Privacy Policy

Proprietor

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 we confirm that the proprietor and operator of the Vintage Victory website at www.vintagevictory.com (the “Website”) is ApplesSeedEX, a company registered in England and Wales with company registration number 06529918 having its registered office at 24A Crown Street, Brentwood, United Kingdom, CM14 4BA (“we,” “us,” “our” or “ApplesSeedEX”). AppleSeedEX can be contacted at our postal address or via the contact section on the Website.

ApplesSeedEX respects the privacy of each user accessing the Website (“you,” “your”) and is committed to protecting your privacy. ApplesSeedEX has structured the Website so that, in general, it is necessary to provide log-in information and identify yourself to access the website. ApplesSeedEX ensures that any personal information provide by you to ApplesSeedEX will be processed in accordance with the eight principles of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy Policy set out below.

Processing of Personal Data

In accordance with AppleSeedEX’s General Terms, (the “terms”) you will need to register via the Website in order to use many of the AppleSeedEX services set out in the terms.

Personal data about you will be collected when you contact AppleSeedEX via the above-mentioned online registration form or otherwise. The types of personal information you provide to us in such circumstances may include name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and contact preferences. When you access and use the Website we may also gather and monitor information about your computer’s IP (internet protocol) address. At other times when using the Website, you may (but will not be required to) also submit material which refers to certain personal details which may include details comprising sensitive personal data under the Data Protection Act 1998, including information on your racial or ethnic origin, your political opinions, your religious beliefs, any trade union activity you are or have been involved in, your physical or mental health or condition, your sexual life, the commission of any offences by you or any proceedings relating to a criminal offence.

Purpose Specification

We collect your personal data for the purpose of providing the services described in the terms, in relation to which you have registered your interest and also to monitor your use of the Website to ensure that you comply with the terms. We will not disclose your personal data or any other personal data provided by you to us to any third party except as set out as follows.

We will disclose your data to our agents inside or outside of the European Union for the purpose of the technical operation of the Website only.

We do not collect additional information about you from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organisations.

The Website makes it clear at the point of submission where information will be available for others to view. Where the Website makes this clear, you consent to all use and dissemination of the information via the Website. Specifically, your personal data and sensitive personal data will be available online if you include any such data in items uploaded to the Website.

We may also use your personal data to communicate with you and provide information about our services and the services of others pursuant only to your requests. You hereby consent to this use of your personal data as described above.

With regard to any sensitive personal data (as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998) which we collect from you, upon submission of any items including such data through the Website, you hereby expressly consent to our processing of such sensitive personal data for the purposes detailed above.

We may also use your personal data to better understand who uses our Website and the pages they access so as to be able to improve the Website. From time to time, we may also use your personal data to contact you for market research or client care survey purposes, but we will always give you the opportunity to opt-out of such market research and client care surveys. We will otherwise ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to other organisations, institutions and authorities unless required by law.

You agree to the use of your personal data or other personal data you have provided to us for the above purposes. If we wish to use your personal data or other personal data you have provided to us for new or different purposes, other than for which it was originally supplied, we will request your written permission first. We take seriously the trust you place in us.

You agree that if we transfer ownership or management of the Website or AppleSeedEX to a third party we may also transfer your personal data or other personal data you have provided to us, including all sensitive personal data and any other information about you to such third party, provided such third party agrees to observe this policy.

Payment details are supplied direct to the secure servers of our Payment Service Provider (such as Paypal) for the purpose of enabling transactions over the website only.

Security of Personal Data

Transmission of data and information via the Website is not a secure or encrypted transmission method for sending your personal data, unless otherwise indicated on the Website. Accordingly, your attention is drawn to the fact that any information and personal data carried over the Internet is not secure. Information and personal data may be intercepted, lost, redirected, corrupted, changed and accessed by other people.

We set strict security standards to prevent any unauthorised access to your personal data once we have received it and wherever possible we will use adequate security software and working procedures to ensure the security of your personal data. To prevent unauthorised access, maintain accuracy, and ensure proper use of personal data, we have employed physical, electronic, and managerial processes to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Where we transfer your data to a third party company inside or outside of the EU, such as hosting companies, we shall ensure that such third parties are obliged to provide technical and physical security for your data and use it only for those specified purposes.

Third Party Websites

Parts of our Website may contain links to third party websites (“Third Party Websites”) for your convenience and information. If you use these links, you will leave the Website. When you access a Third Party Website, please understand that we do not control the content of that Third Party Website and are not responsible for the privacy practices of that Third Party Website.

We suggest that you carefully review the privacy policies of each Third Party Website that you visit. This Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices of those Third Party Websites linked to our Website. Third Party Websites may send their own cookies to users, collect personal data, or solicit personal information. Third Party Websites may operate very different privacy practices to this Website. Links to Third Party Websites on the Website do not imply that AppleSeedEX endorses those Third Party Sites or agrees with any of the views or information set out on such Third Party Websites.

Automatic Collection of Data

All networks connected to the Internet communicate in “IP” (Internet Protocol), which is a technical standard that allows data to be transmitted between two devices. “TCP/IP” (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is responsible for making sure messages get from one host to another and that the messages are understood. An IP address is a string of code which identifies your personal computer and tells the Internet that you are connected.

The Website does not automatically store or capture personal data except for logging your IP address. This information may be retained after you have logged off. We may link information automatically logged in this way with personal data about specific individuals for the purpose only of monitoring your use of the Website and your compliance with the terms.

Cookies are messages given to an Internet browser by an Internet server. The browser in a text file called cookie.txt then stores the message. Each time the browser requests a page from the server, this message is sent back. A cookie's main objective is to identify users and personalise their visit by customising web pages for them, for example by welcoming them by name next time they visit the same website. We may use cookies for collecting information on the Website.

Subject Access Rights

Under the Data Protection Act 1998, we have to provide you, as a “data subject” with a readable copy of all personal data which we may hold about you, within 40 days of receiving your written request for us to provide it. The Data Protection Act 1998 allows us to charge a fee of £10 pounds for this. Evidence or proof of your identity (for example, a copy of your passport, driver’s licence or current bills) will be required.

It is both in our interest and yours to store and process accurate personal data. If the data we hold about you is inaccurate in any way, where appropriate, you may have your personal data corrected by us on request by having it:

·completed;

·amended; and/or

·erased.

Please contact us to update any of your personal data or to request access to your personal data by addressing the “Information Officer” via:

Email:  [email protected]

We reserve the right to refuse to provide you with a copy of your personal data based on the exemptions set out in the Data Protection Act 1998, but if we do refuse we will give full reasons for our refusal and allow you to challenge our decision.

Feedback

If you have any feedback or questions about AppleSeedEX’s use of your personal information or about this online Privacy Policy, please send us e-mail to [email protected]

If you send us personal data via e-mail, we will use it to respond to your information request. If you e-mail us, or give us your e-mail address, we will keep a record of it. We will not give your e-mail address to any unauthorised third parties. Note that communications via e-mail or otherwise are strictly governed by and subject to AppleSeedEX’s terms set out on the Website.

When you e-mail us please remember that the content of your e-mail is not secure and could be intercepted. Accordingly, please keep the amount of confidential information to a minimum and we will do likewise when we reply.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

AppleSeedEX will post any changes to this Privacy Policy on our Website from time to time. Please be sure to regularly check our Privacy Policy before using the Website. Regardless of any changes we make to our Privacy Policy, we will always use your personal data in accordance with the Privacy Policy in place at the time you provide your information and the Data Protection Act 1998, unless you give your express consent for us to do otherwise.

Mailing Lists

AppleSeedEX may use the information or parts of it to occasionally broadcast it or notify you about its services or related activities that you may find useful. AppleSeedEX will not send you any marketing emails unless you give us your consent, unless we have it already.