Privacy Policy

Funky Doodles (“We” and “Us”) is committed to ensuring that the privacy of those who use this web site is protected. This policy explains how We use the information that We collect about you. If you have any queries concerning your personal information or any questions on our use of the information, please contact Rory Rea here: funkydoodles.rr@gmail.com.

When you register with Us, We will need certain information from you to enable Us to provide our services. You will be required to provide information about you and/or your business such as names and addresses used, contact details, and other basic information.

In addition, We may collect other information from you in the course of your use of the web site or your submission of comments and/or requests to Us. The personal information collected is used to enable Us to provide our services to you, and will be stored on a secure server which is password protected. We may, as appropriate, use the personal information to improve our marketing, for administration purposes and/or to provide our services.

In addition, We may use this information to establish a payment mechanism, for statistical purposes, to improve the web site and our services to you, to notify you of products and services which We think may be of interest to you or to confirm that you use our services.

This may entail the disclosure of the personal information by us to selected third parties. The infrastructure of the Internet is global. It is not possible to predict the routes that information sent over the Internet will take.

Therefore, the information you provide may be transmitted via a route that takes it outside your area as it passes between you and us. By using this web site, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information in the manner set out above.

If we change or modify our privacy policy, We shall post these changes on this page.

Data Controller and Data Protection Officer

The Data Controller and in this case, the Data Protection Officer is responsible for managing the collection of personal data within the company. Rory Rea is the Data Controller/Data Protection Officer, you can email him at funkydoodles.rr@gmail.com.

We will not use our website or social media pages to collect any personal information about you unless you consent to provide it to us (for example, by registering with the website, or using our Facebook application(s)) and to the extent, with respect to content and time, required for that specific purpose. Personal information includes your name, phone number, email address or any other information specified in the request that might reasonably be used to identify you individually. If you do provide us with personal information, we may use it to contact you about our products and services where you have explicitly consented for us to do so. We will not sell your name, address or phone number to any other third party. Your personal information will be collected and stored by Funky Doodles, it’s affiliates or it’s service providers, with your consent, for the following purposes:

• To directly provide the information or services you have requested.
• To enable third parties to process and manage your information to enable us to provide the information or services you have requested.
• For security, administrative and legal purposes.
• To update and enhance the services provided.
• To evaluate the performance of our marketing activities.
• For advertising and marketing purposes.

In such cases where Funky Doodles asks you for personal information, it will be kept secure and confidential. According to the contact details provided by you, we will provide the services you have requested by post or e–mail, if you have explicitly consented for us to do so.

Your Consent

1. By ‘liking’ our page and / or registering to our website and / or using an application or otherwise interacting with our website or social media pages you consent to the collection and use of the information you voluntarily submit, for the purposes described above.
2. Any personal information will only be used in accordance with current data protection legislation.
3. If you explicitly agree to us contacting you in future by email, any personal information you have provided will be stored and continuously used by Funky Doodles or its service providers for advertising and marketing purposes, for example, for sending you newsletters, details about competitions or promotions and other information which may interest you. We may use your data to create and maintain a user profile to provide you with individualised advertising and promotions. We may also use the data provided by you for analysing and enhancing our advertising, marketing, market research, and sales activities.
4. You have the right to ask Funky Doodles for a copy of any personal information we hold about you. The Data Protection Act stipulates that you must request this in writing, and that this may be subject to a fee of up to £10. The address to write to is: Funky Doodles, 17 Brooke Hall Drive, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT8 6XA.

Withdrawal of Consent

You may withdraw consent from our marketing and request the removal of your details at any time. To do so, you may use the unsubscribe link provided in every marketing email to discontinue marketing emails. To remove all records of your data held with Funky Doodles (with the exception of those required by UK law, for us to retain for a set period in line with company record keeping procedures), please email funkydoodles.rr@gmail.com There is no charge for this.

Bases for Consent

Funky Doodles operates on three lawful bases for the processing of data:

Consent
Consumers give their consent to provide minimum personal data, as we require to provide appropriate marketing materials, news and to deal with enquiries. They also have the option to provide additional personal data for more precise marketing.
Clients give their consent to provide and share public information, as we require to promote their business.

Contract
Clients provide their public and non-public information for the processing of invoices as required by contracts with Funky Doodles, to provide a service and for record keeping in line with UK law.

Legitimate Interests
Funky Doodles may use collected data to provide the most appropriate content on our websites, emails and books, to promote and improve our products and services and for administration.

Categories of Personal Data

Data collected by Funky Doodles by either consent or third parties include current country, city or town, sex, age, interests and language.
All personal data collected is by consent of the individual, e.g. an opt in form they have completed, or via publicly available information, such as follower data provided by Facebook or user data provided by Google Analytics.

Data Retention

Funky Doodles retains your data for as long as you have consented to receive our marketing material. Opt out options are included in every consumer email. Client data is only retained for as long as required by UK record keeping laws after a contract has ended.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies in order to personalise delivery of content based on your experience with our website or social media pages and to track the way in which consumers interact with these sites. We may assign your computer browser a unique random number called a “cookie”. We may also use flash cookies, which are managed as browser add-ons.

Your privacy and security are not compromised when you accept a cookie from our website. A cookie simply contains a large random number which in itself does not contain any personal information and any information you submit in the registration section of the website will not be contained within the cookie data.

Cookies from our server cannot read data from your computer’s hard disc or read cookie files from other websites or write any information to your hard disc. They simply make the website easier for you to use.

The use of cookies is an industry standard, and many major websites use them to provide useful features for their customers. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.

You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. (Each browser is different, so check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.) Flash cookies can be disabled or the data held deleted by changing your browser add-on settings or by visiting the website of the add-on manufacturer.

If you reject all cookies, you may not be able to receive personalised information on our website. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

When someone visits our website we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source.

Who else might see my personal information?

Funky Doodles and its service providers will not share your personal information with any other company unless you give us explicit consent to do so. Any links to other websites are for your convenience, and should not be taken as endorsement by Funky Doodles We are not responsible for the content of the linked websites, and therefore we recommend that you check the privacy policy of those websites to which this website may link. We will share your information where required to do so by relevant legislation, or court orders. Should Funky Doodles be acquired by another company, customer information may be deemed a transferable business asset, and as such will transfer to the new owners.

Invisible GIF Images & Link Tracking

These are invisible images used in HTML email communications which allow us to track if the email was opened and read. We use these to monitor the level of interaction with a particular email and the results are used to tailor our communications with you. We may use link tracking within the emails we send you: these links may contain information that allows us to track which links are being clicked on. Aggregated data from this is used to tailor the links provided in our emails. The data obtained from these links do not identify you.

Email communications and opting–out

Funky Doodles may contact you by email after you register with information that we think you will find useful, including announcements about special offers and new products and services. It is our policy to send such emails only to customers who explicitly give us permission to do so. In every such email message, we will also have instructions on how to unsubscribe so that you will not receive any email messages from Funky Doodles in the future if you do not wish to.

Funky Doodles “Email a Friend” emails

Emails supplied through the “Email a friend” section of the site are used only to pass on the named friend’s recommendation. They are not stored in any of our databases, and are not passed on to third parties. Funky Doodles will contact the email recipient once only, on the recommendation of the named friend. By submitting your friend’s name and address you vouch that your friend will be happy to receive such a communication. If you do not believe this to be so, you should not enter your friend’s name and email address

What if this Privacy Policy changes?

Funky Doodles may update this policy at any time. If we do this, it will be highlighted on our website and/or brand Page, so that you are aware of the need to check it again.