WELCOME TO LONDON
PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) governs the manner in which welcometo.london uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from you on the https://www.welcometo.london website (“Website”). This statement only applies to this Website.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it.
By accessing or using the Website in any manner, including, but not limited to, visiting or browsing the Website or contributing content or other materials to the Website, you agree to be bound by this privacy policy and our terms of use. If, for any reasons, you do not agree to this policy and terms and conditions, please do not use our Website.
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT?
Personal identification information that you voluntarily submit to our site.
We may collect personal information such as your name and email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to our Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form. You can, however, visit our Website anonymously. We only collect personal identification information from you if you voluntarily submit such information to us. You can always refuse to supply personal identification information, except that it may prevent you from engaging in certain Website related activities.
Non-personal identification information – collected automatically .
We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Web browser cookies.
We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalised experience on our Site. Please refer to the Cookie Policy for more information
HOW WE USE COLLECTED INFORMATION
To operate and maintain the Website;
To respond to your comments or enquiries;
To track and measure advertising on the Website;
To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorised or illegal activity against the Website;
To send periodic emails to users who have opted-in for our newsletter. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings.
HOW WE STORE COLLECTED INFORMATION
The Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies. The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics. Non-personal information is collected and stored in Google Analytics for 50 months. When data reaches the end of the retention period, it is deleted automatically on a monthly basis.
This list may be amended from time to time in the Site’s sole discretion
SHARING COLLECTED DATA
Personal information
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent.
Anonymous data
We may use anonymous data such as generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information. Such data does not identify you personally. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include the demographic location of our readers, number of views to a specific page on our Site, etc.
Publicly visible information.
If you leave a comment on the Site, your name may be publicly visible.
THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
You may find advertising or other content on our Website that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Website. In addition, these websites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These websites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Website, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads.
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile non-personal identification information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Retargeting Ads.
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Site.
AFFILIATE PROGRAMME PARTICIPATION
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
Among others, we are a participant of Amazon affiliate programme. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
The Website has no control over and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party sites or services.
NEWSLETTER
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels that allow the analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Site to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behaviour will not be passed on to third parties.
YOUR RIGHTS IN RELATION TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out.
You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at support@welcometo.london to be removed from our mailing list.
Access, Amend, or Forget.
You may access the personal information we have about you or ask to amend or delete it by submitting a request to support@welcometo.london
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We strongly recommend that you do not submit sensitive personal information to our Website.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The Website and its original content, features and functionality are owned by Welcome to London. Users are welcome to share the content via social media and other such channels by linking to content found on the Website.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at support@welcometo.london
This document was last updated on 12 August 2019