Privacy Policy

Introduction

Welcome to our website. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we handle your personal data, your privacy rights, and how the law protects you.

1. Important Information and Who We Are

We are SPDiy, and we are responsible for your personal data. If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data protection practices, please contact us at privacy@spdiy.co.uk.

2. The Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, including:

  • Identity Data (e.g., name, username, or similar identifier)
  • Contact Data (e.g., email address, telephone numbers)
  • Technical Data (e.g., IP address, browser type, and version)
  • Usage Data (e.g., information about how you use our website)

3. How We Collect Your Data

We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including:

  • Direct interactions: You may provide us with your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise.
  • Automated technologies: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns.

4. How We Use Your Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • To register you as a new customer
  • To manage our relationship with you
  • To administer and protect our business and this website
  • To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you

5. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way.

6. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to access, correct, or erase your personal data.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page.

8. Media

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

9. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device to store information. We use cookies to:

  • Understand and save your preferences for future visits
  • Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions to offer better site experiences and tools in the future

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. If you disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly.

10. Data Breach Notification

In the event of a data breach, we will notify the relevant supervisory authority without undue delay and, where feasible, within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach, unless the breach is unlikely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons. If the notification to the supervisory authority is not made within 72 hours, it will be accompanied by reasons for the delay.

We will also inform affected individuals without undue delay if the data breach is likely to result in a high risk to their rights and freedoms.

11. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy policies. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit. We are not liable for any damages or losses caused by clicking on links to third-party websites.

12. User-Generated Media

Users who upload images, videos, or audio files to the website are responsible for ensuring that they own the rights to these media or have obtained the necessary permissions to use them. We are not responsible for the actions of users who upload media to the website. Each user is solely responsible for the content they upload and any consequences that may arise from its use.

13. Law Enforcement Requests

We will only disclose your personal data to law enforcement authorities or other governmental agencies when required by law or in response to a valid request from such authorities.

14. Cookies Usage

If you 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 visit our login page, 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.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at privacy@spdiy.co.uk.