Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how BRS Media uses and protects any information that you give AgriBuy when you use this website.

  1. Introduction
  2. How we use your personal data
  3. Providing your personal data to others
  4. Retaining and deleting personal data
  5. Security of personal data
  6. Your rights
  7. Third party websites
  8. Updating information
  9. How we use cookies
  10. Cookies that we use
  11. Cookies used by our service providers
  12. Managing cookies
  13. Email marketing
  14. Our details

Introduction

AgriBuy is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website and visitors. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.

AgriBuy may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 24 May 2018.

How we use your personal data

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

Internal record keeping.

We may use the information to improve our products and services.

We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers, events or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.

From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests, we may also use the information to improve the website for all our customers.

We may process data about your use of our website and services - your “usage data”. The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of your usage data is our analytics tracking system, Google Analytics. This usage data may be used for the purposes of analysing the use of the website and our services. When you agree to our Cookie Policy you give us access and consent to use this data.

Please do not supply any other person’s personal data to us, unless we prompt you to do so.

Providing your personal data to others

We may disclose names, postal address, email address and phone number (personal data) to a member of our group of companies (this means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and all its subsidiaries) in so far as reasonably necessary for the purposes, and on the legal bases, set out in this policy.

We may disclose your personal data to our insurers and/or professional advisers in so far as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice, or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

We may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

Retaining and deleting personal data

We will keep your data on file if you are continue to be registered with us. If however your account is dormant for 4 years we will remove it automatically. We may email you to confirm that you no longer wish to be registered. Why 4 years? Purely because the UK’s HMRC (Her Majesties Revenue and Customs) ask us to keep records for 3 years and we need to be confident that they are no longer needed. We may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 and the Data Protection Act 1988. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to BRS Media, Abrahouse, Yarburgh, Louth, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, LN11 0PW.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Security of personal data

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Your data is held on our website on Iomarts secure UK server. The data is not accessible or used by the server company. Find Iomart’s Privacy Policy here.

Your data is also stored on secure computers in our offices.

Your name and email is also stored in Campaign Monitor (see below) which is the email system we use to send you information or marketing on events and offers. Again Campaign Monitor do not use or share your data with anyone else. Find Campaign Monitor’s Privacy Policy here.We do not store paper copies of your data.

Your rights

In this section Agribuy have summarised the rights that you have under data protection law. Some of the rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in our summaries. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.

Your principal rights under data protection law are:

(a) the right to access;

(b) the right to rectification;

(c) the right to erasure;

(d) the right to restrict processing;

(e) the right to object to processing;

(f) the right to data portability;

(g) the right to complain to a supervisory authority; and

(h) the right to withdraw consent.

You have the right to confirmation as to whether or not we process your personal data and, where we do, access to the personal data, together with certain additional information. That additional information includes details of the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned and the recipients of the personal data. Providing the rights and freedoms of others are not affected, we will supply to you a copy of your personal data. The first copy will be provided free of charge, but additional copies may be subject to a reasonable fee.

You have the right to have any inaccurate personal data about you rectified and, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have any incomplete personal data about you completed.

In some circumstances you have the right to the erasure of your personal data without undue delay. Those circumstances include: the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; you withdraw consent to consent-based processing; you object to the processing under certain rules of applicable data protection law; the processing is for direct marketing purposes; and the personal data have been unlawfully processed. However, there are exclusions of the right to erasure. The general exclusions include where processing is necessary: for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; for compliance with a legal obligation; or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

In some circumstances you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. Those circumstances are: you contest the accuracy of the personal data; processing is unlawful but you oppose erasure; we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of our processing, but you require personal data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; and you have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. Where processing has been restricted on this basis, we may continue to store your personal data. However, we will only otherwise process it: with your consent; for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public interest.

You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation, but only to the extent that the legal basis for the processing is that the processing is necessary for: the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of any official authority vested in us; or the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party. If you make such an objection, we will cease to process the personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes (including profiling for direct marketing purposes). If you make such an objection, we will cease to process your personal data for this purpose.

You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes on grounds relating to your particular situation, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal data is:

(a) consent; or

(b) that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract and such processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive your personal data from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. However, this right does not apply where it would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal information is consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.

You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us, in addition to the other methods specified above.

Third party websites

Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites.

We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.

Updating information

Please let us know if the personal information that we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. By continuing to use this site you agree to a file being added. This site uses cookies to anonymously analyse web traffic via Google Analytics and to allow users to log into the member areas.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to visitors needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis and to make sure we are giving users the best experience.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose 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. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Cookies that we use

We use cookies for the following purposes:

(a) to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services (cookies used for this purpose are: Google Analytics; and

(b) to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally;

  • exp_last_visit - Sets the date and time that the you last visited the site. Affects guests and logged in users. Expiry time: 12 months
  • exp_tracker - Tracks the last 5 pages you viewed and is used primarily for redirection after some actions on the site. Affects guests and logged in users. Expiry time: session.
  • exp_last_activity - Every time the page is reloaded the last activity is set to the current date and time. Used to determine form or login expiry. This is essential for logged in users, but not for guests - it is set for both. Expiry time: 12 months.
  • exp_sessionid - Set by the site to maintain your secure login session. Used only for logged in members. Expiry time: session.
  • exp_expiration - Determines the length of the session for a logged in user. Expiry time: session.
  • exp_anon - A flag set by the user to determine if you are listed in the online users. This defaults to no. Expiry time: session.
  • exp_stashid - This cookie generates a unique ID that relates to session values that determine the current state of the website and any actions you have performed. Expiry time: session.
  • exp_csrf_token - This cookie protects against Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Expiry time: 1 hour.
  • exp_cookies_allowed, exp_cookies_accepted or exp_cookies_declined - Used to store your cookie preferences. Expiry time: 12 months.
  • _ga, _gid - These are set by Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to anonymously track which pages you look at to help us improve the experience of our website. Find out more about Google Analytics Cookies here (https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage).

Cookies used by our service providers

Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Managing cookies

Manage your cookie preferences here

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);

(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);

(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);

(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);

(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and

(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of ours and many other websites.

If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

Email marketing

For email marketing we use Campaign Monitor, an email address management and message sending service provided by Freshview Pty Ltd. The following personal data is held on Campaign Monitor’s servers in the USA: email and name. This data is held for the purpose of sending email marketing and for monitoring performance of our campaigns to help us improve the quality and relevancy of the content that we send to you. Find Campaign Monitor’s Privacy Policy here.

Our details

This website is owned and operated by Agribuy Ltd.

We are registered in England and Wales under registration number 10055800, and our registered office is at BRS Media, Abrahouse, Yarburgh, Louth, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, LN11 0PW.

Our principal place of business is at BRS Media, Abrahouse, Yarburgh, Louth, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, LN11 0PW.

You can contact us:

(a) by post, to the postal address given above;

(b) using our website contact form;

(c) by telephone, on the contact number published on our website from time to time; or

(d) by email, using the email address published on our website from time to time.