Freelancing Mums: Privacy Policy

Freelancing Mums respects your privacy and personal information. We’ve put together this privacy policy to help you understand what information we collect and how it is used. 

For clarity, the term ‘our website’ refers to www.freelancingmums.com and www.freelancingmums.co.uk. The term ‘our services’ refers to our website and any other services provided by Freelancing Mums, including our newsletter, resources and events. The terms ‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’ refer to any information and/or services delivered by Freelancing Mums, whether accessed via our website, email, newsletter, mobile device, social media or any other facility. The term ‘you’ refers to anyone who uses, visits and/or views the website and/or materials and/or services we provide via any means. And finally, Freelancing Mums itself is a service provided by Yellow Pebbles and is included in Yellow Pebbles’ overarching privacy procedures.

CONSENT
By visiting and using our website and associated services, you accept and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy including any subsequent updates to it. You also consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. 

Each time you visit our website, or use our services, and any time you voluntarily provide us with information, you agree that you are consenting to our collection, use and disclosure of the information that you provide, and you are consenting to receive emails or otherwise be contacted, as described in this Privacy Policy. Whether or not you register or create any kind of account with us, this Privacy Policy applies to all users of the website and the Service.

If you do not wish to be bound by this Privacy Policy, you must not use or access the website or our services.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT 

We may collect both ‘Personal Information’ and ‘Non-personal Information’ about you.

Personal information

Personal Information includes information that can be used to personally identify you, such as your name, address and email address. 

We may collect this type of information if you register on the site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, contact us, use the search feature on the website, provide comments or feedback, fill out a form or use live chat or enter any other information on the website to communicate with us. From time to time, we may also collect information that you submit when you participate in any online surveys that we may post on our website, newsletter or social media. 

Non-personal information

Non-personal Information is information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and number of clicks.  

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

Personal Information

We will never sell, trade or rent your Personal Information with third parties without your consent.

In general, we will not disclose your Personal Information to any third party without your consent. However:

We may share your Personal Information with trusted vendors and other third-party providers that work with us, such as our website hosting partners, email and other service providers that assist in the operation of our websites and other vendors and providers that we rely on to provide you with the services and products offered here. 

We expect any vendor or third-party provider used by us to only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide for the company. However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment processors, have their own privacy policies in respect of the information that we are required to provide to them in order to use their services. For these third-party service providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so that you can understand the manner in which your Personal Information will be handled by such providers. 

In the event we (or our website host) undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of these assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

If our information practices change at any time in the future, we will post the policy changes here so that you may opt out of the new information practices. We suggest that you check this Privacy Policy periodically if you are concerned about how your information is used.  

We may disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law or if you violate our Terms of Use.

Non-personal Information

In general, we use Non-personal Information to help us improve the Service and customise your experience. We may also aggregate Non-personal Information in order to track trends and analyse use patterns of the Service. 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 sole discretion. 

USE OF COOKIES

Like most other websites, we may track information provided to us by your browser or by your mobile application when you view or use the Service, using cookies. Cookies are files with small amounts of data including an anonymous unique identifier that are sent to your browser from our servers and are stored on your computer hard drive. Sending a cookie to a user’s browser enables us to collect Non-Personal Information about that user and keep a record of the user’s preferences when utilising our services, both on an individual and aggregate basis. 

The type of information we may track includes the website you came from (known as the ‘referring URL’), the type of browser you use, the device from which you connected to the Service, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you. We collect this information so that we can better understand and serve your user experience on the website, including the operation of the Service, to maintain the quality of the Service, to provide general statistics regarding use of the Service and for other business purposes.

We may use both persistent and session cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your session and until you delete them. Session cookies expire when you close your browser. 

You will be asked if you’re happy for us to use cookies on your first visit to our site. We will only store cookies on your device if you give your consent. You also have the option of turning off cookies should you wish to do so. You can do this by following your Internet browser help file directions. If you do choose to disable cookies, you may not be able to view all features and content of this website, although we aim to limit any impact on you.

COMMENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA 

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. When you leave a comment, your name, email address and website/organisation name is not shared with a third party but may be used for us to communicate with you.

Social media accounts and sharing options are available on this website. Social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and so forth) can track your personal information. Should you choose to interact with us on social media, please note that you will be voluntarily disclosing that personal information. This information is no longer private. It becomes public information and can be collected and used by others. We have no control over and take no responsibility for the use, storage or dissemination of such publicly disclosed personal information by you.

Any such interactions via comments and social media with us do not subject us to any kind of liability related to misuse of your information by others.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
The security of your Personal Information is important to us. We strive to follow industry best practice in order to protect your Personal Information and ensure that such Personal Information is not accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed. However, no method is 100% secure and these measures therefore cannot guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed, despite our precautions. By using our Service, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks. You also agree that we cannot be held responsible for any unauthorised use of your personal information by third parties or for any disclosure of your information through our website without our knowledge and consent.

THIRD PARTY LINKS AND USE 

We may include, offer or advertise third party links, products or services on the website. Once you click on a third party link and leave this website, you are no longer bound by our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.

Articles on this website may include embedded content (eg films, images). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

We may display third party advertising on the website, including via Google. Google is a third party that also uses cookies to serve ads on the website for the purpose of providing a positive user experience. You can opt out of Google by visiting their privacy policy.

We have no control over these third parties and they have their own privacy policies. Neither are we responsible for the activities and practices of these third parties. You should contact them directly and read their privacy policies for any questions.

YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right at any time to prevent us from contacting you for marketing purposes. You can opt out of further promotional communications by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in any marketing communication or by contacting us via the Contact Form on our website.

Please note that, notwithstanding the promotional preferences you indicate by either unsubscribing or opting out in the Settings section of the website, we may continue to send you administrative emails including, for example, periodic updates to our Privacy Policy.

PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES 

This privacy policy is effective as of 1 July 2021 and will be updated and modified as needed. You are responsible for visiting this page periodically to check for future updates to this policy. Any modifications to this privacy policy will be effective upon our publishing of the new terms, and your continued use of our website after the posting of any updates constitutes your acceptance of our modified privacy policy.

CONTACT US & WITHDRAWING CONSENT
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of this website, or wish to withdraw your consent for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your Personal Information, please contact us by sending a message via the Contact Form on our website.