Morgan Cox are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information. Our website uses cookies.  By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.

What information do we collect?

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:

(a)    information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services.

(b)     information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us.

(c)    information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters.

(d)    any other information that you choose to send to us.

Cookies

A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

[We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website.  Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers.  The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information.

Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third party cookies.  For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector.  Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, possibly including this one.   

Using your personal information  

Personal information submitted to us via this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.

We may use your personal information to:

(a)    administer the website;

(b)    improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;

(c)     enable your use of the services available on the website;

(d)    send to you goods purchased via the website, and supply to you services purchased via the website;

(e)    send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you;

(f)     send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;

(g)    send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;

[(h)    send to you [our newsletter and other] marketing communications relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you by post or by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications)

(i)     deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website;

We will not without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

All our website financial transactions are handled through our payment services provider, PayPal.  You can review the PayPal privacy policy at paypal.com.  We will share information with  PayPal only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing payments you make via our website and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments.

Disclosures

  We may disclose information about you to any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.

In addition, we may disclose your personal information:

(a)      to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b)      in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;

(c)      in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);

(d)    to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling; and

(e)    to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information.

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

Security of your personal information

We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

You are responsible for keeping your password and user details confidential. We will not ask you for your password (except when you log in to the website).

Policy amendments

We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website.  You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes. 

Update 25th May 2018: GDPR Update

As a data controller we are committed to protecting and processing your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (the legislation).

The GDPR are to safeguard your personally identifiable information or personal data. This privacy notice will be regularly reviewed and updated. This means ensuring that your personal confidential data (PCD) is handled in ways that are safe, transparent and what you would reasonably expect. 

Information held 

The personal data we process may include information such as your name, email and contact number.

Where is the data stored?

Your personal data is stored is  always stored within the European Union or outside of the EU but with an organisation operating under the GDPR. 

Retention period and criteria used to determine the retention period 

We will retain your personal data during whilst you use our services or consent for us to do so. If the lawful basis for processing your data was consent then you may withdraw consent at any time.

Your rights

You have a right to access to check your personal data to verify the lawful basis of processing. We are obliged to respond to an access request within 30 days and may not charge a fee unless the request is unfounded, excessive or repetitive. If a fee is charged it is to be a reasonable fee based upon the administrative cost of providing the information.

You have a right to rectification if the data I hold is either inaccurate or incomplete. If your data has been disclosed to third parties then i must inform them of the rectification, where possible.

You have a right to erasure of your data when consent is my basis of processing (the right to be forgotten). You may request that your personal data be erased, for example, where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing or where you withdraw consent. I will comply with your request unless I have another basis of processing justifying my retaining the data (for example a legal requirement or the defence of a claim).

Withdrawal of consent

Where the lawful processing if your consent, you may withdraw consent at any time by writing to us.

We may withhold such personal information to the extent permitted by law.

You may instruct us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes by email at any time.  In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.

Third party websites

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.

Updating information

Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information, please write to us by email or by post.