Privacy Policy

Privacy and Cookie Policy

We take our customers privacy very seriously. When you place an order with us, we will request that you provide some personal information which is necessary to process your order.

Sharing your information with third parties

Any marketing or promotional correspondence we do send to you will contain an option to unsubscribe from future mail. If you choose not to use our secure website and send us your credit card details directly, we cannot be responsible for the manner in which you transmit this information to us. However, we can assure you that access to this information shall be strictly limited to authorised personnel only.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

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.

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 you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
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@waterfordwhispersnews.com

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to: Whispers Media Ltd UNIT 14, SEAPOINT BUSINESS PARK, TRAMORE, CO. WATERFORD, X91 A296

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.

We may collect the following information:

name
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.

Links to other websites

List of cookies we collect

The table below lists the cookies we collect and what information they store.

Cookie Name	Cookie Description
PHPSESSID	To store the logged in user's username and a 128bit encrypted key.This information is required to allow a user to stay logged in to a web sitewithout needing to submit their username and password for each page visited. Without this cookie, a user is unabled to proceed to areas of the web site that require authenticated access.
private_content_version	Appends a random, unique number and time to pages with customer content to prevent them from being cached on the server.
persistent_shopping_cart	Stores the key (ID) of persistent cart to make it possible to restore the cart for an anonymous shopper.
form_key	A security measure that appends a random string to all form submissions to protect the data from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).
store	Tracks the specific store view / locale selected by the shopper.
login_redirect	Preserves the destination page the customer was navigating to before being directed to log in.
mage-messages	Tracks error messages and other notifications that are shown to the user, such as the cookie consent message, and various error messages, The message is deleted from the cookie after it is shown to the shopper.
mage-cache-storage	Local storage of visitor-specific content that enables e-commerce functions.
mage-cache-storage-section-invalidation	Forces local storage of specific content sections that should be invalidated.
mage-cache-sessid	The value of this cookie triggers the cleanup of local cache storage.
product_data_storage	Stores configuration for product data related to Recently Viewed / Compared Products.
user_allowed_save_cookie	Indicates if the shopper allows cookies to be saved.
mage-translation-storage	Stores translated content when requested by the shopper.
mage-translation-file-version	Stores customer-specific information related to shopper-initiated actions such as display wish list, checkout information, etc.
recently_viewed_product	Stores product IDs of recently viewed products for easy navigation.
recently_viewed_product_previous	Stores product IDs of recently previously viewed products for easy navigation.
recently_compared_product	Stores product IDs of recently compared products.
recently_compared_product_previous	Stores product IDs of previously compared products for easy navigation.
_ga	Used to distinguish users.
_gid	Used to distinguish users.
_gat	Used to throttle request rate.
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE	Indicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies
VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS	The products that you have recently viewed
WISHLIST	An encrypted list of products added to your wishlist
WISHLIST_CNT	The number of items in your wishlist

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