Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is solely for this website [https://fyfieldfocus.wixsite.com/home]; and is provided by the editorial team (JR, SW, JJ, MD).

The purpose of this policy is to explain to you how we control, process, handle and protect your personal information while browsing or using this website, including your rights under current laws and regulations. If you do not agree to the following policy you may wish to cease viewing / using this website.

Policy key definitions:

"I", "our", "us", or "we" refer to the publication – Fyfield Focus.
"you", "the user" refer to the person(s) using this website.
GDPR means General Data Protection Act.
PECR means Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulation.
Cookies mean small files stored on a users computer or device.

What data do we collect?

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we control and process any personal information you provide to us electronically in the following ways. Unless otherwise defined, we only process your personal data for accounts & records, advertising, marketing, or staff administration purposes – where applicable;

We use the guidelines, under GDPR, when processing your information: to provide you with details about our services, supplying a quote for advertising or other areas of assistance (leaflet drop, extra copies).
We shall continue to process your information until the contract between us ends or is terminated under any contract terms.

We use the guidelines, under GDPR, when processing your information when you explicitly consent to subscribe to our email mailing list. Your information is used to send you marketing messages within the scope outlined to you at the point of subscription. We collect the following information from you;

Your email address
Your I.P address
Time & date you subscribed

Any personal information processed is done so securely with protective measures in place to prevent a data breach. This includes data saved to computers, mobile devices, phones, laptops or tablets. Protective measures include passwords, pass-codes, finger-print recognition software and firewall technology.

You can unsubscribe or manage your personal information at any time by emailing the link provided in your subscription confirmation email or included on further marketing messages sent.
We will continue to process your information until you withdraw consent or it is determined your consent no longer exists.
Your personal data under the consent lawful basis is not shared with any third parties.

If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.

Our website may enable you to interact with us and others via social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. This functionality is enabled using social media cookies and tags. For example, some websites allow you to sign in using social media platform credentials. Please read the privacy statements provided by your social media platforms to understand how they use your information and to manage your choices.

How do we collect your information?

When you liaise with us as a reader or contributor, as part of the process, we collect personal information you provide: such as your name, location/address, email address and telephone numbers (where supplied), digital location. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only.

Why are we collecting this information?

We collect such non-personal and personal information for the following purposes:

To provide and operate the services;
To provide our Users with on-going customer assistance and technical support;
To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;
To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred non-personal information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services;
To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

Storage/use of site visitors' personal information?

Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications.

All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

How we communicate with you

We may need to contact you to notify you regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about us, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail – where approved. You have the right of withdrawal at any time by contacting us by email.

Cookies and other tracking tools

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. Full details of our ‘Cookies Policy’ is available on our website.

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

Contact – us and you

If you no longer wish for us to contact you, please email stating ‘REMOVE’ in the subject heading to fyfieldfocus@gmail.com.

Future updates

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

Children’s Privacy

Our site is intended for a general audience of adult readers and we do not target anyone under the age of 18.

Please also note – this site is hosted by WIX. Details of the WIX Privacy Policy is available: https://www.wix.com/about/privacy

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