Privacy Policy
What is this Privacy Policy for?
This privacy policy is for this website proudmummy.com and governs
the privacy of its users who choose to use it.
The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned
and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the
website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes,
stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.
The Website
This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user privacy
and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of
its users throughout their visiting experience. This website complies
to all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.
Use of Cookies
This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website.
Cookies are small files saved to the user's computers hard drive that
track, save and store 'non-personally identifiable' information about
the user's interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website,
through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies
from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take
necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block
all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.
This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better
understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics
which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a
cookie to your computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your
engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or
collect personal information. You can read Google's privacy policy
here for further information [ http://www.google.com/privacy.html ].
Other cookies may be stored to your computers hard drive by external
vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or
adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking
and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No
personal information is stored, saved or collected.
Contact & Communication
Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at their own
discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their
own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely
until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the
Data Protection Act 1998. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe
and secure form to email submission process but advise users using
such form to email processes that they do so at their own risk.
This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide
you with further information about the products / services they offer
or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have
submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any
email newsletter program the website operates but only if this was
made clear to you and your express permission was granted when submitting
any form to email process. Or whereby you the consumer have previously
purchased from or enquired about purchasing from the company a product
or service that the email newsletter relates to. This is by no means an
entire list of your user rights in regard to receiving email marketing
material. Your details are not passed on to any third parties.
Email Newsletter
This website operates an email newsletter program, used to inform
subscribers about products and services supplied by this website.
Users can subscribe through an online automated process should they
wish to do so but do so at their own discretion. Some subscriptions
may be manually processed through prior written agreement with the user.
Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in
the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. All personal
details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in accordance
with the Data Protection Act 1998. No personal details are passed on
to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the
company that operates this website. Under the Data Protection Act
1998 you may request a copy of personal information held about you
by this website's email newsletter program. A small fee will be payable.
If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write
to the business address at the bottom of this policy.
Email marketing campaigns published by this website or its owners may
contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity
is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation.
Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails, forwarding
of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times, dates
and frequency of activity [this is by no far a comprehensive list].
This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply
the user with more relevant content based around their activity.
In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and Electronic Communications
Regulations 2003 subscribers are given the opportunity to un-subscribe
at any time through an automated system. This process is detailed at
the footer of each email campaign. If an automated un-subscription
system is unavailable clear instructions on how to un-subscribe
will by detailed instead.
External Links
Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant
external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before
clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website.
(External links are clickable text / banner / image links to other websites.
The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents
of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users
should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk
and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages
or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Adverts and Sponsored Links
This website may contain sponsored links and adverts. They may be
served through our advertising partners, to whom may have detailed
privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they serve.
Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the advertisers website
through a referral program which may use cookies and will track the
number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the use
of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computers hard drive.
Users should therefore note they click on sponsored external links
at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held
liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any
external links mentioned.
Social Media Platforms
Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social
media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are
custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies
held with each social media platform respectively.
Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate /
engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own
privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners will ever
ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms
and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact
them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.
This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web
content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question.
Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they
do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform
may track and save your request to share a web page respectively
through your social media platform account.
Shortened Links in Social Media
This website and its owners through their social media platform accounts
may share web links to relevant web pages. By default some social
media platforms shorten lengthy urls [web addresses] Example: http://bit.ly/).
Users are advised to take caution and good judgement before clicking
any shortened urls published on social media platforms by this website
and its owners. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine urls
are published many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking
and therefore this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any
damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.
