Your privacy

This site is operated by OKO DIGITAL LTD. At OKO we’re big advocates of online privacy and generally treating the users of our websites in a decent way. This document addresses some common questions about security, confidentiality and data protection and lays out how and why we use your information. If you have questions about any related issue please contact: The Data Protection Officer: OKO DIGITAL, The Cake Shed, Manor Farm, Manor Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 0QW Or contact us online at sitons

How do we collect information?

We only collect personal information when you submit it to us: For instance when you fill out the contact form. We may also be party to information about you from third parties: For instance if a friend of yours recommends out site to you. In these cases we do not retain this information (as we think that wouldn’t be fair!). We also collect non-personal information through automated means, for instance web analytics. More on that in a bit.

What information do we collect?

The most common pieces of personal information that we collect are names and email addresses. However other contact details or personal information, such as date of birth, might be requested in some situations.

How do we use this information?

We will only use your personal information for:

  1. The purpose that you gave it to us (ie if you are signing up to a newsletter we will use your details to send you that. If you are entering a competition we will use your details to administer that).
  2. Other purposes that you explicitly give us permission for (for instance when you enter a competition we might ask if we can sign you up for a newsletter. If you answer Yes we’ll use your details for that as well).

Sharing personal information

We will only share your personal information with outside agencies if we need to do that in order to carry out the purpose for which you provided that information. For example: We might use a trusted third party to deliver email newsletters, which would require us to provide those details to the company who send the mail. In these cases we only work with companies who we believe will uphold our own strict privacy standards. We won’t ever sell your personal information to anyone. We hate that!

Protecting your personal information

The main way we protect your personal information is by not collecting personal information that we don’t need! Additionally we use secure methods (such as password encryption) to protect your details and limit access to this data. We also strive to keep information accurate and update to date and to only keep personal information as long as is necessary for the purpose that it was provided.

Your consent

By providing up with personal data you are agreeing to how we use it as described above. You also consent to us transferring your information to countries or jurisdictions which do not provide the same level of data protection as the UK, if necessary for the above purposes. We prefer not to, but unfortunately some vital services are run from outside the UK. However we still will only use services that we believe will maintain the highest standards of privacy.

Withdrawing consent

It’s your data! If you change your mind about how we can use it then please let us know.

Right of access

You have the right to ask for a copy of the information that we hold about you. We may charge a small fee for this. You may also ask for any inaccuracies to be amended.

Cookies

Like most websites, www.sitons.com uses cookies to store small bits of information to help with various tasks. Cookies are simply text files that are specific to each user. We do not store any personal information in cookies. We use cookies on the site when you use options like “remember me” – a cookie is the only way this can be done. We also use a service called Google Analytics to monitor how people use our website. Google Analytics is used by a huge number of websites. No personal information is shared with Google Analytics, or collected by it. We just use it to measure the effects on visitors in aggregate. If you are not happy for cookies to be used in these ways you can block them in your browser settings on install a browser add-on that does this for you.

How do you change cookie preferences or block cookies?

Within your browser you can choose whether you wish to accept cookies or not. Different browsers make different controls available to you. Generally, your browser will offer you the choice to accept, refuse or delete cookies at all times, or those from providers that website owners use i.e. third party cookies, or those from specific websites. Each browser’s website should contain instructions on how you can do this.

For further information please refer to:https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-delete-cookies/

If you block cookies on our website, you may be unable to access certain areas of our website and certain functions and pages will not work in the usual way.

Paid Advertising

Sitons.com accepts paid advertising from a few select companies whose products/services are relevant to the content of the site.

Affiliate Links

Some outbound links on this site are tracked by merchants who pay a small percentage of commission on any sales that come as a result of visitors clicking the affiliate links on the site.

We use Webgains & Amazon to generate affiliate links.

As per the Amazon Operating Agreement we have to state that we are a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.co.uk. We also participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.