Privacy Policy
What information do we collect about you?
Information you provide directly
Some Services enable you to give us information directly. For example:
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A number of our Services enable users to create accounts or profiles. In connection with these Services, we may ask you to provide certain information about yourself to set up the account or profile. For example, you can submit certain information about yourself, such as your name and email address, when you create your Account.
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If you order a product or service from us, we may ask for your name, contact information, shipping and billing address(es), and credit card information in order to process your order.
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Some of our Services enable you to communicate with other people. Those communications will be transmitted through and stored on our systems.
Information about your use of the Services
In addition to the information you provide, we may collect information about your use of our Services through software on your device and other means. For example, we may collect:
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Device information such as your hardware model, IMEI number and other unique device identifiers, MAC address, IP address, operating system version, and settings of the device you use to access the Services.
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Log information such as the time and duration of your use of the Service, search query terms you enter through the Services, and any information stored in cookies that we have set on your device.
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Location information such as your device’s GPS signal or information about nearby WiFi access points and cell towers that may be transmitted to us, with your consent, when you use certain Services.
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Voice information such as recordings of your voice that we make (and may store on our servers) when you use voice commands to control a Service. (Note that we work with a third-party service provider that provides speech-to-text conversion services on our behalf. This provider may receive and store certain voice commands.)
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Other information about your use of the Services, such as the apps you use, the websites you visit, and how you interact with content offered through a Service.
Information from third-party sources
We may receive information about you from publicly and commercially available sources (as permitted by law), which we may combine with other information we receive from or about you. We also may receive information about you from third-party social networking services when you choose to connect with those services.
Other Information We Collect
We also may collect other information about you, your device, or your use of the services in ways that we describe to you at the point of collection or otherwise with your consent.
You can choose not to provide us with certain types of information (e.g., information we request during your account registration), but doing so may affect your ability to use some Services.
How do we use your information?
We may use information we collect for the following purposes:
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to register you or your device for a Service;
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to provide a Service or feature you request, including to enable us to fulfill our obligations under any contract with you;
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to provide customised content and make recommendations based on your past activities on our Services;
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for advertising, such as providing customised advertisements and sponsored content and sending you promotional communications;
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for assessment and analysis of our market, customers, products, and services (including asking you for your opinions on our products and services and carrying out customer surveys);
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to understand the way people use our Services so that we can improve them and develop new products and services;
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to provide maintenance on your account
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for the prevention or detection of fraud or crime;
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for business monitoring and internal record keeping;
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to comply with our legal obligations;
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to conduct free prize draws, prize competitions or promotions, as permitted by law; and
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otherwise with your consent.
We may combine information we collect from you and use it for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy, subject to your additional consent. After you have consented to such information combination, you will be given the opportunity to disable such combination either through the settings menus or by visiting your Pro Elite account.
Direct marketing
We may use information about you which we hold in order to provide you with information about products or services, promotions, special offers and other information which relates to our products or services or which we believe may be of interest to you.
When you provide us with information about yourself, you will usually be given the option to let us know that you do not want that information to be used for direct marketing purposes whether by ourselves or by any third party partners. We will only use that information for the purpose of direct marketing in accordance with your preferences (or where we are otherwise permitted to do so by law).
Where your consent is required, we will usually ask for it by asking to you tick an "opt-in" box on the pages of our website where we ask for information about you. The "opt-in" box may or may not be split between different classes of information or different means of marketing.
By 'preferences' we mean whether or not you have "opted in" and as such whether we can or cannot send direct marketing to you.
We may send you such information by:
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email;
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telephone (including automated calls which means a call which delivers a pre-recorded message with marketing content to your telephone);
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SMS text message and/or any other form of electronic messages (including MMS; picture messages; video messages; instant messages; and next generation messages);
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post;
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fax;
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social networking websites;
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any mobile telephone media content not referred to elsewhere in this list;
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or any other method which becomes relevant from time to time.
You can change your mind about your preferences (as defined above) in respect of direct marketing by contacting our Customer Service Team at sales@pro -elite.co.uk You can do this at any time. In addition, if you receive direct marketing from us by email or by SMS message, you will be reminded in the email or SMS message that you are free to request a change to your preferences. If you do change your mind about your preferences, we would not remove your Personal Data from our data base(s) but we would note your changed preferences and would cease using your information for the purpose of direct marketing as soon as reasonably possible.
To Whom do you disclose your information?
We will not disclose your information to third parties for their own independent marketing or business purposes without your consent. However, we may disclose your information to the following entities:
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Affiliates Your information may be shared among Pro Elite Affiliates.
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Service providers We also may disclose your information to companies that provide services for or on behalf of us, such as companies that help us with billing or that send emails on our behalf. These entities are limited in their ability to use your information for purposes other than providing services for us.
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Other Parties When Required by Law or as Necessary to Protect Our Services. There may be instances when we disclose your information to other parties:
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- to comply with the law or respond to compulsory legal process (such as a search warrant or other court order);
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- to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our Services; and
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- to protect the rights, property, or safety of Pro Elite, or any of our respective affiliates, business partners, or customers.
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Other Parties in Connection With Corporate Transactions. We may disclose your information to a third party as part of a merger or transfer, or in the event of a bankruptcy.
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Other Parties With Your Consent or At Your Direction. In addition to the disclosures described in this Privacy Policy, we may share information about you with third parties when you consent to or request such sharing.
What do we do to keep your information secure?
We have put in place reasonable physical and technical measures to safeguard the information we collect in connection with the services we provide. However, please note that although we take reasonable steps to protect your information, no website, Internet transmission, computer system or wireless connection is completely secure.
International Transfer of Data
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, stored at or otherwise processed in a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"), including but not limited to South Korea .
By using or participating in any Service and/or providing us with your information, you consent to the collection, transfer, storage and processing of your information outside of the EEA. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy
Accessing Your Information
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to request details of Personal Data which we hold about you. We will comply with your request promptly and by no later than 40 days from receipt of any such request. We may charge a reasonable fee for dealing with your request which we will notify to you. If you would like to make any such request, please write to our Customer Service Team at sales@pro-elite.co.uk
Please help us to ensure that the information about you that we hold is accurate and up to date. If you think that any information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to our Customer Service. We will correct or update any information about you as soon as reasonably possible.
Data Retention
We take reasonable steps to ensure that we retain information about you only for so long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or as required under any contract or by applicable law.
Third-Party Links and Products on Our Services
Our Services may link to third-party websites and services that are outside our control. We are not responsible for the security or privacy of any information collected by websites or other services. You should exercise caution, and review the privacy statements applicable to the third-party websites and services you use.
Cookies, Beacons and Similar Technologies.
We, as well as certain third parties that provide content, advertising, or other functionality on our Services, may use cookies, beacons, and other technologies in certain areas of our Services.
Cookies
Cookies are small files that store information on your computer, TV, mobile phone or other device. They enable the entity that put the cookie on your device to recognize you across different websites, services, devices, and/or browsing sessions. Cookies serve many useful purposes.
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
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Essential cookies, which enable you to order products and receive services from our website;
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Performance cookies, which enable us to analyse the performance and design of our website and detect errors. For example, this type of cookie allows us to recognize that you have visited our website before, and show which sections of our website are most popular by allowing us to see which pages visitors access most frequently and how much time visitors spend on each page. We may use Google Analytics or similar analytics cookies to achieve this;
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Functional cookies, which allow us to deliver a better user experience. For example, this type of cookie ensures that the information displayed on your next visit to our website will match up with your user preferences, or tells us the domain name of another website from which you linked to our website; and
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Advertising cookies, which enable us and our carefully selected retail partners to deliver advertisements to you which match your interests by, for example, collecting information about products you have browsed or ordered on our website. We may use Google remarketing tags to allow our retail partners to advertise products which you have browsed on our website. For further information about how Google remarketing tags work, please click here:- http://www.google.co.uk/think/products/new-remarketing-tag.html
Our website may also display content from a third party website or service, which may result in cookies from third parties being stored on your hard drive or browser. We do not control the storage of these cookies and you should refer to the privacy policies of the relevant third party for more information.
When you use a web browser to access the Services, you can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is sent. Each browser is different, so check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. The operating system of your device may contain additional controls for cookies.
Please note, however, that some Services may be designed to work using cookies and that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use those Services, or certain parts of them.
Your Choices.
You can make choices about whether to receive promotional communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the communication. And by adjusting the privacy setting on the relevant device or updating your user or account profile, you can make a variety of choices about how your information is used.
Further Information.
If you have any specific questions, please contact us at:
Customer Services
Pro-Elite Supplements Ltd
First Floor Unit 13 Waverley Industrial Park
Hailsham Drive
Harrow
HA1 4TR