Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is for eZinematters.com and governs the privacy of users who choose to use us and our websites. It explains how we comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the DPA (Data Protection Act) and the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations).
This policy explains areas that may affect your privacy and personal details. How we process, collect, manage and store those details and how your rights under the GDPR, DPA & PECR are adhered to. Additionally, it explains the use of cookies or software, the download of any documents, files, links or software made available to you on this website. Further explanations may be provided for specific pages or features of this website to help you understand how we, this website and its third parties interact with you and your computer / device. Please contact us if you have any further questions.
The DPA & GDPR May 2018
eZinematter.com and its websites comply with the DPA (Data Protection Act 1998) and already comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) which comes into effect from May 2018.
Contact & Communication with Us
Users contacting us through our websites and/or by other means 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. During the day to day running of our business, we may use this information to contact you via email, phone, text, fax and/or by post.
Where we have clearly stated and made you aware of the fact, and where you have given your express permission, we may use your details to send you products/services information through a mailing list system. This is done in accordance with the regulations named above.
Use of Cookies
Our websites use cookies in order to improve your experience. The information these cookies store will be kept private and not sold to any third parties.
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies by our websites on to their computer’s hard drive, they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from our websites and our external serving vendors or use the cookie control system if available upon their first visit.
Website Visitor Tracking
Our websites use tracking software to monitor our visitors to better understand how they use it. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive to track and monitor your engagement and usage of our websites, but will not store, save or collect personal information.
Downloads & Media Files
Any downloadable documents, files or media made available on our websites are provided to users at their own risk. While all precautions have been undertaken to ensure only genuine downloads are available users are advised to verify their authenticity using third party anti-virus software or similar applications.
We accept no responsibility for third party downloads and downloads provided by external third-party websites and advice users to verify their authenticity using third party anti-virus software or similar applications.
External Website Links & Third Parties
Although we only look 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.
Shortened URL’s: URL shortening is a technique used on the web to shorten URL’s (Uniform Resource Locators) to something substantially shorter. This technique is especially used in social media. Users should take caution before clicking on shortened URL links and verify their authenticity before proceeding.
We cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite our best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Social Media Policy & Usage
We have official profiles on social media platforms, users are advised to verify the authenticity of such profiles before engaging with or sharing information with such profiles. We will never ask for user passwords or personal details on social media platforms. Users are advised to conduct themselves appropriately when engaging with us on social media.
There may be instances where our website features social sharing buttons, which help share web content directly from web pages to the respective social media platforms. You use social sharing buttons at your own discretion and accept that doing so may publish content to your social media profile feed or page. You can find further information about social media privacy and usage policies on the website of each social media outlet.
Marketing Messages & Email Mailing List
We operate an email mailing list programme used to inform subscribers about products, services and/or news we supply/publish. Users can subscribe through an online automated process where they have given their explicit permission. Subscriber personal details are collected, processed, managed and stored in accordance with the regulations referenced above. Subscribers can unsubscribe at any time through an automated online service, or if not available, other means as detailed in the footer of sent marketing messages. The type and content of marketing messages subscribers receive, and if it may contain third party content, is clearly outlined at the point of subscription.
Email marketing messages may contain tracking beacons / tracked clickable links or similar server technologies to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of subscriber data relating to engagement, geographic, demographics and already stored subscriber data.