Legal: Privacy statement (UK)

This privacy statement was last updated on March 6, 2024 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United Kingdom.

In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https://cookiedatabase.org. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:

• we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy statement;
• we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
• we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
• we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
• we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.

If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.

1. Purpose, data and retention period

We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following: (click to expand)

1.1 Contact - Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms

For this purpose we use the following data:

• An email address
• IP Address
• Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement

The basis on which we may process these data is:

It is necessary for the execution of a contract or preliminary procedures related to a contract to which the data subject is a party.

Retention period

We retain this data until the service is terminated.

1.2 To support services or products that a customer wants to buy or has purchased

For this purpose we use the following data:

• A first and last name
• An email address
• IP Address

The basis on which we may process these data is:

It is necessary for the execution of a contract or preliminary procedures related to a contract to which the data subject is a party.

Retention period

We retain this data until the service is terminated.

1.3 Compiling and analyzing statistics for website improvement.

For this purpose we use the following data:

• Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

We retain this data upon termination of the service for the following number of months: 12 Months

1.4 To sell or share data with a third party

For this purpose we use the following data:

• Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement

The basis on which we may process these data is:

It is necessary for the execution of a contract or preliminary procedures related to a contract to which the data subject is a party.

Retention period

We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: Data collected are domains and cookie names found on the domain. These are used for cross-referencing and will be deleted upon the deletion of the cookie. This data is used to research the purpose and functionality of the cookie, the domain will never be referenced in the research or shared. The cookie name, which is public data has no relation to a user and published without source other than it's service.

2. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. For more information about cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy. 

3. Disclosure practices

We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.

If our website or organisation is taken over, sold, or involved in a merger or acquisition, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and will be passed on to the new owners.

4. Security

We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorised access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.

5. Third-party websites

This privacy statement does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.

6. Amendments to this privacy statement

We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.

7. Accessing and modifying your data

If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:

• You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
• Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
• Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
• If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
• Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
• Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.

Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person.

8. Submitting a complaint

If you are not satisfied with the way in which we handle (a complaint about) the processing of your personal data, you have the right to submit a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office:

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Jersey Office of The Information Commissioner
2nd Floor 5 Castle Street
St. Helier
Jersey
JE2 3BT

St Martin’s House
Le Bordage
St. Peter Port
Guernsey
GY1 1BR

9. Children

Our website is not designed to attract children and it is not our intent to collect personal data from children under the age of consent in their country of residence. We therefore request that children under the age of consent do not submit any personal data to us.

10. Contact details

Complianz. B.V.
Kalmarweg 14-5
Groningen

Netherlands
Website: https://cookiedatabase.org
Email: leon@complianz.io
Phone number: 0502112779

11. Data Requests

For the most frequently submitted requests, we also offer you the possibility to use our data request form

Name

Name

Email

Submit a request for access to the data we process about you.

Submit a request for deletion of the data if it is no longer relevant.

Submit a request to receive an export file of the data we process about you.

Annex

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Akismet

We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter's IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).

Complianz | The Privacy Suite for WordPress

This website uses the Privacy Suite for WordPress by Complianz to collect and record Browser and Device-based Consent. For this functionality, your IP address is anonymized and stored in our database. This service does not process any personally identifiable information and does not share any data with the service provider. For more information, see the Complianz Privacy Statement.

WPML Translation Management

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Burst Statistics

This website uses Burst Statistics, a Privacy-Friendly Statistics Tool to analyze visitor behavior. For this functionality we (this website) collect anonymized data, stored locally without sharing it with other parties. For more information, please read the Privacy Statement from Burst.