Legals

We, aDoddle Ltd (trading as Newent Driveways), own and operate this Website. We're a limited company registered in England and Wales under company number: 13316680 having our registered office at 14 Onslow Road, Newent, GL18 1TL. 

1.   How these Terms apply

1.1        By using the Website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by these Terms regarding the use of the Website in consideration for us allowing you to access and use the Website. You must not use the Website if you do not agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms.

1.2        Use of the Website includes accessing or browsing the Website.

1.3        We reserve the right to change these Terms at any time. We will take reasonable steps to make you aware of any changes to the Terms, for example by posting them on the Website. You agree to be bound by the version of these Terms displayed on the Website at the time you use it.

1.4        These Terms refer to the following, which also apply when using this Website:

a.                 Privacy Policy, which can be found at below.

2.   Access

2.1        You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website.

2.2        You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms, and that they comply with them.

2.3        We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the Website is available to view and use 24 hours a day throughout each year; however, this is not guaranteed. The Website may be temporarily unavailable at any time because of server or systems failure or other technical issues, or reasons that are beyond our control, required updating, maintenance or repair.

2.4        Where possible, we will try to give you advance warning of maintenance issues but shall not be obliged to do so.

3.   Intellectual property

3.1        In these Terms, Intellectual Property Rights mean copyright (including design copyrights), trade marks, patent, database and other intellectual property rights and similar proprietary rights which include, (without limitation), all rights in software, design, materials, works, techniques, computer programs, source codes, data, technical information, trading business brand names, goodwill, service marks, the style or presentation of the goods or services, creations, inventions or improvements upon or additions to an invention, confidential information, know-how and any research effort relating to aDoddle Ltd (trading as Newent Driveways), moral rights and any similar rights in any country (whether registered or unregistered and including applications for and the right to apply for them in any part of the world).

3.2        The software code contained in and related to the Website and the materials on the Website including text, images, videos, photographs and other materials are protected by Intellectual Property Rights owned by us and our licensors. You acknowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights in the Website and any software code used with and material supplied as part of the Website shall remain with us or our licensors.

3.3        Subject to clause 4 you may:

a.                 retrieve and display materials on the Website on a computer screen;

b.                 download and store in electronic form materials on the Website; and

c.                 copy and print one copy only of materials on the Website.

3.4        Copying, downloading, storing or printing the materials on the Website for any reason other than personal use or in accordance with clause 4.2.b is expressly prohibited.

3.5        You agree that you will not (and will not assist or facilitate any third party to) otherwise reproduce, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, publish, display, commercially exploit or create derivative works from any of the materials on the Website.

3.6        No licence is granted to you to use any of our trade marks or those of our affiliated companies.

3.7        You agree that you will not use our Intellectual Property Rights in any way other than allowed under these Terms and any infringement by you of our Intellectual Property Rights will be a breach of these Terms.

4.   Use of the Website

4.1        You are permitted to use the Website and the material contained in it only as expressly authorised by us and in accordance with these Terms as may be amended from time to time without notice to you.

4.2        Provided that you comply with the other provisions of this clause, you may download or print one copy only of pages of our website:  

a.                 for your own private use; or

b.                 to draw attention to the content of our website to members of your organisation.

4.3        You must not:

a.                 download or print pages of the Website for commercial use other than use permitted by clause 4.2.b;

b.                 alter the content of any webpage you download or print; or

c.                 use any images, videos or photographs on the webpage without the accompanying text.

4.4        You must:

a.                 keep intact all and any copyright and proprietary notices accompanying or attached to the materials on the Website you download, copy, store or print;

b.                 acknowledge us as the owners of the content of the Website;

c.                 erase any pages of the Website or materials on those pages downloaded other than in accordance with this clause; and

d.                 destroy any pages of the Website or materials on those pages printed other than in accordance with this clause.

4.5        You must not modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any code or program used by or in connection with the Website. You must contact us to request our consent if you wish to take any such action to create an interoperable program and we may provide such consent if you provide us with the information we request.

4.6        We provide access to and use of the Website on the basis that we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions to the maximum extent permitted by law.

4.7        We reserve the right to:

a.                 Make changes to the information or materials on this Website at any time

b.                 Temporarily or permanently change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Website, including the availability of any features, information, database or content or restrict access to parts of or the entire Website without notice or liability to you or any third party

c.                 Refuse to post material on the Website or to remove material already posted on the Website

4.8        You may not use the Website for any of the following purposes:

a.                 Disseminating any unlawful, harassing, libellous, abusive, threatening, fraudulent, malicious, harmful, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material

b.                 Stalking, harassing, threatening, blackmailing any person or violating or interfering with the rights of any other person including their right to privacy

c.                 Transmitting material that encourages conduct that constitutes a criminal offence, results in civil liability or otherwise                   

d.                 Breaching any applicable local, national or international laws, regulations or code of practice

e.                 Gaining unauthorised access to other computer systems

f.                  Interfering with any other person's use or enjoyment of the Website

g.                 Breaching any laws concerning the use of public telecommunications networks

h.                 Interfering with, disrupting or damaging networks or websites connected to the Website

i.                  Utilisation of data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools to extract (whether once or many times) for re-utilisation of any substantial parts of the Website or the contents of the Website

j.                  To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation

k.                 To create and/or publish your own database that features all or substantial parts of the Website or the contents of the Website

l.                  Making, transmitting or storing electronic copies of materials protected by copyright without the prior permission of the owner

m.                Selling or re-selling or using for commercial purposes any of the content of or access to the Website or using for commercial purposes any of the content of or access to the Website

n.                 To represent to others that there is any connection between the Website and your business or your views and opinions or that we endorse you or anything connected to you

4.9        In addition, you must not:

a.                 Knowingly introduce viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful to the Website

b.                 Impersonate any other person or fraudulently provide us with incorrect information

c.                 Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to it

d.                 Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack

e.                 Damage, disrupt or interfere with any part of the Website, any equipment or network on which the Website is stored or any software used for the provision of the Website

f.                  Remove any copyright notice or notice of any other intellectual property right from the Website or any materials on the Website

4.10     A breach of clause 4.9 or 4.8 may be a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We may report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and disclose your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Website will cease immediately.

5.   Suspending or terminating your access

We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to the Website immediately and without notice to you if:

5.1        You breach these Terms (repeatedly or otherwise)

5.2        You are impersonating any other person or entity

5.3        When requested by us to do so, you fail to provide us within a reasonable time with sufficient information to enable us to determine the accuracy and validity of any information supplied by you, or your identity

5.4        We suspect you have engaged, or are about to engage, or have in any way been involved, in fraudulent, defamatory or illegal activity on the Website

6.   Linking to the Website

6.1        You must not create a link to the Website from another website, document or any other source without first obtaining our prior written consent.

6.2        Any agreed link must:

a.                 Be to the Website's homepage and not to any other page on the Website

b.                 Be established from a website or document that is owned by you and does not contain content that is offensive, controversial, defamatory, infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or does not comply in any way with the law in the UK and the law in any country from which they are hosted

c.                 Be provided in such a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it

d.                 Not suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists

e.                 Not cause the Website or content on the Website to be embedded in or 'framed' by any other website

f.                  Not cause the content of the Website to be displayed differently from the way it appears on the Website

6.3        We have no obligation to inform you if the address of the Website home page changes and it is your responsibility to ensure that any link you provide to our homepage is at all times accurate.

6.4        We reserve the right to withdraw our consent without notice and without providing any reasons for withdrawal. Upon receiving such notice you must immediately remove the link and inform us once this has been done.

7.   External links

To provide increased value and convenience to our users, we may provide links to other websites or resources for you to access at your sole discretion and risk. You acknowledge and agree that, as you have chosen to enter the linked website we are not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and do not review or endorse and are not responsible or liable in any way, whether directly or indirectly, for:

7.1        The privacy practices of such websites

7.2        The content of such websites, including (without limitation) any advertising, content, products, goods or other materials or services on or available from such websites or resources

7.3        The use which others make of these websites

7.4        Any damage, loss or offence caused or alleged to be caused to you, arising from or in connection with the use of or reliance upon any such advertising, content, products, goods, materials or services available on and/or purchased by you from such external websites or resources

8.   Disclaimer

8.1        The content on the Website is provided for general information only. It is not intended to be advice on which you should rely. It shall be your responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through the Website meet your specific requirements.

8.2        We attempt to ensure that the information available on the Website at any time is accurate. However, we do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of material on this Website. We use all reasonable endeavours to correct errors and omissions as quickly as practicable after becoming aware or being notified of them. We make no commitment to ensure that such material is correct or up to date.

8.3        The Website is provided on an 'as is' and 'as available' basis without any representation or endorsement made and we make no warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, statutory or otherwise (unless otherwise expressly stated in these Terms or required by law).

8.4        We make no representation or warranty of any kind express or implied statutory or otherwise regarding the availability of the Website or that it will be timely or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs.

8.5        We will not be responsible or liable to you for any loss of content or material uploaded or transmitted through the Website and we accept no liability of any kind for any loss or damage from action taken in reliance on material or information contained on the Website.

8.6        You are responsible for maintaining appropriate anti-virus software on and appropriately configuring the technological devices, platform and computer programs you use to access the Website that are in your control. You must bear the risk associated with the use of the internet. In particular, we will not be liable for any damage or loss caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, any viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful that may infect your computer, peripheral computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material as a result of your use of the Website or you downloading any material posted or sold on the Website or from any website linked to it.

9.   Limitation of liability and indemnity

9.1        If you are a consumer, nothing in these Terms affects your legal rights. You can obtain advice about your legal rights from Citizens Advice if you need to.

9.2        We cannot exclude or limit our responsibility to you for:

a.                 Death or personal injury resulting from our negligence

b.                 Fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation

c.                 Action pursuant to section 2(3) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987

d.                 Any liability, right or remedy which we cannot exclude or limit pursuant to the Consumer Rights Act 2015

e.                 Any other matter for which it would be unlawful for us to exclude or attempt to exclude our liability

9.3        We will not be liable, in contract or tort (including, without limitation, negligence), or in respect of pre-contract or other representations (other than fraudulent or negligent misrepresentations) or otherwise for the below mentioned losses where they have arisen from use of or inability to use the Website for commercial purposes, or use of or reliance on any material or content displayed on the Website or on any linked websites for commercial purposes:

a.                 Any economic losses (including without limitation loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings)

b.                 Any loss of goodwill or reputation

c.                 Any special or indirect losses

d.                 Any loss of data

e.                 Wasted management or office time

f.                  Any other loss or damage of any kind

9.4        If you are not a consumer we exclude all liability, including any liability in negligence, arising from your use or inability to access or use the Website other than that referred to in clause 9.2.

9.5        If you are a consumer, we are responsible for foreseeable loss or damage which you suffer as a result of a breach by us of the Terms or as a result of our failure to act with reasonable care and skill. Loss or damage is foreseeable if either it is obvious that it will happen or if, at the time the contract was made, both we and you knew it might happen, for example, if you discussed it with us before using the Website. We are not responsible for unforeseeable losses.

9.6        If you are not a consumer, you agree to fully indemnify, defend and hold us, our officers, directors, employees and suppliers, harmless immediately on demand, from and against all claims, including but not limited to losses (including loss of profit, revenue, goodwill or reputation), costs and expenses, including reasonable administrative and legal costs, arising out of any breach of these Terms by you, or any other liabilities arising out of your use of this Website or any other person accessing the Website using your personal information with your authority.  

9.7        If you are a consumer you agree to fully reimburse us, our officers, directors, employees and suppliers for all losses (including loss of profit, revenue, goodwill or reputation), costs and expenses, including reasonable administrative and legal costs, arising out of any breach of these Terms by you, or any other act or omission by you in using the Website or by any other person accessing the Website using your personal information with your authority that results in any legal responsibility on our part to any third party.  

10.   Use of personal data

10.1     We envisage that we will request personal information from you whilst you use our website. This information will only be requested and processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which can be found at below.

10.2     In brief, we will act fairly in connection with personal information requested from you, when we request information we will alert you to our Privacy Policy, and unless the information is necessary for a reason specified in the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) we will only process it with your consent. Before receiving your information, we'll endeavour to provide the information required by the UK GDPR.

11.   General

11.1     We reserve the right to change the domain address of this Website and any services, products, product prices, product specifications and availability at any time.

11.2     Each of the sub-clauses of these Terms should be considered separately. If any of these Terms are found to be unenforceable, invalid or illegal, the rest of these Terms will continue to have full effect.

11.3     These Terms are in English only.

11.4     We will not lose our rights under these Terms by reason of any delay by us in enforcing those rights. We will not be bound by any agreement not to enforce our rights under these Terms unless we have agreed not to do so in writing.

11.5     Any delay by us in enforcing our right, non-enforcement of our rights or agreement not to enforce our rights in respect of one breach by you of these Terms will not prevent us from fully enforcing our rights in respect of any other breach by you of these Terms.

12.   Governing law and jurisdiction

12.1     The Website is controlled and operated in the United Kingdom.

12.2     If you are a business, these Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales and the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction over legal proceedings in connection with your use of the Website, any breach of these Terms and any question in connection with the interpretation or application of these Terms.

12.3     If you are a consumer, these Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales and you can bring legal proceedings in the courts of England and Wales. If you live in Scotland you can bring legal proceedings in either the courts of Scotland or England and Wales. If you live in Northern Ireland you can bring legal proceedings in either the courts of Northern Ireland or England and Wales. If you live in an EU country, you can bring legal proceedings in either the courts of your home country or England and Wales.

www.newentdriveways.co.uk ('Website') is provided by aDoddle Ltd ('we'/'us'/'our'). In doing so, we may be in a position to receive and process personal information relating to you. As the controller of this information, we're providing this Privacy Notice ('Notice') to explain our approach to personal information. This Notice forms part of our Terms of use, which govern the use of this Website.

We intend only to process personal information fairly and transparently as required by data protection law including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). In particular, before obtaining information from you (including through use of cookies) we intend to alert you to this Notice, let you know how we intend to process the information (including through use of cookies) and that we'll only process the information as permitted by law. The UK GDPR also defines certain 'special categories' of personal information that's considered more sensitive. These categories require a higher level of protection, as explained below.

Of course, you may browse parts of this Website without providing any information about yourself and without accepting cookies. In that case, it's unlikely we'll possess and process any information relating to you.

We'll start this Notice by setting out the conditions we must satisfy before processing your data. However, you may wish to start with the table at clause 4, which summarises what we intend to collect, or the table at clause 8.5, which summarises our use of cookies. The Notice also explains some of the security measures we take to protect your personal information, and tells you certain things we will or won't do. You should read this Notice in conjunction with the Terms of use.

Sometimes, when you take a new service or product from us, or discuss taking a new service or product but decide against it, we might wish to provide you with further information about similar services or products by email or other written electronic communication. In that situation, we will always give you the opportunity to refuse to receive that further information and if you change your mind please let us know. We'll endeavour to remind you of your right to opt-out on each occasion that we provide such information.

1.   Identity and contact details

1.1 Registered number: 13316680

1.2 Registered office: 14 Onslow Road, Newent, GL18 1TL

1.3 makeit@adoddle.co

2.   When we're allowed to collect information from you

We will only collect personal information relating to you if one of the following conditions has been satisfied:

2.1 You have clearly told us that you are content for us to collect that information for the particular purpose or purposes that we will have specified.

2.2 The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract that we have with you.

2.3 The processing is necessary so that we can comply with the law.

2.4 The processing is necessary to protect someone's life.

2.5 The processing is necessary for the performance of a task that's in the public interest.

2.6 The processing is necessary for our or another's legitimate interests - but in this case, we'll balance those interests against your interests.

3.   How to consent

3.1 If we need your consent to collect and use certain information, we'll provide you with the opportunity to tell us that you're happy to provide that information at the point of collecting it.

3.2 If at any point in time you change your mind and decide that you want to withdraw your consent, please let us know and we'll endeavour to stop processing your information in the specified manner, or we'll delete your data if there is no continuing reason for possessing it.

3.3 If you don't consent to a particular bit of processing, we'll endeavour to ensure that the Website and our service continue to operate without the need for that information.

4.   Information we expect to collect from you

4.1 We envisage collecting the following types of information from you:

• Information type: Contact information (address, phone number, email address, any information about goods you plan to sell or give away)

• Purpose and related details: We collect this to respond to enquiries and if requested add you to our map of sellers displayed on the website and shared via social media

• Justification: We'll ask for your consent

  4.2 We may collect personal information about you from a number of sources, including the following:

a. From you when you agree to take a service or product from us, in which case this may include your contact details, date of birth, how you will pay for the product or service and your bank details.

b. From you when you contact us with an enquiry or in response to a communication from us, in which case, this may tell us something about how you use our services.

c. As you interact with this Website, we may automatically collect technical information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns (such as your internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this Website). We may collect this personal information by using cookies and other similar technologies.

d. From documents that are available to the public, such as the electoral register.

e. From third parties to whom you have provided information with your consent to pass it on to other organisations or persons - when we receive such information we will let you know as soon as is reasonably practicable.

4.3 If you refuse to provide information requested, then if that information is necessary for a service we provide to you we may need to stop providing that service.

4.4 If at any point you think we've invited you to provide information without explaining why, feel free to object and ask for our reasons.

5.   Using your personal information

5.1 Data protection, privacy and security are important to us, and we shall only use your personal information for specified purposes and shall not keep such personal information longer than is necessary to fulfil these purposes. The following are examples of such purposes. We have also indicated below which UK GDPR justification applies, however it will depend on the circumstances of each case.

a. To help us to identify you when you contact us. This will normally be necessary for the performance of our contract.

b. To help us to identify accounts, services and/or products which you could have from us or selected partners from time to time. We may do this by automatic means using a scoring system, which uses the personal information you've provided and/or any information we hold about you and personal information from third party agencies (including credit reference agencies). We will only use your information for this purpose if you agree to it.

c. To help us to administer and to contact you about improved administration of any accounts, services and products we have provided before, do provide now or will or may provide in the future. This will often be necessary, but sometimes the improvements will not be necessary in which case we will ask whether you agree.

d. To allow us to carry out marketing analysis and customer profiling (including with transactional information), conduct research, including creating statistical and testing information. This will sometimes require that you consent, but will sometimes be exempt as market research.

e. To help to prevent and detect fraud or loss. This will only be done in certain circumstances when we consider it necessary or the law requires it.

f. To allow us to contact you by written electronic means (such as email, text or multimedia messages) about products and services offered by us where:

i. these products are similar to those you have already purchased from us,

ii. you were given the opportunity to opt out of being contacted by us at the time your personal information was originally collected by us and at the time of our subsequent communications with you, and

iii. you have not opted out of us contacting you.

g. To allow us to contact you in any way (including mail, email, telephone, visit, text or multimedia messages) about products and services offered by us and selected partners where you have expressly consented to us doing so.

h. We may monitor and record communications with you (including phone conversations and emails) for quality assurance and compliance.

i. Before doing that, we will always tell you of our intentions and of the specific purpose in making the recording. Sometimes such recordings will be necessary to comply with the law. Alternatively, sometimes the recording will be necessary for our legitimate interest, but in that case we'll only record the call if our interest outweighs yours. This will depend on all the circumstances, in particular the importance of the information and whether we can obtain the information another way that's less intrusive.

ii. If we think the recording would be useful for us but that it's not necessary for our legitimate interest, we'll ask whether you consent to the recording, and will provide an option for you to tell us that you consent. In those situations, if you don't consent, the call will either automatically end or will not be recorded.

i. When it's required by law, we'll check your details with fraud prevention agencies. If you provide false or inaccurate information and we suspect fraud, we intend to record this.

5.2        We will not disclose your personal information to any third party except in accordance with this Notice, and then only in one of the following circumstances:

a. They will be processing the data on our behalf as a data processor (where we'll be the data controller). In that situation, we'll always have a contract with the data processor as set out in the UK GDPR. This contract provides significant restrictions as to how the data processor operates so that you can be confident your data is protected to the same degree as provided in this Notice.

b. Sometimes it might be necessary to share data with another data controller. Before doing that we'll always tell you. Note that if we receive information about you from a third party, then as soon as reasonably practicable afterwards we'll let you know; that's required by the UK GDPR.

c. Alternatively, sometimes we might consider it to be in your interest to send your information to a third party. If that's the case, we'll always ask whether you agree before sending.

5.3        Where you give us personal information on behalf of someone else, you confirm that you have provided them with the information set out in this Notice and that they have not objected to such use of their personal information.

5.4 We may allow other people and organisations to use personal information we hold about you in the following circumstances:

a. If we, or substantially all of our assets, are acquired or are in the process of being acquired by a third party, in which case personal information held by us, about our customers, will be one of the transferred assets.

b. If we have been legitimately asked to provide information for legal or regulatory purposes or as part of legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings.

c. We may employ companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf and we may disclose your personal information to these parties for the purposes set out above, for example, for fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and email, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analysing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links) and providing customer service. From time to time, these other people and organisations to whom we may pass your personal information may be outside the European Economic Area. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your personal information is treated securely and in accordance with this Notice and the UK GDPR. We require all third-party service providers processing your personal information for us (as our data processor) to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow them to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

6.   Protecting information

6.1 We have strict security measures to protect personal information.

6.2 We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software to encrypt information you input.

6.3 We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage and disclosure of personally identifiable customer information. Our security procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you.

6.4 It is important for you to protect against unauthorised access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when you finish using a shared computer.

7.   The internet

7.1 If you communicate with us using the internet, we may occasionally email you about our services and products. When you first give us personal information through the Website, we will normally give you the opportunity to say whether you would prefer that we don't contact you by email for that purpose. You can also always send us an email (at the address set out below) at any time if you change your mind.

7.2 Please remember that communications over the internet, such as emails and webmails (messages sent through a website), are not secure unless they have been encrypted. Your communications may go through a number of countries before they are delivered - this is the nature of the internet. We cannot accept responsibility for any unauthorised access or loss of personal information that is beyond our control.

8.   Cookies and other internet tracking technology

8.1 When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. This sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your computer, which is sent back to us at a later time. These are called 'cookies'. These cookies are listed in the table at clause 8.5. Some websites don't use cookies but use related technology for gaining information about website users such as JavaScript, web beacons (also known as action tags or single-pixel gifs), and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalise advertising content. Multiple cookies may be found in a single file depending on which browser you use.

8.2 Where applicable, this section of the Notice also relates to that technology but the term 'cookie' is used throughout.

8.3 Some of these cookies are essential to services you've requested from us, whereas others are used to improve services for you, for example through:

a. Letting you navigate between pages efficiently

b. Enabling a service to recognise your computer so you don't have to give the same information during one task

c. Recognising that you have already given a username and password so you don't need to enter it for every web page requested

d. Measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and that there is enough capacity to ensure they are fast

8.4 To learn more about cookies, you may wish to visit: www.allaboutcookies.org, www.youronlinechoices.eu or  

www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies/

8.5 This Website uses, or allows use of, the following cookies:

• Cookie name: _ga

  • Used by Google Analytics to distinguish one visitor from another

  • Category 4 - targeting and advertising | consent needed

  • First party: we're placing the cookie

  • Persistent cookie, expiry: 2 years from when it's placed

• Cookie name: _gid

  • Set by Google Analytics to help track a user's activity, but it is focused on a shorter time frame than _ga, distinguishing users and tracks their page views within a single day.

  • Category 4 - targeting and advertising | consent needed

  • First party: we're placing the cookie

  • Session cookie

• Cookie name: _gat

  • Limits the number of requests sent to Google Analytics servers to ensure the system does not get overwhelmed and that performance remains steady and optimized

  • Category 4 - targeting and advertising | consent needed

  • First party: we're placing the cookie

  • Session cookie

• Cookie name: _ga_<container-id>

  • A Google Analytics cookie that tracks the state of an individual session for a specific GA4 property, storing information such as engagement duration

  • Category 4 - targeting and advertising | consent needed

  • First party: we're placing the cookie

  • Persistent cookie, expiry: 2 years from when it's placed. (May be shorter due to browser policies.)

8.6 The distinctions referred to in the above table are as follows:

a. First party versus third party cookies - we set first party cookies ourselves; third party cookies are set by other entities via our Website.

b. Session versus persistent cookies - session cookies only persist for the duration of that visit; persistent cookies last for longer.

c. Categories 1-4 found in the ICC UK Cookie guide, as explained below. Category 1 cookies don't require your consent, though we must still tell you about those cookies. Categories 2-4 do require your specific and informed consent.

• • • Category 1: Strictly necessary - These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.

    • We include in this category cookies that are used only for electronic communication. (The ICC doesn't refer to these cookies, but the law is the same.)

    • Category 2: Performance - These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. This information is only used to improve how a website works.

    • Category 3: Functionality - These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as a live chat session.

    • Category 4: Targeting and advertising - These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.

8.7 As with any other information we may collect from you, we'll work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software to encrypt information you input.

8.8 The Website may include third-party advertising and links to third-party websites. We do not provide any personally identifiable customer personal information to these third-party advertisers or third-party websites except where permitted in accordance with this privacy notice, however as to cookies please see above clause 8.

8.9 We exclude all liability for loss that you may incur when interacting with this third-party advertising or using these third-party websites.

9.   Your legal rights

9.1 Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal information.

9.2 You have the right to:

a. Request access to your personal information (commonly known as a 'data subject access request'). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.

b. Request correction of the personal information that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new information you provide to us.

c. Request erasure of your personal information. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal information where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal information where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we're required to erase your personal information to comply with the law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request for erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.

d. Object to processing of your personal information where we're relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we're processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.

e. Request restriction of processing of your personal information. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal information in the following situations:

i. if you want us to establish the information's accuracy;

ii. where our use of the information is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it;

iii. where you need us to hold the information even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or

iv. you have objected to our use of your information but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.

f. Request the transfer of your personal information to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.

g. Withdraw consent at any time where we're relying on consent to process your personal information. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

9.3 You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal information (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

9.4 We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal information (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal information is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

9.5 We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

10.   Further information

10.1 If you would like any more information or you have any comments about this Notice, or if your wish to exercise any of your legal rights, please either write to us at Data Protection Manager, aDoddle Ltd, 14 Onslow Road, Newent, GL18 1TL, or email us at makeit@adoddle.co.

10.2 Please note that we may have to amend this Notice on occasion, for example if we change the cookies that we use. If we do that, we will publish the amended version on the Website. In that situation we will endeavour to alert you to the change, but it's also your responsibility to check regularly to determine whether this Notice has changed.

10.3 You can ask us for a copy of this Notice by writing to the above address or by emailing us at makeit@adoddle.co. This Notice applies to personal information we hold about individuals. It does not apply to information we hold about companies and other organisations.