Privacy Policy

 

Flag In The Sand Lifestyle Ltd.

Privacy and Cookie Policy

This Web site (“Web site”) is published and maintained by Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd. This Privacy and Cookie Policy governs your use of the Web site, which is located at www.flaginthesand.com

By visiting this Web site, and/or using the services offered on or through this Web site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy as they may be amended from time to time. As we update and expand our services, this Privacy Policy may change, so check back to this page from time to time. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into, and part of, Flagin the Sand Lifestyle Ltd’s Terms of Use’, which governs your use of this Web site in general. This Web site is intended for users who are located in the United Kingdom and shall be interpreted under the laws of the United Kingdom.

Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd does not share your personal information except in circumstances where legally obliged to do so – See Legally Compelled Disclosures below.

Purpose

Your privacy is a serious matter to us. To make your visits to our Web site and use of the services available through our Web site as worthwhile as possible, we may ask you for Personal Information and we may collect certain information from your computer each time you visit us. ‘Personal Information’ includes, for example, your name; home and/or business address; e-mail address; telephone, and/or fax number; short message service or text message address or other wireless device address; instant messaging address; credit card and other payment information; demographic information and/or other information that may identify you as an individual or allow online or offline contact with you as an individual. This privacy statement explains, in general, what Personal Information and other information is collected on our Web site, how the information is used, and with whom we may share such information. Please take a few minutes to read our Privacy Policy so that you understand how Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd treats your information.

Right to Opt Out

You have the right to “opt-out” of certain of our uses of your Personal Information. For example, at the time you are requested to provide Personal Information on this Web site, you may have the opportunity to elect to, or not to:

  1. receive correspondence from us, or
  2. have your Personal Information shared with other entities for their marketing purposes. We will not share, sell or trade your Personal Information with other entities outside of Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd for marketing purposes without your permission.

You may also make this request by calling +44 (0)203 751 7525. You may also opt-out of Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd.’s promotional e-mails by clicking on an opt-out link within the e-mail you receive.

 

Please understand that if you opt-out of receiving promotional correspondence from us, we may still contact you in connection with your relationship, activities, transactions and communications with us.

What information is collected on this web site?

User-Provided Information

We collect Personal Information from users of our Web site, for example, through such users’ activities, transactions and completion of online forms on our Web site. Such information is collected, for example, when users register or subscribe for accounts, electronic newsletters or features on our Web site, make online purchases, complete surveys, contribute to a chat room, bulletin board, list serve, blog, wiki or other open forum that we may make available on or through our Web site, submit a comment or question to us using a “contact us” or similar feature on our Web site, send us an e-mail, or in any other way submit Personal Information to us via our Web site.

You may be able to send information about our products and services to your friends and family members through our Web site by clicking on a “Tell a Friend” or similar button on our Web site or in an e-mail that we have sent you. In some of these cases (unless you simply forward our e-mail on your own), you may provide the name and e-mail address of your friend or family member to us. Such information will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.

You may also be able to send an online card to a friend or family member or send them a gift or gift certificate. If so, you may be required to provide us with your friends’ or family member’s Personal Information. Such information will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.

Website Usage Information

Cookies

We may use “cookies” to keep, and sometimes track, information about you. Cookies are small data files that are sent to your browser or related software from a Web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies track where you travel on our Web site and what you look at.   A cookie may enable us to relate your use of our Web site to other information about you, including your Personal Information. All of these purposes serve to improve and personalise your experience on our Web site, to determine which areas and features of our Web site are most popular, and to make improvements and updates to enhance the Flag in The Sand Web site experience.

 

Most Web browsers can be set to inform you when a cookie has been sent to you and provide you with the opportunity to refuse that cookie. Additionally, if you have a Flash player installed on our computer, your Flash player can be set to reject or delete Flash cookies. However, refusing a cookie may, in some cases, preclude you from using, or negatively impact the display or function of, the Web site or certain areas or features of the Web site including preventing you from purchasing products from the Web site.

The following first & third-party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:

Name of Cookie Provider Purpose
wfvt# flaginthesand.com Track visitors
_ga Google Analytics Track Visitors
_gat Google Analytics Track Visitors
_gid Google Analytics Track Visitors
collect Google Analytics Track Visitors
wordfence_verifiedHuman flaginthesand.com Track Visitors

 

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 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.

IP Address and Clickstream Data

Our server automatically collects data about your server’s internet address when you visit us. This information, known as an Internet Protocol address, or IP Address, is a number that’s automatically assigned to your computer by your internet service provider whenever you’re on the Internet. When you request pages from our web site, our servers may log your IP Address and sometimes your domain name. Our server may also record the referring page that linked you to us (e.g., another Web site or a search engine); the pages you visit on this web site; the web site you visit after this web site; the ads you see and/or click on; your product interests and purchases; other information about the type of web browser, computer, platform, related software and settings you are using; any search terms you have entered on this web site or a referral site; and other web usage activity and data logged by our web servers. We use this information for internal system administration, to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our web site. Such information may also be used to gather broad demographic information, such as country of origin and Internet Service Provider. We may also link this information with your personal information. Any or all of these activities regarding web site usage information may be performed on our behalf by our services providers.

How is the Personal Information used?

We will use the Personal Information you provide to our web site, for example, to respond to your requests and to provide you with our product and service offerings. For example, we will process your orders, respond to your requests and inquiries and provide you with the products, services and features offered on or through our web site. We may also use your personal information to help us develop and improve our web site, tailor our web site to your interests, and maintain our internal record keeping. We may match information collected from you through different means or at different times, including both personal information and web site usage information, and use such information along with information obtained from other sources, including third parties.

In addition, we may send you notices (for example, in the form of e-mails, mailings, and the like), and otherwise correspond with you, about products, services, companies, promotions, contests and events, sponsored by us and others, that we think might interest you. We may offer electronic newsletters and e-mails as a service to our users. You will only receive a newsletter or promotional e-mail from us if you agree to do so during registration, or during your other activities on or through our web site, or using our newsletter sign up form, to receive these items. Unsubscribe instructions are included in each electronic newsletter and e-mail. You may opt-out of receiving such notices from us by following the instructions in the right to opt out section. We may analyse user fulfilment as a measure of interest in, and use of, our web site and e-mails, both on an individual basis and in the aggregate.

Service Providers

We may use third party partners to help operate our web site and deliver our products and services. We may share your information with our affiliates, service providers and other third parties that provide products or services for or through this Web site or for our business such as, but not limited to, Web site or database hosting companies, address list hosting companies, e-mail service providers, analytics companies, distribution companies, fulfilment companies, and other similar service providers that use such information on our behalf. We require our service providers to maintain the confidentiality of your personal information. Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd also offers secure card payments over the phone, in-person and mobile text.

Legally Compelled Disclosures

We may disclose user information to government authorities, and to other third parties when compelled to do so by government authorities or otherwise as required by law in our good faith belief, including but not limited to in response to court orders and subpoenas and as otherwise required in connection with a judicial or government proceeding or legal process. We also may disclose user information when we have reason to believe that someone is causing injury to or interference with our rights or property, other users of the web site, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd cooperates with law enforcement inquiries and other third parties to enforce laws, intellectual property rights and other rights.

Business Transfer

In the event that Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd or substantially all of its assets are acquired by one or more third parties as a result of an acquisition, merger, sale, reorganisation, consolidation or liquidation, personal information may be one of the transferred assets.

Third Party Ad Servers

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use information (generally not including your name, address email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. These companies may employ cookies and clear gifs to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information that these third parties collect via cookies and clear gifs is generally not personally identifiable (unless, for example, you provide personally identifiable information to them through an advert or e-mail message). We encourage you to read these businesses’ privacy policies if you should have any concerns about how they will care for your personal information. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, see the Advertising Standards Authority Web site at http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/

Wireless Addresses

If the email address you provide to us is a wireless email address, you agree to receive messages at such address from us (unless and until you have elected not to receive such messages by following the instructions in the right to opt out section). You understand that your wireless carrier’s standard rates apply to these messages, and that you may change your mind at any time by following the instructions in the right to opt out section. You represent that you are the owner or authorised user of the wireless device on which messages will be received, and that you are authorised to approve the applicable charges.

Your Access Rights

You may review the Personal Information that is stored in your user account on this Web site by calling our customer service department at +44 (0)203 751 7525. We will send you a copy of the personal information we have on file in your user account (if any). You may provide us new or updated information at any time. We will endeavour to respond to your request to access, update or delete your information as soon as practicable. Before we are able to provide you with any information, correct any inaccuracies or delete any information, however, we may ask you to verify your identity and to provide other details to help us to respond to your request.

Security

Protecting your information is a priority for Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd, we will take reasonable steps to protect the security and integrity of all personal information provided to this web site. However, due to the inherent nature of the Internet as an open global communications vehicle, we cannot guarantee that information, during transmission through the Internet or while stored on our system or otherwise in our care, will be absolutely safe from intrusion by others, such as hackers. No transmission of data over the internet is guaranteed to be completely secure. It may be possible for third parties not under the control of Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd. to intercept or access transmissions or private communications unlawfully. While we strive to protect your personal information, Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. Any such transmission is done at your own risk.

If you contact us by e-mail you should be aware that your transmission might not be secure. A third party could view information you send by these methods in transit.

You may be able to create an account on our Web site with a username and password. If so, you are responsible for maintaining the strict confidentiality of your account password, and you shall be responsible for any access to or use of the Web site by you or any person or entity using your password, whether or not such access or use has been authorised by or on behalf of you, and whether or not such person or entity is your employee or agent. You agree to:

  1. Immediately notify Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd of any unauthorised use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and
  2. Ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. It is your sole responsibility to control the dissemination and use of your password, control access to and use of your account, and notify Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd when you desire to cancel your account on this Web site. We will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this provision, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd for any improper, unauthorised or illegal use of your account.

We will have no liability for disclosure of your information due to errors or unauthorised acts of third parties during or after transmission.

In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your personal information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you of that development. If a notification is appropriate, we would endeavour to do so as promptly as possible under the circumstances, and, to the extent we have your e-mail address, we may notify you by e-mail. You consent to our use of e-mail as a means of such notification.

Phishing

With identity theft a continuing problem, it has become increasingly common for unauthorised individuals to send e-mail messages to consumers, purporting to represent a legitimate company such as a bank or on-line merchant, requesting that the consumer provide personal, often sensitive information. Sometimes, the domain name of the e-mail address from which the e-mail appears to have been sent, and the domain name of the web site requesting such information, appears to be the domain name of a legitimate, trusted company. In reality, such sensitive information is received by an unauthorised individual to be used for purposes of identity theft. This illegal activity has come to be known as “phishing.”

If you receive an e-mail or other correspondence requesting that you provide any sensitive information (including your Web site password or credit card information) via e-mail or to a web site that does not seem to be affiliated with our web site, or that otherwise seems suspicious to you, please do not provide such information, and report such a request to us by calling +44 (0)203 751 7525.

Consent to Processing

This web site is hosted and operated in the United Kingdom, pursuant to United Kingdom law. By providing personal information to this web site, you understand and consent to the collection, maintenance, processing and transfer of such information in and to the United Kingdom and other countries and territories.

Third Party “Linked-To” Websites

When you are on our Web site you may have the opportunity to visit, or link to other sites not operated by Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd, including other Web sites operated by unaffiliated third parties. These sites may collect personal information about you. Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd does not control sites that are operated by these entities and is not responsible for the information practices of these sites. This Privacy Policy does not address the information practices of those other web sites.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Flag in The Sand Lifestyle Ltd reserves the right to change or update this Privacy Policy, or any other of our policies or practices, at any time, and will notify users of this Web site by posting such changed or updated Privacy Policy on this page. Any changes or updates will be effective immediately upon posting to this Web site. Under certain circumstances (for example, if we would like to use your Personal Information in a manner different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time of collection), we may also elect to notify you of changes or updates to our Privacy Policy by additional means, such as by sending you an e-mail.

Contact us

If you have any questions or comments regarding our privacy practices, call +44 (0)203 751 7525.

 

Effective Date: 25th May 2018