Privacy Policy

Last updated: 22nd of August, 2024

giftranks.co.uk (referred to here as “us,” “we,” and the “Website”) values your privacy and is dedicated to safeguarding it at all times. This Privacy Policy outlines how we gather, use, and protect information on this website. We urge you to carefully read this Privacy Policy. By visiting giftranks.co.uk, you acknowledge and agree to the practices, terms, and conditions outlined in this Privacy Policy and consent that any disputes, specifically those concerning privacy, between you and giftranks.co.uk, its parent company(ies), subsidiary(ies), affiliated companies, principals, owners, board members, employees, contributors, advertisers, sponsors, affiliates, and partners will be governed by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and/or the applicable Terms of Use.

Any new features or tools introduced on giftranks.co.uk will also be covered by this Privacy Policy. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy is accessible on this page at any time. We hold the right to update, alter, or replace any part of this Privacy Policy by posting updates and/or changes on our website. It is your responsibility to check this page periodically for updates. Your continued use of or access to giftranks.co.uk after any modifications have been posted indicates your acceptance of those changes.

If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, it is essential that you promptly cease using giftranks.co.uk. Any claims made by you regarding giftranks.co.uk and the services provided here will be considered invalid and without effect.

We value the security of your personal data on giftranks.co.uk and have put in place appropriate measures to ensure that your information remains confidential and intact.

Our Privacy Policy contains comprehensive details regarding how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information. We adhere to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and Council dated 27 April 2016, also known as the "GDPR", when collecting personal data. Prior to gathering any personal information from you, we will inform you of the purposes and request your consent. Furthermore, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may be applicable based on your location, and the rights provided to European Economic Area (EEA) residents have been expanded to include all our users.

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What information do we gather and why?

At giftranks.co.uk, we collect the following data for the purposes outlined below:

Information Gathering:

• Location details.
• IP address.
• Date and time of access.
• Browser type, language preferences, browser software version, operating system, and device specifications.
• Hardware information.
• Data shared with third-party service providers or when reaching out to us.

Objectives:

The gathered data serves the following goals:

• Handling inquiries for communication, or additional details from clients, suppliers, or end-users.
• Business use.
• Distributing news and promotions regarding our services, such as newsletters, while also improving, testing, and monitoring our service's effectiveness.
• Monitoring performance metrics and enhancing site functionality.
• Managing user relationships on the platform.
• Addressing inquiries related to platform usage.
• Meeting any other purposes specified when providing the information.
• Adhering to legal obligations.
• Recruitment, application assessment, and contract or employment management.
• Formulating, negotiating, or executing contracts or agreements with you.
• Safeguarding and maintaining the security and appearance of our website or platform (registration files).

Legal Grounds for Collecting and Processing Personal Data

The gathering and processing of your personal information on giftranks.co.uk are carried out on specific legal grounds, depending on the type of data and the circumstances of its collection. In compliance with data protection regulations, we may lawfully process your personal data on one or more of the following bases:

• Contractual Obligation: We may gather and utilize your personal information when it is necessary to fulfill a contract for providing goods or services.

• Legal Requirements: We may process your personal data to comply with legal obligations imposed on us.

• Legitimate Interests: In certain situations, we may process your personal information based on our legitimate interests or those of third parties. If we rely on this legal foundation, you have the right to request details about the specific legitimate interests by reaching out to us.

• User Consent: We may gather and process your personal data based on your consent. In such cases, we will obtain your consent clearly and unmistakably.

If you have any inquiries or concerns about the legal grounds for gathering and processing your personal data on giftranks.co.uk, please get in touch with us using the email address provided below.

With Whom Do We Share Your Data?

Ensuring transparency in how we manage your data on giftranks.co.uk is paramount to us. Therefore, we aim to offer you clear insights into with whom we might share your data and the circumstances under which this may occur.

Rest assured, we do not disclose your personal information to any third parties except in the following limited situations:

• Legal Requirements: We might need to share your data to comply with any legal or regulatory obligations imposed on us. This includes instances where we are legally mandated to divulge information by a competent court or authority.

• Fraud Prevention or Crime Detection: We may share your data if we believe it is essential to prevent fraud or crime. We take proactive measures to safeguard our Services and ensure the security of both our users and the public.

• Safeguarding Rights, Property, or Personal Safety: There may be occasions where we need to share your data to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of individuals. This is crucial for maintaining the security and well-being of our users and the community at large.

Moreover, we collaborate with reputable third-party data management platforms, advertising partners, and analytics partners, which include:

• Pressness
• Facebook
• Google Ads
• Google Analytics

You can access the respective privacy policies of these third parties by clicking on their names and understand how they handle your data.

Please be aware that at giftranks.co.uk, we strictly prohibit the sale of your personal information to any third party. However, we may share aggregated statistics and data relating to our Services users with potential partners, advertisers, sponsors, and other reputable third parties. This sharing is intended to provide insights about our Services, deliver tailored advertisements, or serve other lawful purposes. Be assured that this information will not contain any details that could be used to personally identify you.

At giftranks.co.uk, we do not partake in selling, trading, or transferring your personal information to external entities. We only share your personal information with trusted partners and suppliers who require this data to fulfill their specific obligations. For instance, they might need this information to deliver our services, manage, store, and process your personal information, display relevant advertisements, or enhance and optimize our websites and applications. In such instances, we ensure that our partners and suppliers handle your information according to our guidelines and in compliance with this Privacy and Cookies Policy, along with any other relevant confidentiality, security protocols, and applicable regulations.

Global Data Transfers

giftranks.co.uk operates worldwide and may share your personal information with third parties located across the globe, as outlined in this Privacy Policy. Rest assured that we will take reasonable steps to safeguard your privacy regardless of where your personal data is transferred, stored, or processed.

If you are subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), please be aware that some of the service providers mentioned above are based outside the European Economic Area and may not offer a data protection standard equivalent to that of the European Union. In such cases, we will transfer your data using appropriate safeguards and ensure its security through internationally recognized data transfer mechanisms, such as the Standard Contractual Clauses, in addition to any relevant supplementary measures. For more information on these Standard Contractual Clauses, you can visit the following link.

Your Entitlements as a Data Subject

As a data subject, you possess specific entitlements concerning your personal information. These entitlements encompass:

• Verification and Access: You have the right to confirm if we are handling your personal information and request a copy of the data we have on file about you.
• Data Transferability: You have the right to obtain a machine-readable copy of your data.
• Rectification and Updating: You can request us to rectify or update any personal details we hold about you if you believe them to be inaccurate or incomplete.
• Erasure and Limitation: You have the option to request the deletion of your personal data in our possession or ask us to limit its usage.
• Opposition: You are entitled to object to the processing of your personal information based on our legitimate interests, public interest, or profiling. Nevertheless, we may demonstrate that we have compelling grounds for processing your information that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms, or that the processing is essential for legal reasons.
• Revocation of Consent: If we depend on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

To enact any of these entitlements, kindly reach out to us using the contact information provided below.

How is your Personal Data kept safe and secure?

Safeguarding the information we collect about you is our top priority at giftranks.co.uk. We implement appropriate security measures to safeguard your data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, as well as prevent alteration, disclosure, or destruction. We have implemented steps to maintain the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resilience of systems and services that handle personal data and will promptly restore access to the information in the event of a physical or technical incident.

giftranks.co.uk utilizes the SSL/TLS protocol to establish secure connections between users and our servers on the internet. This ensures that information transmitted is encrypted, making it inaccessible to outside third parties and enhancing the security of transactions on our website.

While no organization can guarantee absolute security, particularly with information transmitted online, please don't hesitate to reach out if you suspect any security breaches in your interactions with us. Your prompt communication is crucial in such instances to address any concerns swiftly.

Data Storage

How long do we keep Personal Data at giftranks.co.uk?

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary or allowed based on the purpose(s) for which it was collected. Our retention periods are determined by the following factors:

• The length of our ongoing relationship with you and the provision of our services.
• Any legal obligations that we must adhere to.
• The necessity of retention considering our legal standing, including relevant statutes of limitations, ongoing legal proceedings, or regulatory investigations.

For further details on our retention period or to request the permanent deletion of your data, please get in touch with us.

Upholding Accuracy and Authenticity of Personal Data

It is the user's responsibility to ensure that the data submitted through any web forms is accurate and truthful, absolving giftranks.co.uk of any liability in this regard. Users confirm that the personal information they provide is valid, genuine, and pledge to keep it current. They also agree to furnish complete and precise details in all form submissions.

giftranks.co.uk does not accept responsibility for the accuracy of information not generated by itself but marked as sourced from elsewhere. Hence, giftranks.co.uk disclaims any liability for potential damages resulting from the use of such information.

We are not liable for any losses or damages incurred by users due to errors, faults, or omissions in information provided by giftranks.co.uk, as long as it originates from external sources.

Minors' Data

According to our privacy policy, we typically do not handle minors' information for service-related tasks. Nonetheless, if a user submits data of children below 14 years old (or below 16 for Californian Residents), they are responsible for obtaining consent from their parents or guardians beforehand.

Information for Residents of California

This notice is specifically for California residents and is provided in accordance with California law, including the California Online Privacy Protection Act ("CalOPPA") and the California Consumer Act ("CCPA"), Cal. Civil Code 1798.100, et seq. This notice supplements our Privacy Policy by explaining your privacy rights as a California resident and provides necessary disclosures about how we handle information from California residents, both online and offline.

In the past year, we have gathered the following types of personal data from California residents: identifiers (such as name, contact information, and device identifiers), internet or electronic network activity information (like browsing behavior), approximate geolocation data and inferences (such as approximate location or product interests). This personal information is collected directly from users of giftranks.co.uk.

For more detailed information on the personal data we collect at giftranks.co.uk, including the categories and sources of information, please refer to the section "What personal data do we collect and for what purposes?" above. The business or commercial reasons for collecting personal information are explained more thoroughly in the same section.

We share this information with the types of third parties mentioned in the section "With whom do we share your personal data?" above.

Subject to certain restrictions and exceptions, the CCPA provides California consumers with the right to request details about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell about them, up to two times per year. California residents also have the right to request the deletion of their personal information, opt out of any "sales" that may occur, and not face discrimination for exercising these rights.

We do not "sell" the personal information obtained from California residents, including personal information of minors under 16, and we commit not to do so in the future without offering the option to opt out.

"Do Not Track" ("DNT") is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers to indicate their preference regarding the collection of information about their website visits over time. Since there is no legal standard on this matter, we wish to inform you that we do not acknowledge or respond to "DNT" signals.

California consumers can make rights requests by contacting us. We will authenticate your request by asking for information that matches our records. Users of giftranks.co.uk can also authorize an agent to exercise these rights on their behalf, but we will need proof of authorization and may still ask you to verify your identity directly with us.

Information for Residents of the European Economic Area (EEA)

If you live in a country within the European Economic Area (EEA), you have specific additional rights, which include:

• Access: You can access your personal data.
• Accuracy: You can make sure your personal data is accurate.
• Deletion: You can request that your personal data be deleted.
• Restriction: You can ask for the processing of your personal data to be restricted.
• Complaint: If there is a mistake in how your data is used, you can make a complaint to the relevant authority in your country of residence.

If you believe that how we handle your personal information on giftranks.co.uk goes against data protection laws, you have the legal option to complain to the appropriate data protection supervisory authority. Any disputes related to this agreement will be resolved solely by the courts of the EU member state, Latvia.

To exercise any of your rights concerning your personal data, please send us a written notice using the contact details provided below.

Revisions to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend or update this Policy on giftranks.co.uk. This may involve adjusting it to comply with new privacy laws or changes in current regulations. Any modifications to this Policy will be posted on the website. The Controller will make reasonable attempts to inform users about important updates.

Contact information

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Last updated: 22nd of August, 2024