Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. It is our policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website and other sites we own and operate.

We only ask for personal information when we truly need it to provide a service to you. We collect it by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we're collecting it and how it will be used.

We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service. What data we store, we'll protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

We don't share any personally identifying information publicly or with third-parties, except when required to by law.

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies.

You are free to refuse our request for your personal information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services.

Your continued use of our website will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us.

You may contact us by email, phone or in writing using the following details.
Our email: info@dare2bu.co.uk
Our phone: 07772 215366
Our address: Seckington Farmhouse, Higher Clovelly, Bideford, EX39 5SG

We will deal with any requests within 28 days except where reasonable impediment prevents us from doing so.

This policy is effective as of June 2023.

The information we collect

Newsletters

When you sign up to our newsletter mailing list we will collect your name and an email.
These will be stored securely on our website and for newsletters your details are stored on Smart Growth System.

If you sign up to our newsletter, your information is passed to Smart Growth System – which we use to send our emails.
Your information is also stored on our website.

You can view SGS privacy policy here: https://site.smartgrowthsystem.com/privacy-policy

We will only collect: your first name, last name and email address.
We will never share your data with any third party unless required to do so by law.
We do not use your information for any other purpose than sending our newsletter.
You may opt out of our newsletter at any time using links in the email, or by contacting us direct.

Browsing

If you simply wish to browse our website, no personal data is directly collected by us. A small number of functional cookies are used to check if you have accepted our privacy policies and to improve website functions.

With functional cookies on this site personal information is not contained in the cookies, however, it may be possible to use the information in combination with other data to build a personal profile. This is why we secure our site to prevent malicious access.

Social Sharing

If you use the social sharing buttons on our website, some information will be collected by the social platform and their cookies will remain on our website. We use encryption on our website to help prevent access to these cookies. In order to share, you will need to have an account with the social platform you use, and therefore will have already agreed to their terms for privacy and the use of cookies. Privacy and cookie information for the sites we connect to is here:

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Contact Form

When you submit information through the contact form it is sent directly to our helpdesk within Smart Growth System.
A notification is sent to our email account which includes your email address.

The helpdesk and email account is only accessed by us. No data is stored on this website or in any intermediary database or software platform. After responding to, and resolving the enquiry, the email notification will be deleted. You are not added to any list or marketing campaign and your data is not retained unless this is explicitly requested by yourself in writing.

Who can see this information

Website
Only Dare2BU employees, and contractors, listed below, have access to the website.

Newsletters
Only Dare2BU employees, and contractors, listed below have access to your contact information.

Contact Form Emails
Only Dare2BU employees, and contractors, listed below have access to the contact forms.

Dare2BU employees, and contractors:
Debra Simmons

Rebecca Sheffield

Lucy Sheffield

How we keep your information secure

Our website uses encryption so that cookies and information entered on forms is secure. This is through an SSL certificate. You can see that our site is secure through your web browser, which will have a padlock or a green ‘SECURE’ message, and will show HTTPS at the beginning of our website address.

Admin account holders for our website must use strong passwords so that their accounts are secure. Your data is never stored by or shared with anyone except where detailed in ‘Who Can See This Information’ above.

You are entitled to view, amend, or have deleted the personal information that we hold.
To do so contact us using the details above.

Sharing your information

We do not share your information with or sell it to third parties. We will not disclose your information to any third party unless we are required to do so by law. In such cases we will ensure due diligence in releasing only required information, and this only to recognised official parties entitled to require this information under law.

Your Rights

To act upon these rights contact us, in writing, using the details above.

To be informed
This policy gives a clear guide to what data we collect and why.

The right of access
You may request a copy of the information we hold about you at any time.

Rectification

You may ask us to correct information held about you if it is incorrect or incomplete.

The right to be forgotten
We will remove all data held about you on request.

The right to restrict processing
We do not currently process your data – that is – we do not use it for marketing, sell it or otherwise share it with third parties or act upon your data except to use it to communicate through our newsletter. You may opt-out of our newsletter at any time.

Your right to retain and reuse your data
We do not collect sensitive personal data nor claim any rights of ownership over your data that we do hold.

The right to object
We do not use your personal data for the purpose of direct marketing, scientific and historical research, for the performance of a task in the public interest or any similar purpose. Should we do so in future you will be notified at least one month beforehand and may request for your data not to be included in any such purpose.

Your rights regarding automated processes
We do not use automatic processing of data. Should we do so in future you will be notified at least one month beforehand and may request for your data not to be included in any such purpose.