PRIVACY POLICY

 

It' a Chook's Life Limited (we) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy because we know how important this
is to you, our clients. This privacy policy (together with our website terms of use) set out the basis on which any personal data
we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand
our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is It's a Chook's Life Limited, and our main
trading address is 164b Manchester Road, Chorlton, Manchester M16 0DZ, United Kingdom. Our nominated representative
for the purpose of the Act is Claire O'Connell.


1. Information we may collect from you

1.1 We may collect and process the following data about you in order to refine and offer better services to you:

  1. information that you provide by filling in forms on our site www.thechook.com (our site). This includes information
    provided at the time of registering to use our site, subscribing to our service, posting material or requesting further
    services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our site;

  2. if you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence;

  3. we may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond
    to them;

  4. details of transactions you carry out through our site and of the fulfilment of your orders;

  5. details of your visits to our site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other
    communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise, and the resources that
    you access.


2. IP addresses and cookies

2.1 We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system
      and browser type, for system    administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is
      statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

2.2 For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which
      is stored on the hard drive of your computer. A cookie is a small piece of information that a web-service can
      store on your web browser and later retrieve. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's
      hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:

  1. to estimate our audience size and usage pattern;

  2. to store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site according to your individual
    interests;

  3. to speed up your searches;

  4. to recognise you when you return to our site.

2.3 You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the
       setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site.
      Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies
      when you log on to our site. For more information about cookies and how to disable them please go
      to www.aboutcookies.org


3. Where we store your personal data

3.1 The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European
      Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or
      for one of our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order,
      the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal
      data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary
      to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

3.2 All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted
      using SSL technology.

3.3 Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain
      parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password
      with anyone.

3.4 Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do
      our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our
      site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict
      procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.


4. Uses made of the information

4.1 We use information held about you in the following ways:

  1. to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;

  2. to provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may
    interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes;

  3. to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;

  4. to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so;

  5. to notify you about changes to our service.

4.2 We may also use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, to provide you with information
      about goods and services which may be of interest to you and we or they may contact you about these.
      If you are an existing client, we will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information
      about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you. If you are a
      new client, and where we permit selected third parties to use your data, we (or they) will contact you by
      electronic means only if you have consented to this.

4.3 If you do not want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing
       purposes, please tick the relevant box situated on the registration form.

4.4 We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers, but we may provide
      them with aggregate information about our users (for example, we may inform them that 500 men aged
      under 30 have clicked on their advertisement on any given day). We may also use such aggregate
      information to help advertisers reach the kind of audience they want to target (for example, women in SW1).

4.5 We may make use of the personal data we have collected from you to enable us to comply with our
      advertisers' wishes by displaying their advertisement to that target audience.


5. Disclosure of your information

5.1 We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries,
      our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1162(1) of the UK Companies
      Act 2006.

5.2 We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

  1. in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your
    personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;

  2. if we, or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, personal data held by us about
    our clients will be one of the transferred assets;

  3. if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal
    obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our website terms of use and other agreements;
    or to protect the rights, property, or safety of The Chook, our clients, or others. This includes
    exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud
    protection and credit risk reduction.


6. Your rights

6.1 You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will
       usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes
       or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise
      your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the registration form. You
      can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at 164b Manchester Road, Chorlton,
      Manchester M16 0DZ, United Kingdom.

6.2 You also have the right to require us to correct any inaccuracies in your data free of charge. If you
      wish to exercise this you can do so at any time by emailing us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it specifying
      the information that is incorrect and what it should be replaced with.

6.2 Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from affiliate websites. If you follow a link
      to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies
      and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these
      policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.


7. Access to information

The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can
be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10
to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.


8. Changes to our privacy policy

By using our service, you consent to the collection and use of your information as set forth
in this privacy policy. If we decide to change this privacy policy, which we may do at any
time without notice to you, we will post those changes on this page. By continuing to use
our service after we have posted the changes, you agree to and accept such changes.
You should periodically check our website for changes to this privacy policy.


9. Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and
should be addressed to THE CHOOK,
Suite 36, 88-90 Hatton Garden, Holborn,
London, EC1N 8PN