Who we are
At Seek Magazine we are committed to safeguarding and preserving the privacy of our visitors and customers.
This Notice explains what happens to any personal data that you provide to us, or that we collect from you whilst you visit our site and how we use cookies on this website.
We do update this Notice from time to time so please do review this Notice regularly.
What information we collect
In running and maintaining our business, we may collect and process the following data about you:
Information provided by you, for example, personal details when you register for information or make a purchase.
We only collect basic personal data about you which does not include any special types of information or location based information.
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 anonymized 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.
Why we need it
We need to know your personal data so that we can provide you with the updates you have requested. We will not collect any data that we do not need in order to provide and oversee this request.
What we would like to do with it
We would however like to use your name and email address to inform you of our future offers and similar products & to inform you of any changes to our business, website, services or goods and products. This information is not shared with third purposes and you can unsubscribe at any time via phone, email or our website. Please indicate below if this is something you would like to sign up to on our website.
Cookies
Cookies provide information regarding the computer used by a visitor. We may use cookies where appropriate to gather information about your computer in order to assist us in improving our website.
We may gather information about your general internet use by using the cookie. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer and stored on the computer’s hard drive. Such information will not identify you personally; it is statistical data which does not identify any personal details whatsoever.
Our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Such cookies (if used) would be downloaded once you click on advertisements on our website.
You can adjust the settings on your computer to decline any cookies if you wish. This can be done within the “settings” section of your computer. For more information please read the advice at AboutCookies.org.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles 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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Use of your information
We provide your details to the following third parties:
- ConvertKit, which we use to manage email marketing subscriber lists and send emails to our subscribers. Read their Privacy Policy – ConvertKit
- Google LLC, which provides our email service. We also use Google Analytics service to measure the performance of this website and their G
- NameCheap, Inc., which hosts this website.
- WordPress., whose software (and associated add-ons) we use to manage the content of this website.
- Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How long we retain your data
We are required under UK tax law to keep your basic personal data (name, address, contact details) for a minimum of 6 years after which time it will be destroyed.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Your information we use for marketing purposes will be kept with us until you notify us that you no longer wish to receive this information.
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 at any point you believe the information we process on you is incorrect you can request to see this information and even have it corrected or deleted.
If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, you can contact us directly and we will investigate the matter.
If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your personal data not in accordance with the law you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Storing your personal data
In operating our business via Seek Magazine website, your data is processed by our staff in the UK. We do not provide our own IT servers. However any third party shall not have access to your personal data unless the law allows them to do so.
Obviously we do our utmost to ensure that our server hosts are secure and fully accredited. Unfortunately, we cannot be responsible for any illegal breaches that may occur.
Storing of payment details
We do not store credit card details nor do we share customer details with any 3rd parties.
Third party links
On occasion we include links to third parties. Where we provide a link it does not mean that we endorse or approve that site’s notice towards visitor privacy. You should review their privacy notice before sending them any personal data.
Contacting Us
Address: hello@seekmagazine.co.uk