PRIVACY POLICY

At Sakoran we are committed to safeguarding and preserving the privacy of our visitors. The following privacy statement is designed to keep you informed about how your information is used. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions about this issue.

1. Privacy Statement

If you voluntarily submit information to this website via email or other means, you may be asked to provide personal information such as your first name, last name, email address and country. Sakoran will only use this information for its intended purpose i.e., to contact you regarding the query you submit via email or other means.

This website also obtains generic information about your visit to the website through the use of cookies. As this website is provided by Google’s Blogger platform, the policy regarding the use of cookies on this website is covered in Google's Privacy Policy statement. Please read the policy to understand what it covers. Payment and ordering on this website is via PayPal. Please read and review their privacy policy here: https://www.paypal.com/uk/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

2. Use of Cookies

Cookies provide information regarding the computer used by a visitor. Our website host, Google’s Blogger platform, may use cookies where appropriate to gather information about your computer in order to assist us in improving our website.

Via our website, Google’s Blogger platform may gather information about your general internet use by using the cookie. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer and stored on the computer’s hard drive. Such information will not identify you personally. It is statistical data. This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever.

You can adjust the settings on your computer to decline any cookies if you wish. This can easily be done by activating the reject cookies setting on your computer. However, rejecting cookies completely may reduce the functionality of this site, including the ability to place orders and make payments.

Our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Such cookies (if used) would be downloaded once you click on advertisements on our website.

3. Google Analytics

Also note that Google’s Blogger platform, the company that hosts our website, uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help analyse how users use Blogger sites. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website, including your IP (internet provider's) address will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the USA. Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this (anonymous) information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.

Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website, including shopping baskets and other payment and ordering processes. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Google Analytics offers a "Google Analytics Opt Out" tool which you can find here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

4. Use of Your Information

We use the information that we collect from you to provide our services to you. In addition to this we may use the information for one or more of the following purposes:

i. To provide information to you that you request from us relating to our products or services.

ii. To provide information to you relating to other products that may be of interest to you. Such additional information will only be provided where you have consented to receive such information.

iii. To inform you of any changes to our website, services or goods and products.

If you have previously purchased goods or services from us we may provide to you details of similar goods or services we provide that you may be interested in. We do not share your information with third parties, other than for payment processing. If you wish to be removed from our mailing list, please send a request to us. You can find details of how to contact us from our contact page.

5. Storing Your Personal Data

In operating our website it may become necessary to transfer data that we collect from you to locations outside of the UK and the European Union for processing and storing. For example, email servers and information collected by Google’s Blogger platform, PayPal and Google Analytics may be stored on servers outside the UK and the EU. By providing your personal data to us, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We do our upmost to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to make sure that your data is treated stored securely. Unfortunately the sending of information via the internet is not totally secure and on occasion such information can be intercepted. We cannot guarantee the security of data that you choose to send us electronically, sending such information is entirely at your own risk.

6. Disclosing Your Information

We will not disclose your personal information to any other party other than in accordance with this Privacy Policy and in the circumstances detailed below:

i. In the (unlikely) event that we sell any or all of our business to the buyer.

ii. Where we are legally required by law to disclose your personal information.

iii. To further fraud protection and reduce the risk of fraud.

7. Third Party Links

On occasion we include links to third parties on this website. Where we provide a link it does not mean that we endorse or approve that site’s policy towards visitor privacy, which may differ from ours. You should review their privacy policy before sending them any personal data.

The Sakoran website has been designed using, and is hosted by Google’s Blogger platform. Our DNS for our domain points to the Google’s Blogger platform website IP address. As such the privacy policy for Google’s Blogger platform also applies to users of this website. For full details please review their privacy policy separately: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB

Blogger uses Google Analytics which is a widespread and trusted analytical solution on the web for helping us understand how you use our site and how we can improve that experience. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, please see the official Google Analytics page: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

8. Access to Information

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 you have the right to access any information that we hold relating to you. Please note that we reserve the right to charge a fee of £10 to cover costs incurred by us in providing you with the information.

9. Contacting Us

Please do not hesitate to contact us regarding any matter relating to this Privacy Policy. You can find details of how to contact us from our contact page.

You can also write to us: Privacy Officer, Sakoran, 60 Kings Road, East Cowes, Isle of Wight PO32 6SE.