Privacy Policy

This cookie statement was last updated on 12th December 2019 and applies to citizens of the United Kingdom.

1 Introduction

Our website, www.budslink.com (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2 What are cookies

A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

3 What are scripts?

A script is a piece of programme code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

4 What is a webbeacon?

A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

5 Third parties

We have made agreements about the use of cookies with other companies that place cookies. However, we cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. Parties such as Google are to be considered as independent data controllers within the meaning of the United Kingdom-GDPR. We recommend that you read the privacy statements of these companies.

6 Cookies

6.1 Technical or functional cookies Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.6.2 Advertising cookies We do not use any advertising cookies on this website.6.3 Social media buttons On our website we have included buttons for Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram to promote webpages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram. These buttons work using pieces of code coming from Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram themselves. This code places cookies. These social media buttons also can store and process certain information, so a personalized advertisement can be shown to you. Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram are located in the United States.

7 Placed cookies

Automattic

We use Automattic for website development.

Name	Retention	Function
Statistics
tk_ai	session	Store a unique user ID

Sharing

For more information, please read the Automattic Privacy Policy.

WooCommerce

We use WooCommerce for webshop management.

Name	Retention	Function
Functional
woocommerce_items_in_cart	session
woocommerce_cart_hash	1 day	Store items in shopping cart
wp_woocommerce_session_*	session	Store performed actions on the website
wc_cart_hash_*	session	Store items in shopping cart
wc_cart_created	session	Store performed actions on the website
wc_fragments_*	persistent

Sharing

This data is not shared with third parties.

MailChimp

We use MailChimp for mailinglist subscriptions.

Name	Retention	Function
Purpose pending investigation
mailchimp_landing_site

Sharing

For more information, please read the MailChimp Privacy Policy.

JetPack

We use JetPack for advertizing.

Name	Retention	Function
Statistics
tk_tc	session	Store the user's usage history

Sharing

For more information, please read the JetPack Privacy Policy.

Visual Composer

We use Visual Composer for website design.

Name	Retention	Function
Purpose pending investigation
vchideactivationmsg_vc11

Sharing

This data is not shared with third parties.

Pure Chat

Name	Retention	Function
Purpose pending investigation
purechat_expanded
*_purechatDismissTime
*_purechatDismissCount
purechat_chatServerUrl
_purechatLocalStorageAccess
*_purechatLastCheckin
*_purechatSessionStart
*_purechatPageStart

Sharing

This data is not shared with third parties.

Google Fonts

We use Google Fonts for display of webfonts.

Name	Retention	Function
Marketing/Tracking
Google Fonts API	none	Request user IP address

Sharing

For more information, please read the Google Fonts Privacy Policy.

Twitter

We use Twitter for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons.

Name	Retention	Function
Marketing/Tracking
metrics_token	persistent	Stores if the user has seen embedded content

Sharing

For more information, please read the Twitter Privacy Policy.

Facebook

Name	Retention	Function
Marketing/Tracking
actppresence	1 year	Manage ad display frequency

Sharing

This data is not shared with third parties.

Miscellaneous

Name	Retention	Function
Purpose pending investigation
age-verified
age_gate
age_gate_error
svSession
gdpr_accepted
XSRF-TOKEN
TS0*
hs
capsule|14517e1a-3ff0-af98-408e-2bd6953c36a2|a410a646-481f-4fea-9a70-5f3a43290992#wix-visitor-data-key-927fc4e2-d4d0-457e-a956-386a4f247d79
platform_app_1380b703-ce81-ff05-f115-39571d94dfcd_69851fb3-f044-41c9-83e7-104bf024060c
fedops.logger.sessionId
beatSessionId
purechat_acquisition_source
purechat_expandSource
beatSessionTs
purechat_lead_capture_expanded
complianz_consent_status	365 days
cmplz_stats	365 days
cmplz_all	365 days
jetpackState
tk_qs
tk_or
tk_r3d
tk_lr
complianz_config	365 days
wp-saving-post
wp-autosave-1

Sharing

This data is not shared with third parties.

8 Your rights with respect to personal data

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

• You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
• Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
• Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
• If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
• Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
• Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this cookie statement. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)).

9 Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser. Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our websites again.

10 Contact details

For questions and/or comments about our cookie policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details: Joseph Musumeci Office 62, 1 Hanley Street, Nottingham, NG1 5BL United Kingdom Website: www.budslink.com Email: info@budslink.com Phone number: +44 7379 508 472