Privacy Policy

The Internet Gardener Ltd is committed to preserving the privacy of all visitors to our website at https://www.internetgardener.co.uk/.
Please read the following privacy policy to understand how we use and protect the information that you provide to us. 
 
By registering or placing an order on this website, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information under the terms of this policy.  

INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT FROM YOU

When you visit, register or order products or services on https://www.internetgardener.co.uk/ you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself including your name, contact details and credit or debit card information.
 
We may also collect information about your usage of our website as well as information about you from messages you post to the website and e-mails or letters you send to us. 
 
To maintain customer service standards and to assist staff training, we may record and monitor incoming calls.

USE OF YOUR INFORMATION

Your information will enable us to provide you with access to all parts of our website and to supply the goods or services you have requested.  It will also enable us to bill you and to contact you where necessary concerning your orders. 
We will also use and analyse the information we collect so that we can administer, support, improve and develop our business.
 
In particular, we may use your information to contact you for your views on our services and to notify you occasionally about important changes or developments to the website or our services.  Further, where you have consented, we might also use your information to let you know by email via our monthly newsletter about other products and services which we offer which may be of interest to you.  If you change your mind about being contacted in the future, please let us know.  

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

The information you provide to us will not be sold to third parties outside of The Internet Gardener group of companies. We understand how receiving e-mails too regularly from companies can be annoying and so we will only contact your either regarding your order placed, or via our monthly special offer newsletter. The only time your information will be passed to any third party is during the payment process when your information is required for the process of card payment and fraud prevention. We have carefully selected our providers of these services to ensure your privacy is maintained at all times.

Where you have consented when providing us with your details, we may also allow  other companies in our group, to contact you occasionally about products and services which may be of interest to you.  They may contact you by e-mail.  If you change your mind about being contacted by these companies in the future please simply use the ‘STOP’ tab at the bottom of the monthly newsletters and you will removed from our mailing lists
 
Finally, if our business enters into a joint venture with or is sold to or merged with another business entity, your information may be disclosed to our new business partners or owners. 
 
Countries outside the European Economic Area do not always have strong data protection laws.  However, we will always take steps to ensure that your information is used by third parties in accordance with this policy. 
 
Unless required to do so by law, we will not otherwise share, sell or distribute any of the information you provide to us without your consent.   (no one likes to have their information given to everyone……)

COOKIES

 Cookies are small amounts of information which we may store on your computer. Visiting our website with your browser set to accept cookies tells us that you want to use our website’s products and services and that you consent to use our use of cookies and other technologies to provide them to you as described below - our system will issue cookies to your computer when you log on to the site.  Cookies make it easier for you to log on to and use the site during future visits and so enhance your browsing pleasure. They also allow us to anonymously monitor website traffic and to personalise the content of the site for you. 

You may set up your computer to reject cookies by following the relevant instructions which can be found at https://www.aboutcookies.org/. In that case, you may not be able to use certain features on our site.  

SECURITY AND DATA RETENTION

 We employ security measures to protect your information from access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage.  We will retain your information for a reasonable period or as long as the law requires.

ACCESSING AND UPDATING

 You are entitled to see the limited information held about you and you may ask us to make any necessary changes to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date.
 If you wish to do this, please contact us at enquiries@internetgardener.co.uk.  We are entitled by the governing laws to charge a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.  

 CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Any changes to our privacy policy in the future will be posted to the website and, where appropriate, through e-mail notification.

CONTACT

All comments, queries and requests relating to our use of your information are welcomed and should be addressed to Andy via the e-mail: enquiries@internetgardener.co.uk.