Privacy Policy
Last updated 22 June 2021
Introduction
This Privacy Policy sets out how Curved House Kids uses and protects any information that you give Curved House Kids when you use this website.
Curved House Kids is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Curved House Kids may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from: April 2019
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- name, job title and school/organisation
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
Internal record keeping
We may use the information to improve our products and services.
We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Reporting to Funders
This website and its materials have been produced with funding from the UK Space Agency, the Science and Technology Facilities Centre and the Welsh Government. We may use anonymised data to report to our funding partners about the usage of materials on our website. No personal data will be revealed in this reporting, unless permission has been sought from individuals.
What is a cookie?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device.
You can find more information about cookies at:
www.allaboutcookies.org
www.youronlinechoices.eu
For a video about cookies visit a look at cookies.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. The cookies used on this website have been categorised based on the categories found in the ICC UK Cookie guide.
Category 1: strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
Category 2: performance cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.
By using our website, you agree that we can place these type of cookies on your device.
Category 3: functionality cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
By using our website, you agree that we can place these type of cookies on your device.
Category 4: targeting cookies or advertising cookies
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisations.
For information about the cookies used in this website’s shop, see Terms and Conditions.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Sharing Your Personal Information
- We will not sell or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. If you opt into our Mailing List, we may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting.
- If you register for one of our Free Book Giveaways we may need to share your personal information with our funding partners and distribution suppliers for the specific purpose of fulfilling your order and communicating important information regarding the programme. In the case of our free book giveaway for the Deep Space Diaries, Webb Telescope UK and/OR the STFC may communicate with you about the Webb launch or related news. This communication is strictly limited to that which is relevant to the Deep Space Diary programme.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that wish to join our Mailing List. We will not automatically add you to our mailing list.
- If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at info@curvedhousekids.com
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the General Data Protection Regulation.
A small fee will be payable.
If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email Curved House Kids: info@curvedhousekids.com
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
Opting Out and Removal of Personal Data
You can request, at any time, to have your information removed from our website and databases. You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Please write to info@curvedhousekids.com and we will action your request without hesitation.
You can unsubscribe from our ebulletin at any time by clicking ‘Unsubscribe’ in the footer of every ebulletin.