Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy was last updated on March 1, 2023 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United Kingdom.
1. Introduction
Our website, https://leeds-castle.com (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5. Cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Statistics cookies
We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.
5.3 Advertising cookies
On this website we use advertising cookies, enabling us to personalize the advertisements for you, and we (and third parties) gain insights into the campaign results. This happens based on a profile we create based on your click and surfing on and outside https://leeds-castle.com. With these cookies you, as website visitor are linked to a unique ID, so you do not see the same ad more than once for example.
Because these cookies are marked as tracking cookies, we ask your permission to place these.
5.4 Marketing/Tracking cookies
Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
5.5 Social media
On our website, we have included content from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. This content is embedded with code derived from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalised advertising.
Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymised as much as possible. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are located in the United States.
6. Placed cookies
WooCommerce
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We use WooCommerce for webshop management. Read more
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
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We use WordPress for website development. Read more
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
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We use Google Adsense for showing advertisements. Read more
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For more information, please read the Google Adsense Privacy Statement.
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We use Google Analytics for website statistics. Read more
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For more information, please read the Google Analytics Privacy Statement.
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We use Google reCAPTCHA for spam prevention. Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the Google reCAPTCHA Privacy Statement.
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We use Vimeo for video display. Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the Vimeo Privacy Statement.
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We use YouTube for video display. Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the YouTube Privacy Statement.
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We use PayPal for payment processing. Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the PayPal Privacy Statement.
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We use Facebook for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the Facebook Privacy Statement.
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We use Twitter for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the Twitter Privacy Statement.
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Instagram
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We use Instagram for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the Instagram Privacy Statement.
Complianz
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Complianz
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We use Complianz for cookie consent management. Read more
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties. For more information, please read the Complianz Privacy Statement.
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Automattic
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We use Automattic for website development. Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the Automattic Privacy Statement.
PHP
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PHP
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We use PHP for website development. Read more
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Stripe
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Stripe
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We use Stripe for payment processing. Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the Stripe Privacy Statement.
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Wordfence
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We use Wordfence for security and fraud prevention. Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the Wordfence Privacy Statement.
Query Monitor
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Query Monitor
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We use Query Monitor for website development. Read more
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
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Hotjar
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Statistics
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We use Hotjar for heat maps and screen recordings. Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the Hotjar Privacy Statement.
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Google Ads
Statistics, Marketing/Tracking
Google Ads
Statistics, Marketing/Tracking
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We use Google Ads for advertising. Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the Google Ads Privacy Statement.
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ActiveCampaign
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We use ActiveCampaign for marketing automation (automated email marketing). Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the ActiveCampaign Privacy Statement.
Tawk
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Tawk
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We use Tawk for chat support. Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the Tawk Privacy Statement.
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CloudFlare
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We use CloudFlare for content distribution network (CDN) services. Read more
Sharing data
For more information, please read the CloudFlare Privacy Statement.
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
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Sharing data
Sharing of data is pending investigation
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7. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save preferences”, you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
7.1 Manage your consent settings
8. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our websites again.
9. Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
- Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
- Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
- If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
- Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
- Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)).
10. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:
Leeds Castle
Broomfield, Maidstone ME17 1PL
United Kingdom
Website: https://leeds-castle.com
Email: ku.oc.eltsac-sdeel@seiriuqne
Phone number: 01622 765400
This Cookie Policy was synchronised with cookiedatabase.org on March 24, 2023.
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