Privacy & Cookie Policy
At Whaircut.com - accessible from www.whaircut.com - one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors.
This page contains detail of the types of information that is collected and recorded by Whaircut.com on this website and how we use it.
In this document, "we", "our", or "us" refer to Whaircut.com.
This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in Whaircut.com. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.
Information we collect
We automatically attempt to detect your rough location based on your IP address and other publicly available information upon entry to our website. This allows us to provide you with accurate local search results. We do not collect any other personal information from visitors on our website unless you choose to register for an account or contact us.
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.
When you register for an Account or claim a listing we may ask for your contact information, including items such as (but not limited to) your name, company name, address, email address, telephone number, logo, business address and opening hours.
If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.
How we use your information
We do not share or sell your personal information to any third parties - your privacy is important to us!
We will use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our website
- Improve, personalize, and expand our website
- Understand and analyse how you use our website
- Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
- Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
- Send you emails (if you opt-in to future communications)
- Find and prevent fraud
Log Files
Whaircut.com follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
The purpose of the information is for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, Whaircut.com uses 'cookies'. These cookies (small text files) are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type, location and/or other information.
We do not store any information that is personally identifiable in any cookies.
For more general information on cookies please click here (wikipedia).
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of Whaircut.com.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Whaircut.com, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note that Whaircut.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Third Party Privacy Policies
Whaircut.com's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to access
You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service. - The right to rectification
You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete. - The right to erasure
You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions. - The right to restrict processing
You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions. - The right to object to processing
You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions. - The right to data portability
You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights please contact us.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our privacy policy please do not hesitate to contact us.