Your privacy is important to us

So we’ve created this privacy policy to protect your rights

Privacy

The basic principles of SHEilds privacy policy are:

• SHEilds shall not make use of your Personal Details without your permission, except where necessary to supply the services expressly requested by you. (e.g. by way of using one of the SHEilds services)
• SHEilds shall give you the opportunity to check and correct the information relating to you.

Definitions

“Personal Details” refers to every detail concerning a known or identifiable natural person or persons’ device. Examples of these details are: name, date of birth, e-mail address, postal address, etc.

“Anonymous Data” are data that cannot be traced back to natural persons. In other words, these are data that cannot be used to identify you. They include details relating to the way you use the SHEilds websites. Anonymous Data also include the domain names and/or IP addresses of internet browsers that consult the SHEilds websites, the times at which the websites are visited, and other data that cannot be used to identify natural persons. Anonymous data help SHEilds to improve its website and service on the basis of user behaviour.

Collection and use of personal details Registration

You can visit our website and use SHEilds’s services without providing your Personal Details to SHEilds. You will only be asked to provide certain Personal Details to SHEilds if you register as a SHEilds newsletter subscriber, or a user of any forthcoming on-line resources. You will also be asked for some Personal Details if you request information about our services or general information.

For instance, SHEilds requests Personal Details (such as your first name and surname, e-mail address, website address, etc.) so that we can contact you.

SHEilds uses this information for the following purposes: to provide you with support in the use of its products and services; to use your first name and surname in e-mail messages and newsletters that SHEilds sends to users of its services; to inform you about new services.

Sharing Personal Details with others

SHEilds shall not share any Personal Details with third parties without your consent.

We do not store credit card details nor do we share customer details with any 3rd parties

Publication of your identity

SHEilds occasionally receives requests to publish the identity of the users of the SHEilds website and services. SHEilds refuses all such requests, unless it is obliged by law to comply with them.

If a government agency (for example the public prosecution department or the courts, etc.) orders SHEilds to publish your Personal Details, SHEilds shall comply.

Anonymous Information

SHEilds collects Anonymous Data when users visit its website or use its services, even if the users are not registered as users with SHEilds. SHEilds uses this information to improve the overall level of service.

Cookies (and how they are used by SHEilds)

A “cookie” is a package of information that is sent by a webserver to your browser and then stored on the hard disk of your computer. Cookies do not damage your computer. Cookies make it easier to surf the Internet, because they save your preferences while you are visiting the SHEilds website. This allows SHEilds to adapt the site to your needs. By adjusting the settings of your browser you can say whether or not you want to accept cookies. If you decide not to accept any cookies, your may benefit less from the use of our site and some elements will not work as intended.

Use of IP addresses

An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a series of numbers which is automatically assigned to your computer when you log in via your internet service provider or via your organisations network. This can be via a single-location network, or LAN known as a “Local Area Network”, or via networks at various locations which are connected to each other, a WAN known as a “Wide Area Network”. Webservers, which are the powerful computers inter-connected via the Internet, allowing communications, which make it possible to show/display a website to the visitors device, detect and identify your device ort computer through its Internet Protocol Address Location, known as an IP address while you are surfing online.

SHEilds may collect IP addresses for the following purposes:

• to survey user behaviour and the geographic origin of users of the SHEilds website and to provide anonymous user information to SHEilds’s advertisers. SHEilds does not match any IP addresses of users to Personal Details.

Security

SHEilds protects its databases with firewalls and passwords. SHEilds has introduced security measures to safeguard that customer information available to SHEilds cannot be lost, abused and/or altered. Only specific employees of SHEilds have access to the databases containing your Personal Details. Although SHEilds cannot guarantee that the Personal Details will not be lost, abused or altered, SHEilds does everything possible to prevent any such problems.

Contacting SHEilds

If you have any questions about these privacy rules or about the site, contact:

privacy@sheilds.org

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

BACKGROUND:

This website www.sheilds.org (“Our Site”) uses Cookies and similar technologies in order to distinguish you from other users. By using Cookies, We are able to provide you with a better experience and to improve Our Site by better understanding how you use it. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Cookie Policy is deemed to occur when you press the “Accept” button on Our Cookie pop-up. If you do not agree to Our Cookie Policy, please stop using Our Site immediately.

1. Definitions and Interpretation

   In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

“Cookie”	means a small file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site;
“Cookie Law”	means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and of EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”);
“personal data”	means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); and
“We/Us/Our”	means SHEilds Ltd, a limited company registered in England under company number 04623681, whose registered address is, Hesslewood Hall, Ferriby Road, Hessle, England, HU13 0LH, UK, and whose main trading address is West Court, Hesslewood Hall, Ferriby Road, Hessle, HU13 0LH, UK.

2. Information About Us

   1. 1. Our Site is owned and operated by Sheilds Ltd. [, a limited company registered in England under company number 04623681, whose registered address is Hesslewood Hall, Ferriby Road, Hessle, England, HU13 0LH and whose main trading address is West Court, Hesslewood Hall, Ferriby Road, Hessle, HU13 0LH, UK.

      2. [Our VAT number is GB 808949875.]

      3. [Our Data Protection Officer is Rebecca Rusling, and can be contacted by email at privacy@sheilds.org, by telephone on 01482 291 252, or by post at West Court, Hesslewood Hall, Ferriby Road, Hessle, HU13 0LH, UK.]

      4. [We are regulated by the Information Commissioner’s Office.]

3. How Does Our Site Use Cookies?

   1. 1. Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products and services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.

      2. By using Our Site, you may also receive certain third party Cookies on your computer or device. Third party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. Third party Cookies are used on Our Site for the use of analytical, marketing and customer management software. For more details, please refer to section 4 below.

      3. All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We may use some or all of the following types of Cookie:

         1. 1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

A Cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of Our Site, supporting functions such as logging in, your shopping basket, and payment transactions.

1. 1. 1. 1. 2. Analytics Cookies

It is important for Us to understand how you use Our Site, for example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies enable us to gather this information, helping Us to improve Our Site and your experience of it.

1. 1. 1. 1. 3. Functionality Cookies

Functionality Cookies enable Us to provide additional functions to you on Our Site such as personalisation and remembering your saved preferences. Some functionality Cookies may also be strictly necessary Cookies, but not all necessarily fall into that category.

1. 1. 1. 1. 4. Targeting Cookies

It is important for Us to know when and how often you visit Our Site, and which parts of it you have used (including which pages you have visited and which links you have visited). As with analytics Cookies, this information helps us to better understand you and, in turn, to make Our Site and advertising more relevant to your interests. [Some information gathered by targeting Cookies may also be shared with third parties.]

1. 1. 1. 1. 5. [Third Party Cookies

Third party Cookies are not placed by Us; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to Us and/or to you. Third party Cookies may be used by advertising services to serve up tailored advertising to you on Our Site, or by third parties providing analytics services to Us (these Cookies will work in the same way as analytics Cookies described above).]

1. 1. 1. 1. 6. Persistent Cookies

Any of the above types of Cookie may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those which remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site.

1. 1. 1. 1. 7. Session Cookies

Any of the above types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

1. 1. 4. Cookies on Our Site are not permanent and will expire as indicated in the table below.

      5. For more details of the personal data that We collect and use, the measures we have in place to protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our Privacy Policy https://www.sheilds.org/privacy/.

      6. For more specific details of the Cookies that We use, please refer to the table below.

4. What Cookies Does Our Site Use?

   1. 1. The following first party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:

1. 1. 2. The following third party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:

1. 1. 3. Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling Us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and the [products] AND/OR [services] offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, however whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.

      4. The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) analytics Cookies to gather the required information.

      5. The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) the following analytics Cookies:

5. Consent and Control

   1. 1. When visiting our website cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a pop-up requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing some Cookies unless those Cookies are strictly necessary or technically out of our control, such as those set by third parties; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended. You can return to your Cookie preferences to review and/or change them at any time by revisiting this site.

      2. In addition to the controls that We provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies or only third party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

      3. The link below provides instructions on how to control Cookies in all mainstream browsers:

https://cookies.insites.com/disable-cookies/

6. Changes to this Cookie Policy

   1. 1. We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time. If We do so, details of the changes will be highlighted at the top of this page. Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of Our Site after the changes have been made. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.

      2. In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

7. Further Information

   1. 1. If you would like to know more about how We use Cookies, please contact Us at privacy@sheilds.org, by telephone on 01482 291 252, or by post at West Court, Hesslewood Hall, Ferriby Road, Hessle, HU13 0LH, UK.

      2. For more information about privacy, data protection and our terms and conditions, please visit the following:

         1. 1. https://www.sheilds.org/privacy/;

            2. https://www.sheilds.org/terms-conditions/.