social media platforms such as LinkedIn and Facebook. If you communicate with us through social media (for example, if you follow our LinkedIn page or send a personal message to us), we receive or we can access data about you. We only use this information to communicate with you and for statistical research (see above). We encourage you to review the privacy policy of the social media platform that you used to use to get more information about the processing of your personal data.

Disclosing your personal data
As a general rule, we do not sell or share your personal data with anyone outside Fairwood Helpers.

We may also share your personal data with trusted third parties that perform business functions (e.g. hosting of our websites, analyzing data or performing audits) or provide services on our behalf (e.g. support services). All such third parties will be required to adequately safeguard your personal data and only process it in accordance with our instructions.

Sometimes Fairwood Helpers offers you a service in co-operation with other companies. In such cases, we may exchange your personal data with these companies to allow you to make optimal use of our combined services. For that same purpose we may also receive personal data from these companies. We will only share your data with these companies with your prior consent.

Note that these companies (with whom we offer a combined service), often have their own privacy policies that apply to the way they use your personal data. These privacy policies sometimes differ from the Fairwood Helpers privacy policy. For information on how these companies may use your information, please see their privacy policies.

If ownership of Fairwood Helpers changes as a result of a merger, acquisition, or a transfer, your personal data may be transferred to the successor entity.

We may also disclose your personal data if disclosure is required by law.

Other websites
Our websites contain links to third-party websites; if you follow these links, you will exit our websites. While these third-party websites are selected with care, Fairwood Helpers cannot accept liability for the use of your personal data by these organizations. For more information, please consult the privacy statement of the website you are visiting (if such a statement is provided).

Security and retention period
Fairwood Helpers will ensure that your personal data are properly secured using appropriate technical and organizational measures, so that they are protected against unauthorised or unlawful use, alteration, unauthorised access or disclosure, accidental or wrongful destruction, and loss. Your personal data will be retained for as long as required for the above purposes or in so far as such is necessary for compliance with statutory obligations and for solving any disputes.

Access and correction rights
You can request access to, and have the opportunity to update and amend your personal data, and you can exercise any other rights you enjoy under applicable data protection laws, including, for example, objection to the processing of your personal data, by contacting us on 01483 237619. For security reasons, we reserve the right to take steps to authenticate your identity before providing access to your personal data. Subject to applicable law, we may charge you a small fee to access your personal data.

Changes to policy
We may change this privacy policy from time to time by posting the updated version of the privacy policy on our websites and apps. We will give you reasonable notice of any material change. We encourage you to visit frequently to stay informed about how we use your personal data.

Privacy query
If you have any questions regarding this policy, or you wish to update your details or remove your personal data from our records, please inform us by contacting us on 01483 237619.

Cookie policy

Fairwood Helpers uses technologies that enhance user friendliness and keep the site operating as smoothly as possible for each and every visitor. Examples of these technologies are cookies, localstorages, and scripts (which we refer to below collectively as “cookies”). Cookies are used by Fairwood Helpers and by third parties, including those who calculate web statistics.

It is very important to us that you know which cookies our website uses, as well as why we use them. Specifically, our objective is to: protect your privacy to the extent possible and keep our website as user friendly as possible. Below, you can read more about the cookies we use and why we use them. This cookie policy only applies to the Fairwood Helpers website.

1 – Functional cookies
Fairwood Helpers uses cookies that ensure that our website operates properly. We refer to these cookies as “functional cookies”, and we use them to:

Domain	Cookie name	Purpose
First party (host)	cookie_notice_a ccepted	Placed when the user accepts the ‘We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it’ message. When you click on the ‘I agree’ button we have to set an additional cookie that will stop the information message from displaying. This cookie remembers your choice and prevents the message from displaying again until the cookie has expired.	1 week
First party (WordPress)	wordpress_test_cookie	WordPress sets this cookie when you navigate to the login page. The cookie is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow, or reject cookies.	Session
First party (WordPress)	wp_settings_x, wp_settings_time_x	These cookies are used to store date and time information on the WordPress CMS, and only collect data anonymously. WordPress uses this cookie to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.	1 year
First party (WordPress)	wordpress_logged_in	WordPress uses this cookie to indicate when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use.	Session

2 – Web statistics
Cookies we can use to measure website use.

In order to determine which parts of our website visitors are most interested in, we measure and test the website using software from Google Analytics.

Statistics are prepared based on the information we collect. This enables us to make the structure, navigation, and content of our website as user friendly as possible. Specifically, we use cookies to:

keep track of the number of visitors to our web pages
keep track of the amount of time each user spends on our web pages
determine the order in which a visitor visits the various pages of our website

Domain	Cookie name	Purpose
Third party	_gat	These cookies are set by Google Analytics which is a simple tool that helps us measure how users interact with our website. As a user navigates between web pages, Google Analytics records information about the page a user has visited, for example the URL of the page. The cookies themselves are used to ‘remember’ what a user has done on previous pages and interactions with our website.	Google Analytics opt out
Third party	_ga	Google Analytics: Used to distinguish users.	Google Analytics opt out
Third party	_gid	Google Analytics: Used to distinguish users.	Google Analytics opt out

For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

Unexpected cookies
It can happen that we are not always aware of the cookies that third parties store through our website. This is particularly true if our web pages contain embedded elements, which are texts, documents, images, or videos which are stored at another party but which are displayed on, in, or via our website.

Please let us know if you encounter cookies on this website which are not contained on our cookies list above, or contact the third party directly and ask which cookies they store, why they store them, what the lifecycles of the cookies are, and how the third party protects your privacy.

Browser settings and deleting cookies
If you do not want websites to store any cookies on your computer, you can change your browser settings so that you receive a warning before any cookies are stored. You can also adjust your settings so that your browser refuses all cookies or only cookies from third parties. You can also delete cookies that have already been stored. Please note that you will have to change your settings for each browser and computer you use.

Please be aware that if you do not want to accept any cookies, we cannot guarantee that our website will function properly. It may be that several functions will be unavailable to you or that you will even be unable to view certain parts of the website.

The procedures for changing your settings and cookies differ from browser to browser. If necessary, use the help function on your browser or click on one of the links below to go directly to the user manual for your browser.

YouTube videos

YouTube is used by the website to store and show video content. No cookies should be placed on your machine due to the privacy-enhanced mode being enabled.

Changing your cookie settings
You can withdraw your consent to the storage of cookies through Fairwood Helpers at any time by deleting the cookies. You can also opt-out of the services of Google Analytics.

Policy changes
We reserve the right to change this policy. We advise you to visit this web page on a regular basis to determine whether any changes have been made.