Privacy policy
Last updated: July 26, 2022
This privacy notice
for Affiliate Solutions Ltd
( '
Company
', 'we', 'us', or
'our',
), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or
share ( 'process' )
your information when you use our services (
'Services' ), such as when
you:
- Visit our
website
at https://awesomefreebies.co.uk , or any website of ours that links to this privacy notice
- Engage with
us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events
Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy
notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our
policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or
concerns, please contact us at hello@awesomefreebies.co.uk
.
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
This summary provides key points from our privacy notice,
but you can find out more details about any of these topics by clicking the link following
each key point or by using our table of contents below to find the section you are looking
for. You can also click here to go directly to our table of
contents.
What
personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we
may process personal information depending on how you interact with
Affiliate Solutions Ltd
and the Services, the choices you make, and the
products and features you use. Click
here to learn more.
Do
we process any sensitive personal information?
We do not process sensitive personal information.
Do
we receive any information from third parties?
We do not receive any information from third parties.
How
do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and
administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with
law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your
information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so. Click here to learn more.
In
what situations and with which types of parties do we share personal information?
We may share information in specific situations and with specific
categories of third parties.
Click here to learn more.
How
do we keep your information safe? We have
organisational and technical processes and procedures in place to
protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or
information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or
guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorised
third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly
collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Click
here to learn more.
What are your rights? Depending on where you are
located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your
personal information. Click here to learn more.
How
do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by filling out
our data subject request form available here
, or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request
in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Want to
learn more about what
Affiliate Solutions Ltd
does with any information we collect? Click
here to review the notice in full.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. WHAT
INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose
to us
In
Short: We collect
personal information that you provide to
us.
We collect
personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you
register on the Services,
express an interest in obtaining
information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the
Services, or otherwise when you contact us.
Personal Information Provided by You. The
personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the
Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information
we collect may include the following:
-
names
-
email addresses
-
passwords
-
contact preferences
Sensitive Information.
We do not process sensitive information.
Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with
the option to register with us using your existing social media account details, like your
Facebook, Twitter, or other social media account. If you choose to register in this way, we will
collect the information described in the section called '
HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL
LOGINS?
' below.
All personal
information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us
of any changes to such personal information.
Information automatically collected
In
Short: Some information —
such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device
characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our
Services.
We
automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This
information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but
may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device
characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country,
location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information.
This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and
for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many
businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.
The
information we collect includes:
- Log
and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and
performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our
Services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log
data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and
information about your activity in the Services (such
as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and
other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as
system activity, error reports (sometimes called
'crash dumps' ), and hardware settings).
- Device Data. We collect device data such as
information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the
Services. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as
your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location,
browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating
system, and system configuration information.
- Location Data. We collect location data such as
information about your device's location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much
information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the
Services. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data
that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing
us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling
your Location setting on your device. However, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able
to use certain aspects of the Services.
2. HOW DO WE
PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We
process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services,
communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with
law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your
consent.
We
process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact
with our Services, including:
- To facilitate account creation and authentication and
otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can
create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order.
- To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to
the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested
service.
- To enable
user-to-user communications. We may process
your information if you choose to use any of our offerings
that allow for communication with another user.
- To request
feedback. We may process your information when
necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your
use of our Services.
- To send you marketing
and promotional communications. We may process
the personal information you send to us for our marketing
purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing
preferences. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any
time. For more information, see
' WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS? ' below).
- To deliver targeted
advertising to you. We may process your
information to develop and display
personalised content and advertising tailored to your interests, location, and more.
- To
identify usage trends.
We may process information about how
you use our Services to better
understand how they are being used
so we can improve
them.
- To
determine the effectiveness
of our marketing and
promotional
campaigns. We may
process your information to
better understand how to provide
marketing and promotional
campaigns that are most relevant
to you.
- To
save or protect an
individual's vital
interest. We
may process your information
when necessary to save or
protect an individual’s
vital interest, such as to
prevent harm.
3.
WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY
ON TO PROCESS YOUR
INFORMATION?
In
Short: We only
process your personal
information when we believe
it is necessary and we have
a valid legal reason (i.e.
legal basis) to do so
under applicable law, like
with your consent, to comply
with laws, to provide you
with services to enter into
or
fulfil
our contractual
obligations, to protect your
rights, or to
fulfil
our legitimate
business
interests.
The
General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR
require us to explain the valid
legal bases we rely on in order
to process your personal
information. As such, we may
rely on the following legal
bases to process your personal
information:
- Consent. We
may process your information
if you have given us
permission (i.e.
- Performance
of a Contract.
We may process your personal
information when we believe
it is necessary to
- Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we may process your personal information for some of the purposes described in order to:
- Send
users information about
special offers and discounts
on our products and services
- Develop
and display
- Support
our marketing activities
- Understand
how our users use our
products and services so
we can improve user
experience
- Legal
Obligations.
We may process your
information where we
believe it is necessary
for compliance with our
legal obligations, such
as to cooperate with a
law enforcement body or
regulatory agency,
exercise or defend our
legal rights, or
disclose your
information as evidence
in litigation in which
we are involved.
- Vital
Interests.
We may process your
information where we
believe it is necessary
to protect your vital
interests or the vital
interests of a third
party, such as
situations involving
potential threats to the
safety of any
person.
In
legal terms, we are
generally the
'data controller'
under European data
protection laws of the
personal information
described in this privacy
notice, since we determine
the means and/or purposes of
the data processing we
perform. This privacy notice
does not apply to the
personal information we
process as a
'data processor'
on behalf of our
customers. In those
situations, the customer
that we provide services to
and with whom we have
entered into a data
processing agreement is the
'data controller'
responsible for your
personal information, and we
merely process your
information on their behalf
in accordance with your
instructions. If you want to
know more about our
customers' privacy
practices, you should read
their privacy policies and
direct any questions you
have to them.
In
Short: We
may share
information in
specific situations
described in this
section and/or with
the following
categories of
third
parties.
Vendors,
Consultants, and Other
Third-Party Service
Providers. We
may share your data with
third-party vendors, service
providers, contractors, or
agents (
'third
parties'
) who perform services
for us or on our behalf and
require access to such
information to do that work.
We have contracts in
place with our third
parties, which are designed
to help safeguard your
personal information. This
means that they cannot do
anything with your personal
information unless we have
instructed them to do it.
They will also not share
your personal information
with any
organisation
apart from us. They
also commit to protect the
data they hold on our behalf
and to retain it for the
period we instruct.
The
categories of
third parties we may
share personal information
with are as
follows:
-
Ad Networks
-
Affiliate Marketing Programs
-
Data Analytics Services
-
Performance Monitoring Tools
-
Sales & Marketing Tools
-
Social Networks
We
also
may need to share your
personal information in the
following
situations:
- Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
-
Affiliates. We
may share your
information with our
affiliates, in which
case we will require
those affiliates to
-
Business
Partners.
We may share your
information with our
business partners to
offer you certain
products, services,
or
promotions.
5.
WHAT IS OUR
STANCE ON
THIRD-PARTY
WEBSITES?
In
Short: We
are not
responsible
for the
safety of
any
information
that you
share with
third
parties that
we may link
to or who
advertise on
our
Services,
but are not
affiliated
with, our
Services.
The
Services
may link
to third-party
websites, online
services, or
mobile
applications
and/or contain
advertisements
from third
parties that are
not affiliated
with us and
which may link
to other
websites,
services, or
applications.
Accordingly, we
do not make any
guarantee
regarding any
such third
parties, and we
will not be
liable for any
loss or damage
caused by the
use of such
third-party
websites,
services, or
applications.
The inclusion of
a link towards a
third-party
website,
service, or
application does
not imply an
endorsement by
us. We cannot
guarantee the
safety and
privacy of data
you provide to
any third
parties. Any
data collected
by third parties
is not covered
by this privacy
notice. We are
not responsible
for the content
or privacy and
security
practices and
policies of any
third parties,
including other
websites,
services, or
applications
that may be
linked to or
from the
Services. You
should review
the policies of
such third
parties and
contact them
directly to
respond to your
questions.
In
Short: We
may use
cookies
and
other
tracking
technologies
to
collect
and
store
your
information.
We
may use
cookies and
similar
tracking
technologies
(like web
beacons and
pixels) to
access or
store
information.
Specific
information
about how we
use such
technologies
and how you
can refuse
certain
cookies is
set out in
our Cookie
Notice
.
In
Short: If
you
choose
to
register
or log
in to
our
services
using a
social
media
account,
we may
have
access
to
certain
information
about
you.
Our
Services
offer you
the ability
to register
and log in
using your
third-party
social media
account
details
(like your
Facebook or
Twitter
logins).
Where you
choose to do
this, we
will receive
certain
profile
information
about you
from your
social media
provider.
The profile
information
we receive
may vary
depending on
the social
media
provider
concerned,
but will
often
include your
name, email
address,
friends
list, and
profile
picture, as
well as
other
information
you choose
to make
public on
such a
social media
platform.
We
will use the
information
we receive
only for the
purposes
that are
described in
this privacy
notice or
that are
otherwise
made clear
to you on
the relevant
Services.
Please note
that we do
not control,
and are not
responsible
for, other
uses of your
personal
information
by your
third-party
social media
provider. We
recommend
that you
review their
privacy
notice to
understand
how they
collect,
use, and
share your
personal
information,
and how you
can set your
privacy
preferences
on their
sites and
apps.
8.
HOW
LONG
DO
WE
KEEP
YOUR
INFORMATION?
In
Short: We
keep
your
information
for as
long as
necessary
to
fulfil
the
purposes
outlined
in this
privacy
notice
unless
otherwise
required
by
law.
We
will only
keep your
personal
information
for as long
as it is
necessary
for the
purposes set
out in this
privacy
notice,
unless a
longer
retention
period is
required or
permitted by
law (such as
tax,
accounting,
or other
legal
requirements).
No purpose
in this
notice will
require us
keeping your
personal
information
for longer
than
the
period of
time in
which users
have an
account with
us
.
When
we have no
ongoing
legitimate
business
need to
process your
personal
information,
we will
either
delete or
anonymise
such
information,
or, if this
is not
possible
(for
example,
because your
personal
information
has been
stored in
backup
archives),
then we will
securely
store your
personal
information
and isolate
it from any
further
processing
until
deletion is
possible.
9.
HOW
DO
WE
KEEP
YOUR
INFORMATION
SAFE?
In
Short: We
aim to
protect
your
personal
information
through
a system
of
organisational
and
technical
security
measures.
We
have
implemented
appropriate
and
reasonable
technical
and
organisational
security
measures
designed to
protect the
security of
any personal
information
we process.
However,
despite our
safeguards
and efforts
to secure
your
information,
no
electronic
transmission
over the
Internet or
information
storage
technology
can be
guaranteed
to be 100%
secure, so
we cannot
promise or
guarantee
that
hackers,
cybercriminals,
or other
unauthorised
third
parties will
not be able
to defeat
our security
and
improperly
collect,
access,
steal, or
modify your
information.
Although we
will do our
best to
protect your
personal
information,
transmission
of personal
information
to and from
our Services
is at your
own risk.
You should
only access
the Services
within a
secure
environment.
10.
WHAT
ARE
YOUR
PRIVACY
RIGHTS?
In
Short:
In
some
regions,
such as
the
European
Economic
Area
(EEA)
and
United
Kingdom
(UK)
,
you have
rights
that
allow
you
greater
access
to and
control
over
your
personal
information.
You
may
review,
change,
or
terminate
your
account
at any
time.
In
some regions
(like
the
EEA and UK
), you
have certain
rights under
applicable
data
protection
laws. These
may include
the right
(i) to
request
access and
obtain a
copy of your
personal
information,
(ii) to
request
rectification
or erasure;
(iii) to
restrict the
processing
of your
personal
information;
and (iv) if
applicable,
to data
portability.
In certain
circumstances,
you may also
have the
right to
object to
the
processing
of your
personal
information.
You can make
such a
request by
contacting
us by using
the contact
details
provided in
the section
'
HOW
CAN YOU
CONTACT
US ABOUT
THIS
NOTICE?
'
below.
We
will
consider and
act upon any
request in
accordance
with
applicable
data
protection
laws.
If
you are
located in
the EEA or
UK and you
believe we
are
unlawfully
processing
your
personal
information,
you also
have the
right to
complain to
your local
data
protection
supervisory
authority.
You can find
their
contact
details
here: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.
If
you are
located in
Switzerland,
the contact
details for
the data
protection
authorities
are
available
here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.
Withdrawing
your
consent:
If we are
relying on
your consent
to process
your
personal
information,
you
have the
right to
withdraw
your consent
at any time.
You can
withdraw
your consent
at any time
by
contacting
us by using
the contact
details
provided in
the section
'
HOW
CAN YOU
CONTACT
US ABOUT
THIS
NOTICE?
'
below
or
updating
your
preferences
.
However,
please note that
this will not
affect the
lawfulness of
the processing
before its
withdrawal, nor
will it
affect the
processing of
your personal
information
conducted in
reliance on
lawful
processing
grounds other
than consent.
Opting
out of
marketing
and
promotional
communications: You
can unsubscribe
from our
marketing and
promotional
communications
at any time by
clicking
on the
unsubscribe link
in the emails
that we send,
or by
contacting us
using the
details provided
in the section
'
HOW
CAN YOU
CONTACT US
ABOUT THIS
NOTICE?
'
below.
You will then be
removed from the
marketing lists.
However, we may
still
communicate with
you — for
example, to send
you
service-related
messages that
are necessary
for the
administration
and use of your
account, to
respond to
service
requests, or for
other
non-marketing
purposes.
Account
Information
If
you would at any
time like to
review or change
the information
in your account
or terminate
your account,
you can:
-
Log in to your account settings and update your user account.
Upon
your request to
terminate your
account, we will
deactivate or
delete your
account and
information from
our active
databases.
However, we may
retain some
information in
our files to
prevent fraud,
troubleshoot
problems, assist
with any
investigations,
enforce our
legal terms
and/or comply
with applicable
legal
requirements.
Cookies
and
similar
technologies:
Most Web
browsers are
set to
accept
cookies by
default. If
you prefer,
you can
usually
choose to
set your
browser to
remove
cookies and
to reject
cookies. If
you choose
to remove
cookies or
reject
cookies,
this could
affect
certain
features or
services of
our
Services. To
opt out of
interest-based
advertising
by
advertisers
on our
Services
visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.
If
you have
questions or
comments about
your privacy
rights, you may
email us at
privacy@awesomefreebies.co.uk
.
11.
CONTROLS
FOR
DO-NOT-TRACK
FEATURES
Most
web browsers
and some
mobile
operating
systems and
mobile
applications
include a
Do-Not-Track
(
'DNT'
)
feature or
setting you
can activate
to signal
your privacy
preference
not to have
data about
your online
browsing
activities
monitored
and
collected.
At this
stage no
uniform
technology
standard for
recognising
and
implementing
DNT signals
has been
finalised
. As
such, we do
not
currently
respond to
DNT browser
signals or
any other
mechanism
that
automatically
communicates
your choice
not to be
tracked
online. If a
standard for
online
tracking is
adopted that
we must
follow in
the future,
we will
inform you
about that
practice in
a revised
version of
this privacy
notice.
12.
DO
CALIFORNIA
RESIDENTS
HAVE
SPECIFIC
PRIVACY
RIGHTS?
In
Short: Yes,
if you
are a
resident
of
California,
you are
granted
specific
rights
regarding
access
to your
personal
information.
California
Civil Code
Section
1798.83,
also known
as the
'Shine
The Light'
law,
permits our
users who
are
California
residents to
request and
obtain from
us, once a
year and
free of
charge,
information
about
categories
of personal
information
(if any) we
disclosed to
third
parties for
direct
marketing
purposes and
the names
and
addresses of
all third
parties with
which we
shared
personal
information
in the
immediately
preceding
calendar
year. If you
are a
California
resident and
would like
to make such
a request,
please
submit your
request in
writing to
us using the
contact
information
provided
below.
If
you are
under 18
years of
age, reside
in
California,
and have a
registered
account with
Services,
you have the
right to
request
removal of
unwanted
data that
you publicly
post on the
Services. To
request
removal of
such data,
please
contact us
using the
contact
information
provided
below and
include the
email
address
associated
with your
account and
a statement
that you
reside in
California.
We will make
sure the
data is not
publicly
displayed on
the
Services,
but please
be aware
that the
data may not
be
completely
or
comprehensively
removed from
all our
systems
(e.g.
backups,
etc.).
13.
DO
WE
MAKE
UPDATES
TO
THIS
NOTICE?
In
Short: Yes,
we will
update
this
notice
as
necessary
to stay
compliant
with
relevant
laws.
We
may update
this privacy
notice from
time to
time. The
updated
version will
be indicated
by an
updated
'Revised'
date
and the
updated
version will
be effective
as soon as
it is
accessible.
If we make
material
changes to
this privacy
notice, we
may notify
you either
by
prominently
posting a
notice of
such changes
or by
directly
sending you
a
notification.
We encourage
you to
review this
privacy
notice
frequently
to be
informed of
how we are
protecting
your
information.
14.
HOW
CAN
YOU
CONTACT
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If
you are a resident
in the United
Kingdom, the
'data
controller'
of your
personal information
is
Affiliate
Solutions Ltd
.
Affiliate
Solutions Ltd
has appointed
Steve
Allinson
to be its
representative in
the UK. You can
contact them
directly regarding
the processing of
your information by
Affiliate
Solutions Ltd
,
by
email at
info@affiliate-solutions.co.uk
,
by
visiting
affiliate-solutions.co.uk
,
by
phone at
01227
769625
,
or by post
to:
15.
HOW
CAN
YOU
REVIEW,
UPDATE,
OR
DELETE
THE
DATA
WE
COLLECT
FROM
YOU?
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on the
applicable
laws of your
country, you
may have the
right to
request
access to
the personal
information
we collect
from you,
change that
information,
or delete
it. To
request to
review,
update, or
delete your
personal
information,
please
submit
a request
form by
clicking here
.
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