Privacy Policy
Exmoor zoo privacy policy;
GDPR policy Exmoor Zoo
For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998, Exmoor Zoo ('we' or 'us') is the 'data controller' (i.e. the company who is responsible for, and controls the processing of, your personal data).
Personal data we may collect about you
We will obtain personal data about you (such as your name, address, and date of birth) whenever you complete an online form. For example, we will obtain your personal data when you register to use this website, send us feedback, post material, contact us for any reason, sign up to a service or enter a competition. We may monitor your usage of this website. This may include monitoring how many times you visit, which pages you go to, traffic data, location data and the originating domain name of a user's internet service provider. This information helps us to build a profile of our users. Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually. Please see further the section on 'Use of cookies' below.
How we may use your personal data
We will use your personal data for the purposes described in the data protection notice that was given to you at the time your data were obtained. These purposes include:
• To help us identify you
• Administration
• Statistical analysis
• Marketing - see 'Marketing and opting out' below
• To notify you any changes to this website or our services which may affect you
• improving our services
• informing you about Exmoor Zoo via newsletters
Marketing and opting out
We will not share your personal data with other organisations and we may contact you, unless you have asked us not to do so, by email about products, services, promotions, special offers, charitable causes which may be of interest to you.
If you prefer not to receive any further marketing communications from us, you can opt out at any time. See further 'Your rights' below.
Disclosure of your personal data
We will not disclose your personal data:
Keeping your data secure
We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal data, for example:
• We store your personal data on secure servers
Whilst we will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard your personal data, you acknowledge that the use of the internet is not entirely secure and for this reason we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal data which are transferred from you or to you via the internet.
Monitoring
We may monitor and record communications with you such as emails for quality assurance and training.
Information about other individuals
If you give us information on behalf of someone else, you confirm that the other person has appointed you to act on his/her behalf and has agreed that you can:
• give consent on his/her behalf to the processing of his or her personal data
• receive on his/her behalf any data protection notices
• give consent to the processing of his or her email details.
Use of cookies
When you use this website, we may collect information about your computer, such as your IP address and/or browser, which we will use for administration purposes and statistical analysis. This information will not usually identify you personally.
We will not obtain information about your online movements and use of the internet.
The clear majority of web browsers accept cookies. However, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted. If you do this, you may lose some of the functionality of this website.
For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to: aboutcookies.org
Your rights
You have the right, subject to the payment of a small fee (currently £10) to request access to personal data which we may process about you. If you wish to exercise this right, you should:
• put your request in writing
• include proof of your identity and address (e.g. a copy of your driving licence or passport, and a recent utility or credit card bill)
• attach a cheque in the amount of £10 made payable to Exmoor Zoo
• specify the personal data you want access to, including any account or reference numbers where applicable.
You have the right to require us to correct any inaccuracies in your data free of charge. If you wish to exercise this right, you should:
• put your request in writing
• provide us with enough information to identify you (e.g. account number, username, registration details)
• specify the information that is incorrect and what it should be replaced with.
You also have the right to ask us to stop processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. If you wish to exercise this right, you should:
• put your request in writing
• provide us with enough information to identify you (e.g. account number, username, registration details)