First Effect is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to all websites owned and operated by First Effect. It governs data collection and usage. By using the First Effect website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
First Effect Ltd
Registered Office: Polegate, East Sussex. BN26 6EA
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Personal Data we Collect
Comments
When a visitor leaves comments on any website owned and operated by First Effect we collect and retain the data entered in the comments form. We also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment and your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
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.
Contact Forms
When a visitor completes a contact form on any website owned and operated by First Effect we collect the data entered in order to respond to the query. We also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. Once resolved we do not retain any contact form data.
Newsletter Sign Up
When a visitor signs up to a newsletter service on any website owned and operated by First Effect we collect the data entered, and once confirmed, retain it on our database. We also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
We use a well regarded data management service to collect, manage and store newsletter data. The Zoho GDPR data service is detailed here.
We only use this data to send the newsletters requested and never share this data with any other third party. We may occasionally contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
All users can see, edit or delete their personal information at any time (except username cannot be changed). Our website administrators can also see and edit this information.
Use of Cookies
First Effect websites use ‘cookies’ to help deliver you a personalised online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of any First Effect website you visit.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). Embedded content from third party websites behave in the exact same way as if you had 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.
First Effect encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from First Effect so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. First Effect is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of those owned and operated by First Effect.
Analytics
Through a Google Analytics Account, First Effect may collect anonymous demographic information. This information is not unique to you, such as postcode, age, gender, preferences, interests and favourites. Google Analytics also records information about your computer hardware and software. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses.
We use this information for the analysis of our service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the First Effect website. We retain data in our Analytics account for 26 months.
Your Access Rights to Your Data
If you have an signed up for a newsletter or have left comments on any website owned and operated by First Effect, you can request a copy of the data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold (This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes).
First Effect will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on First Effect or the website;
- protect and defend the rights or property of First Effect;
- act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of First Effect, or the public.
Copyright Material; Notice and Takedown
If you are a rights owner (or acting on behalf of a rights owner) and believe that any Content infringes your copyright, you must provide us with a written notice by email to which states:
- that you are the rights owner or are authorised to act on the rights owner’s behalf;
- that you have identified Content on our site which infringes your copyright (or infringes the copyright of a third party on whose behalf you are entitled to act, if applicable) and you believe in good faith that use of the Content in the manner complained of is not authorised by you, the rights owner’s agent or by law;
- a description of the copyright work that you claim has been infringed which should include, the type of work (such as a photograph or a video clip) and any relevant further details;
- a description of the way in which the copyright material has been infringed;
- information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the Content in question on our site (including a URL specifying the date our site was accessed and/or a screen shot);
- information that will enable us to contact you, such as your name, a postal address, telephone number and, if available, an email address;
- your electronic or physical signature (which may be a scanned copy); and
- that the information in the notification is true and accurate.
There may be negative consequences if you falsely allege Content is infringing copyright or send a copyright infringement notice to us in bad faith.
Upon receipt of a valid ‘notice and takedown’, we will remove the Content within 10 working days and consider the matter closed.
Changes to the First Effect Policies
First Effect will occasionally update this Statement to reflect company and customer feedback. First Effect encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how First Effect is protecting your information.
Contact Information
If you believe that First Effect has not adhered to this Statement please contact Andrew Davis.