PRIVACY POLICY

This page tells you about OwnFone's Privacy Policy for its website www.myownfone.com 

This Privacy Policy applies to OwnFone. 

OwnFone.  is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and security. Whenever you provide us with your personal information via our website “Site(s)”, we will treat that information in accordance with this policy, our terms and conditions and current UK Data Protection legislation. By using the Site and any services we offer via our Site, you are agreeing to be bound by this policy. 

Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

This policy may change from time to time, so please check this page periodically.

OwnFone.

OwnFone T/A Anywhere Care Limited is a company registered in England and Wales, registered number 11102856 whose registered address is Unit 7, Twin Brook Business Park, Twin Brook Road, Clitheroe. Lancashire. BB7 1QX.

Data Protection

OwnFone is registered as a Data Controller with the Information Commissioner. OwnFone is the Data Controller for the purposes of collecting your information on our Site(s).

You have a choice about whether you want to receive information from us. We will not use your personal information for marketing purposes if you have indicated that you do not wish to be contacted. You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us by email at info@anywherecare.co.uk or telephone on 01200 400010

1. What personal information is collected from you

When you visit the Site we collect various personal information which may include your name, address, contact details, IP address, and information regarding what pages are accessed and when. If you make a purchase from us, your card information is collected by our partner organisation Worldpay Ltd, but is not held by us. If you supply such information we are legally bound by the Data Protection Act 1998.  

2. How your information is used

We may use this information in the following ways: Process orders submitted by you; to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into by you and us; verify your identity; seek your views or comments on the services we provide; notify you of changes to our services; improve our services or marketing purposes; send you communications which you have requested and that may be of interest to you. These may include information about promotions of our companies’ goods and services. 

3. Who has access to your information

We are committed to protecting the personal data of our customers. Any details you give us will be held in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We will not sell or rent your information to third parties. We will not share your information with third parties beyond OwnFone for marketing purposes, unless we have your explicit permission to do so, or we are required to do so by law, for example, by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime. Where you have given us permission we may contact you about other services and products. 

When you are using our secure order pages, your donation is processed by Worldpay Ltd, who specialise in the secure online capture and processing of credit/debit card transactions. If you have any questions regarding secure transactions, please contact us. We may transfer your personal information to a third party as part of a sale of some or all of our business and assets to any third party or as part of any business restructuring or reorganisation, or if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or to enforce or apply our terms of use or to protect the rights, property or safety of our customers. However, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected. 

We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with us.

4. How you can access, update or delete your information

The accuracy of your information is important to us. We are working on ways to make it easier for you to review and correct the information that we hold about you. In the meantime, if you change email address, or any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please email us here, or write to us at Data Processing Dept, OwnFone, Unit 7, Twin Brook Business Park, Twin Brook Road, Clitheroe. Lancashire. BB7 1QX.. You have the right to ask for a copy of the information OwnFone hold about you (we may charge £10 for information requests) to cover our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you. 

If you do not want to continue receiving information by email from us, please follow the instructions at the bottom of the email, which will tell you how to contact us to unsubscribe.

5. Security precautions in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information

When you give us personal information, we take steps to ensure that it is treated securely. Any sensitive information (such as credit or debit card details) is encrypted and protected with the following software 128 Bit encryption on SSL. When you are on a secure page, a lock icon will appear on the bottom of web browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer. Non-sensitive details (your email address etc) are transmitted normally over the Internet, and this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, OwnFone cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. Where we have given (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our Sites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

6. Use of 'cookies' on the Site

Like many other websites, the OwnFone Sites use cookies. 'Cookies' are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns and does not identify you as an individual. For example, we use cookies to store your country preference. This helps us to improve the Site and deliver a better more personalised service.

It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. Turning cookies of may result in a loss of functionality when using our Sites. Read our full cookies policy

7. What happens when visitors link to another site?

Our Site contains links to other websites. This privacy policy applies only to our Site‚ so visitors should always be aware when they are moving to another site and read the privacy statement of any site which collects personal information. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our Site.

We do not pass on any personal information about our visitors to any other site. In addition, if you linked to this Site from a third party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site and contact the owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions.

8. 16 or Under

If you are aged 16 or under‚ please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to the Site. Users without this consent are not allowed to provide us with personal information. 

9. Contact us

If at any time you would like to contact us with your views about our privacy practices, or with any enquiry relating to your personal information, you can do so by sending an email to info@anywherecare.co.uk or telephone on 01200 400010

10. Transferring your information outside of Europe

As part of the services offered to you through the Site, the information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Union (“EU”). By way of example, this may happen if any of our servers are from time to time located in a country outside of the EU. These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the UK. 

By submitting your personal data, you are agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing. If we transfer your information outside of the EU in this way, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this privacy policy.

If you use our services while you are outside the EU, your information may be transferred outside the EU in order to provide you with those services.