The 50plus: privacy and terms of use
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This section of the web site explains about the information we collect about users of The 50plus' web sites and/or our services, how we may use that information and your rights.
Please note that The 50plus is committed to maintaining your privacy. If you have any concerns you should contact us.
We would note that The 50plus web sites link to other sites. These are outside our control and are not covered by our privacy policy.
Website Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is for the websites www.the 50plus.co.uk and www.50plusHandyman.co.uk (the sites) as operated by The 50plus Organisation Ltd (The 50plus) and users of services provided by The 50plus Organisation Ltd and 50plus Services Ltd. The full contact details for The 50plus can be found on this website here.
The policy governs the privacy of The 50plus customers and users of this website. It explains how we comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This policy explains how areas of the websites may affect your privacy and personal details, how we process, collect, manage and store those details and how your rights under the GDPR are adhered to. Additionally it explains how the use of cookies or software from third parties and the download of any documents, files or software are made available to you on this website. Further explanations may be provided for specific pages or features of the websites in order to help you understand how we, these websites and its third parties interact with you and your computer / device in order for us to serve you.
Use of Cookies
The websites use cookies to improve the experience of user who visiting the websites. Cookies are small files saved to the user's computers hard drive that track, save and store information about the user's interactions and usage of the websites. This allows the websites, through their server to provide the users with a tailored experience.
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browser security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.
The websites employ:
Adverts and Sponsored Links
The websites may contain sponsored links and adverts. Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the advertisers website which may use cookies and may track the number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the use of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computers hard drive. Users should therefore note they click on sponsored external links at their own risk and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Downloads & Media Files
Any downloadable documents, files or media made available on the websites are provided to users at their own risk. While all precautions have been undertaken to ensure only genuine downloads are available users are advised to verify their authenticity using third party anti virus software or similar applications.
We accept no responsibility for third party downloads and downloads provided by external third party websites and advise users to verify their authenticity using third party anti virus software or similar applications.
Contact & Communication With Us
Users contacting The 50plus through the websites do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time when it is no longer required or has no use.
Where we have clearly stated and made you aware of the fact, and where you have given your express permission, we may use your details to send you products/services information through a mailing list system. This is done in accordance with the regulations named in this policy.
The information we retain about you when you employ our services is:
We do not share any of your information with third parties except for the provision of service e.g. we may provide one of our contractors with your name, address and telephone number in order that they can supply a specific service to you which has been booked through us.
We do not retain any of your financial information, even if you pay for our services by credit of debit card.
We use a sister company (50plus Publishing Ltd) to issue The 50plus Magazine by email and they hold, on our behalf, a copy of your email address.
You may choose to have the information we hold about you deleted. You may do this yourself if you have your log on details to our systems or ask us to do so. We will not be able to provide you with services if your data is deleted.
Email Mailing List & Marketing Messages
Our sister company 50plus Publishing Ltd. operates an email list program through The 50plus Magazine, used to inform subscribers about products, services and/or news we supply/publish. Users can subscribe through an online automated process or when booking our services where they have given their explicit permission. Subscriber personal details are collected, processed, managed and stored in accordance with the regulations named in this policy. Subscribers can unsubscribe at any time through the automated service provided with each magazine email, or if not available, other means as detailed in the footer of sent marketing messages. The type and content of marketing messages subscribers receive is clearly outlined at the point of subscription.
Email marketing messages may contain tracking beacons / tracked clickable links or similar server technologies in order to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of subscriber data relating to engagement, geographic, demographics and already stored subscriber data. Our email marketing service provider is Constant Contact and you can read their privacy policy in the resources section below.
External Website Links & Third Parties
Although we only look to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website. External links are clickable text / banner / image links to other websites.
URL shortening is a technique used on the web to shorten URL's (Uniform Resource Locators) to something substantially shorter. This technique is especially used in social media and looks similar to this (example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo). Users should take caution before clicking on shortened URL links and verify their authenticity before proceeding. We cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite our best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Social Media Policy & Usage
We adopt a Social Media Policy to ensure our business and our staff conduct themselves accordingly online. While we may have official profiles on social media platforms users are advised to verify authenticity of such profiles before engaging with, or sharing information with such profiles. We will never ask for user passwords or personal details on social media platforms. Users are advised to conduct themselves appropriately when engaging with us on social media.
There may be instances where our website features social sharing buttons, which help share web content directly from web pages to the respective social media platforms. You use social sharing buttons at your own discretion and accept that doing so may publish content to your social media profile feed or page. You can find further information about some social media privacy and usage policies in the resources section below.
Resources & Further Information
Content based on a policy produced by Jamie King whom we thank. Edited & customised by: The 50plus Organisation Ltd.