PRIVACY POLICY

ABOUT US AND YOUR INFORMATION

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Ginkgo Herbs and Health Ltd, is committed to making sure our site is completely secure for you to use and takes great care to protect your information. This privacy policy explains what information we collect about you, how we may use it responsibly, and the steps we take to ensure that it is kept secure. We also explain your rights and how to contact us.  This website provides links to other websites belonging to other organisations, which we provide for your information. We cannot take responsibility for these websites and recommend that you read the Privacy statement for every website that you visit.   

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WHAT INFORMATION DO WE HOLD ON YOU?

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Your details are collected by us when you request a product, service, offers or news from us via our website, emails, telephone conversations, and written and verbal communication. The information that you provide us with may be supplemented with other information that we obtain from our dealings with you.

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WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION?

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Personal information gathered in the normal course of business is primarily used by us to provide the products, services, offers or news you have requested and also for administration purposes, specifically:

 

• to confirm identification when you contact us 

• to track activity on our website 

• to keep you informed of any special offers or promotions that we believe might be of particular interest to you 

• to improve and monitor our customer service to you 

• to communicate with you in the event that any products or services you have requested are unavailable 

• for market research 

• for statistical analysis, including automated techniques 

• to review the conduct of and to administer/operate your accounts 

• for record-keeping purposes 

• the prevention of crime and fraud.

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We may contact you by post, email or telephone for these purposes. 

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DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION TO SERVICE PROVIDERS

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Sometimes we may need to pass on information to our agents and sub-contractors or appoint other organisations to carry out some of the processing activities on our behalf, such as mailing houses. This is done in order to provide the best service to our customers. We always ensure that your information is properly protected and responsibly used in accordance with this privacy policy. We may also disclose information to the Police and Customs and Excise, or if required to do so by law. 

 

THE USE OF COOKIES 

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Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer, mobile phone or device.  These may be placed on your device when you visit a website or open a marketing email. Cookies are used for a variety of reasons, such as to remember your preferences when you visit our site, tailor your visit, monitor traffic to enable us to improve our site, or to ensure we remember the contents of your shopping basket when you next visit our site. 

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WHAT IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO RECEIVE DETAILS OF OFFERS FROM US?

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You can opt-out at any time from emails from us by clicking the relevant link on the email, form or screen, by emailing online.store@ginkgo.co.uk

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CHANGING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

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If you believe that your details are incorrect or if you wish to remove your details from our database then please contact us at online.store@ginkgo.co.uk.

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CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

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If, at any time, we make changes to our privacy policy, we will post these changes on this page so that you are aware of what information we collect, how it is used and under what circumstances we may disclose it.