Who we are

Our website address is: polysnack.com.

We are committed to safeguarding and preserving the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy explains what happens to any personal data that you provide to us, or that we collect from you whilst you visit our site. We do update this Policy from time to time so please do review this Policy regularly.

 

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Emails & contact forms

All emails and messages sent to us via the website are kept so we both have a record of the communication.

Information about your use of our site including details of your visit such as pages viewed and the resources that you access.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

We use cookies where appropriate to facilitate the use of our website and for administrative purposes. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer and stored on the computers hard drive. Such information will not identify you personally. You can adjust the settings on your computer to decline any cookies if you wish, this can easily be done by activating the reject cookies setting on your computer. Cookies are necessary for the website work as intended.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

How we use your information

The GDPR states that we are allowed to use and share your personal data only where we have a proper reason for doing so. The permitted Legal Bases for processing are set out in Article 6 of the GDPR. At least one of these must apply whenever we process your personal data:

  1. Consent: you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose (for example, to receive our newsletter).
  2. Contract: the processing is necessary for a contract we have with you, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract.
  3. Legal obligation: the processing is necessary for us to comply with the law (not including contractual obligations).
  4. Vital interests: the processing is necessary to protect someone’s life.
  5. Public task: the processing is necessary for us to perform a task in the public interest or for our official functions, and the task or function has a clear basis in law.
  6. Legitimate interests: the processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party unless there is a good reason to protect your personal data which overrides those legitimate interests.

Here is a list of the ways that we may use your personal information, and which of the Legal Bases outlined above we rely on to do so.

  • Customer Services
    • To answer queries and respond to your communications.
    • This is a “Legitimate Interest”.
  • Website Analytics
    • To obtain statistics on the usage of our website
    • This is a “Legitimate Interest”.

Who we share your data with

Website analytics: We use Google Analytics to supply statistics on the usage of our website.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

 

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

 

Additional information

Third Party Website Links

On occasion we may include links to third parties on this website. Where we provide a link it does not mean that we endorse or approve that site policy towards visitor privacy. You should review their privacy policy before sending them any personal data.

Embedded content from other websites

Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How we protect your data

Your data is stored in secure data centres located in the United Kingdom. Your information will not be transferred to a third country (defined under the GDPR as a country outside of the European Economic Area).

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

We have a legal obligation to share data in response to properly made requests from:

  • Law enforcement agencies – for the prevention and detection of a crime, for the purpose of safeguarding national security or when the law requires us to, such as in response to a court order or other lawful demand or powers contained in legislation.
  • Regulatory bodies such as the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Ofcom.

What are your rights?

You have the following rights under the GDPR:

  • The right to be informed. Individuals have the right to be informed about the collection and use of their personal data. This privacy notice fulfils that requirement.
  • The right of access. All of the information we have about you can be provided on request.
  • The right to rectification. If you find an error in your data please contact us to rectify it.
  • The right to erasure. In certain circumstances, you have the right to request that we delete personal data held on you. This does not apply if we have a legal reason for retaining it.
  • The right to restrict processing. In certain circumstances, you have the right to ask us to ‘restrict processing of data’. This means we would need to secure your data but not otherwise use it.
  • The right to data portability. You have a right to obtain some of the personal data we hold on you in a ‘structured machine-readable’ format.
  • The right to object. You have the right to opt-out of any marketing communications that we may wish to send you.
  • Rights related to automated decision-making including profiling. We do not apply any automated decision-making or profiling to any of your personal data.
  • If you have any questions about how we use your personal data that are not answered here, or if you want to exercise your rights regarding your personal data, please us.
  • You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. Further information, including contact details, is available at https://ico.org.uk