Exercising your Privacy Rights
What choices do I have?
You can always opt not to disclose information to us, but keep in mind some information may be needed to transact with us or to take advantage of some of our offers and discounts.
Cookies
We use cookies and other internet tracking software to collect data while you are using our websites or mobile apps. Cookies allow us to store information about the computer device you use to access our website so that you can conduct business with us easily. They allow us to recognise when you revisit our websites and to evaluate our websites’ advertising and promotional effectiveness. We use both our own (first party) and partner companies’ (third party) cookies to support this activity.
We do not use Cookies to:
- track your Internet usage after leaving the website or
- store personal information others may read and understand.
Processing of personal data associated with the use of these cookies occurs based on our legitimate Interests to administer the website.
Our cookies are listed below.
Cookie Name |
Default Expiration time |
Description |
_ga |
2 years |
This is a Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users. |
_gid |
24 hours |
This is a Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users and its main purpose is for performance of the site. |
_gat |
1 minute |
This is a Google Analytics cookie used to throttle the request rate limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. |
PHPSESSID |
Expire when browser is closed |
In-house cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general-purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random-generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages. This is technically required for the functioning of the website. |
You can deactivate the non-technical cookies by not consenting to non-essential cookies when your first visit the site. When you first visit the site, it gives you an opportunity to opt-in or opt-out of cookies.
You may also set your browser’s setting to deactivate cookies. If you use that option, some functions of this website (e.g. login, memory of preferences etc.) may not be available. Detailed guidance on how to control cookies preferences for the most common browsers can be found at:
You also have the option to install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on and thereby deactivate the use of Google analytics cookies and the associated data processing. You can find the Opt-out browser add-on here.
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
You can find the Google privacy notice here.
Google Analytics privacy notice.
Your rights subject to the application of GDPR
Your rights |
Meaning |
The right to object to the processing |
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain situations. |
The right to information |
You have the right to be informed whether and to what extent we process your data. |
The right of access |
Subject to certain exceptions you have the right to obtain a confirmation as to whether or not we process your personal data, and if we do, request access to your data. |
The right to rectification |
If the personal data that we process is incomplete or incorrect, you have the right to request their completion or correction at any time. |
The right to deletion
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Subject to certain exceptions if you consider that we should stop processing some or all of your personal data, you have the right to request its deletion. However, there may well be reasons why an immediate deletion may not be possible (for example where retention is required to meet legal or regulatory obligations). |
The right to restrict the processing
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You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain situations:
· If you contest the accuracy of your personal data, you may request that its processing is restricted while we verify its accuracy.
· If the processing of your personal data is considered unlawful, but you do not require the deletion of your personal data.
· If we no longer need the data for the purposes of its processing, but you need it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
· If you object to our processing of your data based on our legitimate interests |
The right to data portability
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Where the processing takes place on the basis of your consent or contract, and is carried out by automated means, you have the right to request that we provide your personal data to you in a machine-readable format. |
Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling
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You have the right to object to decisions based exclusively on the automated processing of your personal data. |
The right to withdraw your consent |
If your personal data is processed on basis of your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. |
How Can I Exercise My Data Subject Rights?
If you would like to access, review, update, rectify, and delete any personal information we hold about you, or exercise any other data subject right available to you under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you can obtain contact information from the “Contact Us” section of this privacy notice. Our privacy team will examine your request and respond to you as quickly as possible.
Please note that we may still use any aggregated and de-identified personal information that does not identify any individual. We may also retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.