Privacy Notice | Devon | Compass Canine

Compass Canine (the “Company”) is committed to maintaining robust privacy protections for its users. Our Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to help you understand how we collect, use and safeguard the information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Service.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Site” or "Website" refers to the Company’s website, which can be accessed at compasscanine.co.uk

“Service” refers to the Company’s services accessed via the Site.

The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the Company.

“You” refers to you, as a user of our Site or our Service.

By accessing our Site or our Service, you accept our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use (found here: https://www.compasscanine.co.uk/website-terms), and you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.

When you fill out our “Contact” form, or make a purchase with Us, we collect the information you provide so we can communicate with you and/or ship you the physical products you purchase.

This might include your name, mailing address, phone number, and email address.

If you use social media, and give us your social media information, we use that information to view your social media. Sharing your social media with us may tell us who you follow, who follows you, and your likes or interests. Your privacy settings for social media can be adjusted in the settings menu of your social media provider.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you fill out our contact form, or make a purchase, we create a profile for you so we can identify you. If you purchase a digital product, then we use your information to provide you with access to your purchase.

As you navigate the Website, your computer relays information to us that we use to optimise the Website, improve user experience, and make strategic business decisions about our products and services.

We use session analytics, which means that while you are on our Website we are using software to tell us what pages you click on, how long you stay there, and how you generally navigate the Website. This information tells us how we can improve user experience, how successful our advertisements have been, and how to make our content more accessible.

Analytics, including the session analytics we use, may collect information about your computer specifications, internet connection, and IP address. Your IP address is a unique identifier that tells other computers the path to take to communicate with your device. That kind of data can communicate private information about you. For example, connecting to the internet via a coffee shop’s wifi tells the analytics tool that you are at the coffee shop at the time you access the Website. Smart devices like your smartphone can tell when another smart device is nearby. If a nearby device has given permission to advertisers to access its location, then those advertisers can deduce that you are also near that location. We don't collect your location information, but accessing our Website while near other devices might allow advertisers to deduce your location, and they could send you targeted ads. Also, your computer’s specifications could communicate what kind of device you prefer to use, or what you prioritize in your devices.

Compass Canine collects “Non-Personal Information” and “Personal Information” in the categories described below.

Usage data

Compass Canine will process information about your use of our website and services ("usage data"). The usage data may include
(1) the browser types and versions used
(2) the operating system used by the accessing system
(3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers)

(4) the sub-websites
(5) the date and time (so-called timestamp) of access to the Internet site
(6) an Internet protocol address (IP address)
(7) the Internet service provider (ISP) of the accessing system

(8) the geographical location of the user

(9) the page views and site navigation paths

(10) the pattern of the users’ use of the service with regards to timing and frequency
(11) any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

The source of the usage data is Google Analytics. The usage data collected is needed to
(1) deliver the content of our website correctly
(2) optimise the content of our website as well as any advertisement

(3) ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology

(4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack.

In order to process this information, we have obtained the user’s consent AND/OR our legitimate interests in monitoring and improving our website and services.

Notification data

Compass Canine may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters ("notification data"). Our newsletter may only be received by the user if

(1) the user has a valid email address and

(2) the user registers for the newsletter shipping.

A confirmation email will be sent to the email address registered by a user for the first time for newsletter shipping, for legal reasons, in a double opt-in procedure. The confirmation email is used to prove whether the owner of the email address as the user is authorised to receive the newsletter.

When the user registers for the newsletter, we also store the IP address of the computer system assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) and used by the user at the time of the registration, as well as the date and time of the registration. The purpose of the collection of this data is to legally protect Compass Canine by ensuring understanding of the possible misuse of the email address of a user at a later date. The personal information collected as part of a registration for the newsletter will only be used to send our newsletter.

The subscription to the newsletter may be terminated by the user at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data, which the user has given prior to the shipping of the newsletter, may be revoked at any time. For the purpose of revoking consent, a corresponding link for unsubscribing is found in each newsletter.

Enquiry data, correspondence data and customer relationship data

Compass Canine may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding our services and products ("enquiry data"). If a user contacts us via email or via a contact form, the personal information transmitted by the user is automatically stored.

The personal information may include:

(1) the user’s contact information

(2) the user’s name

(3) the name of the user’s employer

(4) the user’s job title or role

(5) the metadata associated with the communication

(6) and information contained in communications between the user and Compass Canine

Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a user to Compass Canine are stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the user, managing our relationships with customers, keeping records of communication with the user, and promoting our products and services to customers.

Publication data

Compass Canine may process information that the users post for publication on our website or through our services ("publication data"). On our website the users can post information in the following ways:
Blog comments

Transaction data

Compass Canine may process information that relates to transactions, including purchases of goods and services, that the user enters into with us and/or through our website ("transaction data"). The transaction data may include:

(1) the user’s contact details

(2) the user’s bank card details

(3) the transaction details with regards to the purchase

In order to process the transactions on our website we use the following third party payment services provider: Stripe and PayPal

The details of how the user’s data is processed by Stripe and PayPal can be found here, https://stripe.com/gb/privacy and https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/privacy/privacyhub

We will share transaction data with our payment services providers only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing your payments, refunding your payments and dealing with queries relating to your payments and refunds.

HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION

Personal Information

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share for marketing purposes your Personal Information with third parties without your consent. We do share Personal Information with vendors who are performing services for the Company, such as the servers for our email communications who are provided access to the user's email address for purposes of sending emails from us. Those vendors use your Personal Information only at our direction and in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

In general, the Personal Information you provide to us is used to help us communicate with you. For example, we use Personal Information to contact users in response to questions, solicit feedback from users, provide technical support, and inform users about promotional offers.

Non-Personal Information

In general, we use Non-Personal Information to help us improve the Service and customise the user experience. We also aggregate Non-Personal Information in order to track trends and analyse use patterns on the Site. This Privacy Policy does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of Non-Personal Information and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our discretion.

Legal purpose of the processing of personal data

Compass Canine may process any of your personal information identified in this privacy policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, both in court proceedings and in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.

Compass Canine may also process any of your personal information identified in this privacy policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, fulfilment of tax obligations, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is the proper protection of our business against risks.

RETAINING AND DELETING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The personal information that we process for any purpose or purposes will not be kept for longer than is necessary for the expressed purpose. We will retain your personal data as follows:

Email addresses, IP addresses will be retained for a minimum period of three months and for a maximum period of two years.

In some instances, it is not possible for us to specify in advance the periods for which your personal information will be stored by us. In such cases, we will determine the period of retention based on the following criteria:

the period of retention of email addresses, IP addresses, etc will be determined based on membership of our courses or mailing list.

YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS (GDPR and UK GDPR)

If you are a resident of the EEA or the UK, you have the following data protection rights:

If you wish to access, correct, update, or request deletion of your personal information, you can do so at any time by emailing hello@compasscanine.co.uk
In addition, you can object to the processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information or request portability of your personal information.
You have the right to opt-out of marketing communications we send you at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking on the "unsubscribe" or "opt-out" link in the marketing emails we send you. To opt-out of other forms of marketing, please contact us by emailing hello@compasscanine.co.uk
Similarly, if we have collected and processed your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority.

We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

As part of the Service, we may provide links to or compatibility with other websites or applications. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through the Site and the Service. Therefore, this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third party website accessed by selecting a link on our Site or via our Service. To the extent that you access or use the Service through or on another website or application, then the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your access or use of that site or application. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.

Cookies, Pixels, and Tracking Signals

Cookies are not just tasty treats. A cookie is also a piece of information recorded by your web browser. This allows your web browser to recognize places you have visited. For more on cookies, see this article from the Federal Trade Commission.

Our use of cookies assists you when you begin to type our Website. Your computer may autofill URLs based on its cookies memory. They can help remember and autofill things like user IDs and website preferences. You can instruct your browser to reject all cookies, but you may not be able to use some parts of our Website without them.

Pixels aren’t just the tiny colorful squares on your device’s screen. A pixel, also known as a beacon, or pixel tag, is a transparent image file that tells us something has been clicked on.

Cookies and pixels may communicate to us the web browser you use, whether you open an email we send, your advertising ID, and other technical information about your device.

We use these cookies and pixels to track your internet usage in order to implement advertising strategies, and to ensure our servers and systems are working properly.

You can instruct your browser to reject all cookies, pixels, and similar tracking technologies by instructing the browser to send a “Do Not Track” signal. Our Website may not function properly if your browser rejects cookies, pixels, or tracking technologies. There’s not a uniform set of Do Not Track signals, so our Website may not be able to read or respond correctly to ones sent by your browser. To learn more about our services without our Website, you’ll need to email us or fill out our contact form.

UPDATES

We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy. We may notify you of significant changes to this policy by email or by placing a prominent notice on our site. Significant changes will go into effect 30 days following such notification. Non-material changes or clarifications will take effect immediately. You should periodically check the Site and this privacy page for updates.

This website is owned and operated by Compass Canine. We are registered in England.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, please contact us by sending an email to hello@compasscanine.co.uk

Last Updated: This Privacy Policy was last updated on 2nd January 2025.

DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

Our data protection officer's contact details are: hello@compasscanine.co.uk

Cookies, Pixels, and Tracking Signals

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