Privacy & Cookie Policy

Cosmic Minds (‘us’, ‘we’, or ‘our’) operates https://cosmicminds.co.uk (the ‘Site’).

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of the Site; from website forms and from phone calls. By using the Site, completing any forms on the site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. This Privacy Notice provides details of the personal data we collect from you, what we do with it, how you might access it and who it might be shared with.

Our Contact Information (Data Controller) is cosmic minds

cosmicminds.co.uk

07947 330 282

info@cosmicminds.co.uk

What we do with your personal data?

We process personal data only for the purpose for which they are collected. If you make a purchase via our website, you are required to provide your personal data. We use this personal data for all purchases made. We may use your personal data for other similar purposes, including marketing and communications, but that will only occur in the case we have your consent or another legal justification for doing so.  No personal data will be shared, sold or passed on to a third party without your consent.

From our Customers / Clients we process and retain personal data for the following purposes and periods, with the applicable legal basis.

Communications either by phone, text or email until consent is withdrawn

Marketing/Newsletters via Mailchimp until consent is withdrawn or you unsubscribe directly

For health and safety purposes e.g. register entries and emergency contact details until consent is withdrawn

Photographs/videos for use on social media, company website and newsletters until consent is withdrawn.

Suppliers

From our Suppliers we process and retain personal data for the following purposes and periods, with the applicable legal basis.

Communications either by phone, text or email until consent is withdrawn

What personal data do we collect?

The personal data we collect depends on whether you just visit our website or use our services. If you visit our website, you do not need to provide us with any personal data. However, your browser transmits some data automatically, such as the date and time of retrieval of one of our web pages, your browser type and settings, your operating system, the last web page you visited, the data transmitted and the access status, and your IP address.  If you use our services, personal data is required to fulfil the requirements of a contractual or service relationship, which may exist between you and our organisation. This is collected on our forms either electronically or on paper.

We collect:

  • Contact information – address, email & telephone.
  • Demographic information such as location.
  • Service related details.

In addition, photographs and video from events etc may be collected with your consent

Should we intend to use the information for any further purpose, we will always inform you beforehand.

How do we look after personal data?

We limit the amount of personal data collected only to what is fit for the purpose, as described above. We restrict, secure and control all our information assets against unauthorised access, damage, loss or destruction; whether physical or electronic. We retain personal data only for as long as is described above, to respond to your requests, or longer if required by law. If we retain your personal data for historical or statistical purposes, we ensure that the personal data cannot be used further. While in our possession, together with your assistance, we try to maintain the accuracy of your personal data.

How can you access your personal data?

You have the right to request access to any of your personal data we may hold. If any of that information is incorrect, you may request that we correct it. If we are improperly using your information, you may request that we stop using it or even delete it completely.  If you would like to make a request to see what personal data of yours we might hold, you may make a request from our company website or in writing using a subject access request form (SAR).  Where you have previously given your consent to process your personal data, you also have the right to request that we port or transfer your personal data to a different service provider or to yourself, if you so wish. 

Where it may have been necessary to get your consent to use your personal data, at any moment, you have the right to withdraw that consent. If you withdraw your consent, we will cease using your personal data without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before your withdrawal.

The Supervisory Authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF

Email: international.team@ico.org.uk

www.ico.org.uk

 

Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The table below explains the cookies we use and why.

Universal Analytics (Google)

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website and WordPress blog. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

Read Google’s overview of privacy and safeguarding data

YouTube cookies

We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.

Strictly Necessary Cookies. 

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms.

You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.

All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages.  If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Targeting Cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

Can I change my cookie settings?

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/  or https://www.allaboutcookies.org/    

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout