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Ryn Melberg is committed to protecting your personal information when you are using Ryn Melberg services. We value the importance of protecting your privacy and personal data. To ensure transparency and security, our privacy statement as set forth below will inform you about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data processed by us.
This Privacy and Cookies Policy relates to our use of any personal information we collect from you via the following online services:
- Ryn Melberg website that links to this Privacy and Cookies Policy;
- social media or official Ryn Melberg content on other websites;
In order to provide you with the full range of Ryn Melberg services, we sometimes need to collect information about you.
This Privacy and Cookies Policy explains the following:
- what information Ryn Melberg may collect about you;
- how Ryn Melberg will use the information we collect about you;
- when Ryn Melberg may use your details to contact you;
- whether Ryn Melberg will disclose your details to anyone else;
- your choices regarding the personal information you provide to us;
- the use of cookies on the Ryn Melberg websites and how you can reject cookies.
RYN MELBERG AND GDPR
Ryn Melberg is committed to safeguarding your personal information.
Whenever you provide such information, we are legally obliged to use your information in line with all applicable laws concerning the protection of personal information, including the GDPR and Data Protection Act 1998 (these laws are referred to collectively in this Privacy and Cookies Policy as the “data protection laws”).
WHAT INFORMATION WILL RYN MELBERG COLLECT?
We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address when you voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, using our contact form or subscribing to a newsletter.
When you participate in, access or sign up to any of the Ryn Melberg services, activities or online content, such as newsletters, competitions, live chats, message boards, web and mobile notifications, we may receive personal information about you.
This can consist of information such as your name, email address, postal address, telephone or mobile number, gender or date of birth, as well as information collected about your use of Ryn Melberg services (such as what you read on Ryn Melberg).
COOKIES AND TRACKING PIXELS ON VISIT
When you visit our websites, our system automatically collects information about your visits, such as your browser type, your IP address, and the referring website.
This collection may be done in conjunction with our vendors and partners. We may receive from them general demographic or usage data of our site visitors. We do not use automatically collected information to identify you personally without collecting additional consent.
Such information is typically collected using web cookies, web or email pixels (also known as beacons), embedded hyperlinks, and similar tools. Popular browsers can generally be set to disable or delete individual cookies. See below for the types of cookies we use and their respective purposes.
REQUIRED COOKIES
Enable the navigation and basic functionality of the websites, e.g., access to protected areas of the websites.
FUNCTIONAL COOKIES
Allow us to analyze your website usage and your selections on the website (e.g. your login name, language, or region), so we can save these settings and offer you a more personalized experience.
ADVERTISING COOKIES
Allow us to better assess the effectiveness of our content marketing and advertising efforts. These cookies are provided by our third-party partners to analyze and track site visit and signups stemming from advertising. We do not share your personal information (such as name or email) to third-party providers outside of site visit data collected directly by such Advertising Cookies, though your site visit data may be linked with other personal information collected elsewhere by such third-party providers. Such external data processing is governed by the privacy policies of these third-party providers.
See below for descriptions of the cookies used on our websites and how you can opt out from them.
Our website stores various cookies that are required for the navigation and usage of the websites.
Opt-out: You can configure your browser to disable these Required Cookies. This may reduce site functionality.
PURPOSE OF DATA PROCESSING
Ryn Melberg collects and processes your personal data in order to:
- Provide you with the services that you seek from our websites;
- Improve our websites and services;
- Ensure the security of our websites;
- Better market relevant content generally, using anonymous or pseudonymized personal data;
- And, if you have additionally consented to it, market to you specifically, such as through email remarketing and web retargeting.
Beyond these purposes, we process your data only if you have granted express consent for its stated purposes.
HOW WILL RYN MELBERG USE THE INFORMATION IT COLLECTS?
Ryn Melberg will use your personal information for a number of purposes including the following:
- to provide our services, activities or online content, to provide you with information about them and to deal with your requests and enquiries;
- to provide you with the most user-friendly online navigation experience;
- we may also show you relevant advertising on third-party sites
- to use IP addresses and device identifiers to identify the location of users, to block disruptive use, to establish the number of visits from different countries
- for analysis and research purposes so that we may improve the services offered by Ryn Melberg. This can include using geodemographic information from external sources, where this helps us ensure we are making something for everyone;
- we may also use and disclose information in aggregate (so that no individuals are identified) for marketing and strategic development purposes;
WHEN WILL RYN MELBERG CONTACT ME?
If you have given us your email for purposes of communication or promotion, we will use your data to contact you or send promotional emails relating to your interests. You may revoke your consent to being contacted by email for promotional purposes any time, by clicking on an unsubscribe link or replying directly stating your wish to unsubscribe.
Further, with your consent, we may make use of email tracking technology to obtain data on if you open an email or if you click on links in an email. This data will be used only in automated ways to help improve future marketing messaging and/or to prioritize follow-ups based on perceived communications relevance. Without your consent, we will not make use of personal data unique to you, such as your IP address, your device and browser information, or the time and number of times you open an email or click on a link.
RYN MELBERG MAY CONTACT YOU:
- in relation to any service, activity or online content you have signed up for e.g. to verify your email when you sign up
- in relation to any correspondence we receive from you or any comment or complaint you make about Ryn Melberg products or services;
- in relation to any contribution you have submitted to Ryn Melberg, e.g. comments on any articles;
- to invite you to participate in surveys about Ryn Melberg services (participation is always voluntary);
- to update you on any material changes to Ryn Melberg policies and practices; and
- for marketing purposes
EMAIL NEWSLETTER
This website operates an email newsletter program, used to inform subscribers about products and services supplied by this website. Users can subscribe through an online automated process should they wish to do so but do so at their own discretion. Some subscriptions may be manually processed through a prior written agreement with the user.
Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
No personal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that operates our subscription service.
Email marketing campaigns published by this website or its owners may contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity (this is not a comprehensive list).
This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user with more relevant content based on their activity.
In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 subscribers are given the opportunity to unsubscribe at any time through an automated system. This process is detailed in the footer of each email campaign. If an automated unsubscription system is unavailable clear instructions on how to unsubscribe will be detailed instead.
WILL RYN MELBERG CONTACT ME FOR MARKETING PURPOSES?
Ryn Melberg will only send you marketing emails or contact you on Ryn Melberg platforms where you have agreed to this. We offer regular emails, to let you know about Ryn Melberg programmes and services. From time to time we may also contact you to ask your views on issues affecting our services. We may personalise the message content based on any information you have provided to us.
WILL RYN MELBERG SHARE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH ANYONE ELSE?
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third-parties. We do not share your personal information, except as provided in this Privacy Policy.
We use third-party data processors to process personal data on our behalf. Such service providers support Ryn Melberg, especially relating to hosting and operating the websites, marketing, analytics, improving the websites, and sending email newsletters. These processors may be located outside the European Union.
Ryn Melberg websites contain hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies and are also likely to use cookies, and we, therefore, urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal information you submit when visiting these websites, which may also be collected by cookies. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk
Our websites may also include social media features (e.g., share or like buttons). Such features are provided by third-party social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook. Where data is collected this way, its processing is governed by the privacy policy of the respective social media platforms.
Our content may link to third party websites to provide relevant references. We are not responsible for such external content, which may contain separate privacy policies and data processing disclosures.
We may disclose your personal information if required by law, regulation, or other legal subpoena or warrant. We may also disclose your personal information to a regulatory or law enforcement agency if we believe it to be necessary to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Ryn Melberg, its customers or any third party.
OFFENSIVE OR INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT
If you post or send content which may reasonably be deemed to be offensive, inappropriate or objectionable anywhere on or to Ryn Melberg websites or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on any Ryn Melberg service, Ryn Melberg may remove such content. Where Ryn Melberg reasonably believes that you are or may be in breach of any applicable laws, for example on hate speech, Ryn Melberg may disclose your personal information to relevant third parties, including to law enforcement agencies or your internet provider. Ryn Melberg would only do so in circumstances where such disclosure is permitted under applicable laws, including data protection law.
TECHNICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DATA PROTECTION
Ryn Melberg implements commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against abuse and loss. We store such data in secure environments. We provide training to our employees on data protection best practices and require them to enter into a confidentiality agreement.
While we use all reasonable efforts to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data submitted through our websites.
CHANGES TO RYN MELBERG’S PRIVACY AND COOKIES POLICY
This Privacy and Cookies Policy may be updated from time to time so you may wish to check it each time you submit personal information to Ryn Melberg. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page. If you do not agree to these changes, please do not continue to use Ryn Melberg websites to submit personal information to Ryn Melberg.