Discover Porlock - Shopping in Somerset
Privacy & Cookie Policy
Data
Collectively all information that you submit to the PHSSG, Discover Porlock website. This definition incorporates, where applicable, the definitions provided in the Data Protection Laws.
Cookies
A small text file placed on your computer by this Website when you visit certain parts of the Website and/or when you use certain features of the Website. Details of the cookies used by this Website are set out in the clause below (Cookies).
Data Protection Laws
Any applicable law relating to the processing of personal Data, including but not limited to the Directive 96/46/EC (Data Protection Directive) or the GDPR, and any national implementing laws, regulations, and secondary legislation, for as long as the GDPR is effective in the UK.
GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
PHSSG
UK and EU Cookie Law
The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.
User or you
Any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by PHSSG and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to PHSSG and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services.
Website
The website that you are currently using, and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.
2. In this privacy policy, unless the context requires a different interpretation:
the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
references to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules, or appendices are to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices of this privacy policy.
a reference to a person includes firms, companies, government entities, trusts and partnerships.
"including" is understood to mean "including without limitation”.
reference to any statutory provision includes any modification or amendment of it.
the headings and sub-headings do not form part of this privacy policy.
Scope of this privacy policy
3. This privacy policy applies only to the actions of PHSSG acting as discoverporlock.co.uk and or PHSSG and Users with respect to this Website. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed from this Website including, but not limited to, any links we may provide to social media websites.
4. For purposes of the applicable Data Protection Laws, PHSSG is the "data controller". This means that PHSSG determines the purposes for which, and the way, your Data is processed.
Data collected
5. We may collect the following Data, which includes personal Data, from you:
name.
contact Information such as residence, email addresses and telephone numbers.
date of birth and death (where appropriate).
life information.
bank details.
in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
How we collect Data
6. We collect Data in the following ways:
data is given to us by you.
data is received from other sources; and
data is collected automatically.
Data that is given to us by you
7. PHSSG will collect your Data in a few ways, for example:
when you contact us through the Website, by telephone, post, e-mail or through any other means.
when you elect to receive marketing communications from us.
in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
Data that is received from publicly available third parties’ sources
8. We may receive Data about you from the following publicly available third-party sources:
Facebook.
YouTube.
Linkedin.
Website Formats
Data that is collected automatically
9. To the extent that you access the Website, we will collect your Data automatically, for example:
we automatically collect some information about your visit to the Website. This information helps us to make improvements to Website content and navigation, and includes your IP address, the date, times, and frequency with which you access the Website and the way you use and interact with its content.
we will collect your Data automatically via cookies, in line with the cookie settings on your browser. For more information about cookies, and how we use them on the Website, see the section below, headed "Cookies".
Our use of Data
10. Any or all the above Data may be required by us from time to time to provide you with the best possible service and experience when using our Website. Specifically, Data may be used by us for the following reasons:
internal record keeping.
in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
11. We may use your Data for the above purposes if we deem it necessary to do so for our legitimate interests. If you are not satisfied with this, you have the right to object in certain circumstances (see the section headed "Your rights" below).
Who we share Data with
12. We may share your Data with the following groups of people for the following reasons:
third party service providers who provide services to us which require the processing of personal data - to help third party service providers in receipt of any shared data to perform functions on our behalf to help ensure the website runs smoothly; in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
Keeping Data secure
13. We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your Data, for example:
access to your account is controlled by a password and a username that is unique to you.
we store your Data on secure servers.
14. Technical and organisational measures include measures to deal with any suspected data breach. If you suspect any misuse or loss or unauthorised access to your Data, please let us know immediately by contacting us via this e-mail address.
15. If you want detailed information from Get Safe Online on how to protect your information and your computers and devices against fraud, identity theft, viruses and many other online problems, visit Get Safe Online is supported by HM Government and leading businesses.
Data retention
16. Unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, we will only hold your Data on our systems for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy policy or until you request that the Data be deleted.
17. Even if we delete your Data, it may persist on backup or archival media for legal, tax or regulatory purposes.
Your rights
18. You have the following rights in relation to your Data:
Right to access - the right to request (i) copies of the information we hold about you at any time, or (ii) that we modify, update, or delete such information. If we provide you with access to the information, we hold about you, we will not charge you for this, unless your request is "manifestly unfounded or excessive." Where we are legally permitted to do so, we may refuse your request. If we refuse your request, we will tell you the reasons why.
Right to correct - the right to have your Data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to erase - the right to request that we delete or remove your Data from our systems.
Right to restrict our use of your Data - the right to "block" us from using your Data or limit the way in which we can use it.
Right to data portability - the right to request that we move, copy, or transfer your Data.
Right to object - the right to object to our use of your Data including where we use it for our legitimate interests.
19. To make enquiries, exercise any of your rights set out above, or withdraw your consent to the processing of your Data (where consent is our legal basis for processing your Data), please contact us via this email address [email protected]
20. If you are not satisfied with the way a complaint you make in relation to your Data is handled by us, you may be able to refer your complaint to the relevant data protection authority. For the UK, this is the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The ICO's contact details can be found on their website.
21. It is important that the Data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your Data changes during the period for which we hold it.
Links to other websites
22. This Website may, from time to time, provide links to other websites. We have no control over such websites and are not responsible for the content of these websites. This privacy policy does not extend to your use of such websites. You are advised to read the privacy policy or statement of other websites prior to using them.
Changes of business ownership and control
23. PHSSG may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of PHSSG. Data provided by Users will, where it is relevant to any part of our business so transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this privacy policy, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was originally supplied to us.
24. We may also disclose Data to a prospective purchaser of our business or any part of it.
25. In the above instances, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring your privacy is protected.
Cookies
26. This Website may place and access certain Cookies on your computer. PHSSG uses Cookies to improve your experience of using the Website and to improve our range of services. PHSSG has carefully chosen these Cookies and has taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and always respected.
27. All Cookies used by this Website are used in accordance with current UK and EU Cookie Law.
28. Before the Website places Cookies on your computer, you will be presented with a message bar requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies, you are enabling PHSSG to provide a better experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of the Website may not function fully or as intended.
29. This Website may place the following Cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
Analytical/performance cookies
They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Functionality cookies
These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
30. You can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies, but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser.
31. You can choose to delete Cookies at any time; however, you may lose any information that enables you to access the Website more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, personalisation settings.
32. It is recommended that you ensure that your internet browser is up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
33. For more information generally on cookies, including how to disable them, please refer to aboutcookies.org. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer.
General
34. You may not transfer any of your rights under this privacy policy to any other person. We may transfer our rights under this privacy policy where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected.
35. If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of this privacy policy (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this privacy policy will not be affected.
36. Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act, or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.
37. This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted according to the law of England and Wales. All disputes arising under the Agreement will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.
Hosting
This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). We would like to point out that the operation of our website and the servers are hosted by our contracted provider Webflow, Inc., 398 11th Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103 in the USA. Further information on Webflow’s privacy policy can be found under the following link: https://webflow.com/privacy 2.
The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster’s servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, meta and communication data, web page accesses and other data generated by a website.
The hoster is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).
Our hoster will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its service obligations and follow our instructions regarding this data.
Conclusion of a contract for commissioned processing
In order to ensure data protection-compliant processing, we have concluded a contract for commissioned processing with [Webflow | our agency Tomato Creative, 35 Lower Park, Minehead, TA24 8AY) on the basis of Art. 28 DSGVO in conjunction with the EU standard contractual clauses.
Changes to this privacy policy
38. PHSSG reserves the right to change this privacy policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the Website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of the Website following the alterations. You may contact PHSSG by email at [email protected]
Accessibility Policy
Accessibility policy
Porlock High Street Support Group (PHSSG) who manage Discoverporlock.co.uk is committed to ensuring that its websites are accessible to the widest possible audience, including disabled users.
(PHSSG) website accessibility policy
Policy intention
The long-term goal and intention of this policy is to state clear accessibility principles that the PHSSG, Discover Porlock website should follow.
We (PHSSG) are in the process of ensuring our pages comply with the AA standard of the W3C recommended version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). We acknowledges that this is an anticipatory and continuing work in progress and, in order to ensure no user is disadvantaged while this work is carried out, we intend to respond to all requests for assistance with accessibility by either altering the necessary content as soon as possible, or, if requested, by providing the information in an alternative format at no cost within a reasonable timeframe. It is the responsibility of the PHSSG to provide these alternative formats. Appropriate channels of communication are available to allow visitors to request alternative formats and to give feedback about any accessibility issues.
PHSSG will make reasonable adjustments to ensure specific individual needs that cannot be addressed by mainstreamed adjustments are met.
Policy dimensions
For the purpose of this policy, the term “websites” includes:
- Websites (public and non authenticated) managed and under the control of PHSSG using the discoverporlock.co.uk domain
- Material managed and hosted by PHSSG on these pages such as documents, audio, video and any other additional files.
Policy principles
PHSSG will adhere to the following principles in relation to its website:
- The website shall provide appropriate channels of communication for feedback about accessibility.
- The website shall do its best to meet the responsibilities under the Equality Act (2010)
- The websites shall do its best to meet level AA of the of the W3C recommended version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
Changes to this policy
This policy will be reviewed annually to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of our user community.
If you require this policy document in an alternative format please contact:
PHSSG at [email protected]
Contact Porlock HSSG
What is the Porlock High Street Support Group?
This website was created by the Porlock High Street Support Group which is a group of businesses based in Porlock Somerset.
We asked ourselves the question 'What defines Porlock and what do we want the High Street to be?'
Our Five tenets were created to help form the basis from which all our projects will be formed by.
- Authentic, vibrant Exmoor National Park village welcoming in all seasons
- Reflecting the wilds of moor, marsh and sea
- Thriving High Street offering local produce, arts and crafts and great hospitality
- A strong community sustaining the natural environment, nurturing cohesion
- Inspiring people to a while to rest, explore and enjoy
For any questions or queries about Porlock HSSG please use the form below or email us at [email protected]