Privacy policy & cookies

Important privacy notice & cookies policy regarding your data, your rights, and how we use cookies and collected information.

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This privacy policy is for Daffodil Marketing Ltd. The privacy policy & cookies policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. This website complies with all relevant laws and requirements for user privacy. Daffodil Marketing takes a proactive approach to user privacy and ensures that necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This privacy policy outlines how we aim to achieve this and includes how we process the information collected, including personal data, when you use our website or make enquiries on our website.

Personal data means any data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly/indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to us via our website. By providing your personal data, you agree that we can use your personal data in accordance with this privacy policy & cookies policy.

Ensure you understand this policy in its entirety and take your time to read it.

Who are we?

Daffodil Marketing is part of Daffodil Group UK, registered at Unit 2 Acres Hill Business Park, Acres Hill Lane, Sheffield, S9 4LR.

How do we collect information from you?

We collect information from you:

  • When you make an enquiry.
  • When you access our website.
  • When you apply for a vacancy.

 

Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email enquiries, but we advise users using such forms that they do so at their own risk.

What type of information is collected from you?

When you make an enquiry:

You may be asked to submit personal information about yourself when you make an enquiry. We will collect this information so we can fulfil your enquiry such as:

  • Title
  • Name
  • Email address (used for sending quotations and proposals)
  • Work address
  • Telephone number
  • Company name
  • Marketing preferences (whether you opt-in, how to contact you with marketing literature)

“Device information” from your computer hardware and software is automatically collected by Daffodil IT. This can include:

  • Device type (e.g., mobile, computer, laptop, tablet)
  • Cookies
  • Operating system
  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Browser information (e.g., language and history)
  • Domain names
  • Access times
  • Settings
  • Referring website addresses
  • Other device data to provide the services as otherwise described in this policy
  • We may receive your generic location (city or neighbourhood)

You may submit your CV if you’re interested in working for us. This information may include:

  • Personal details
  • Employment details
  • Education
  • Salary history
  • Other relevant details

 

We will use this information to assess your application. We may also keep it in our records for future reference. Please get in touch if you would no longer like us to hold your records at: service@daffodil-marketing.com

How is your information used?

Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because:

  • It is necessary to respond to your enquiry.
  • You have consented to our use of your personal data (e.g., by subscribing to emails).
  • It is in our legitimate interests.

We require the information outlined in the previous section to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, as well as:

  • Internal record keeping.
  • To send you service emails.
  • To send you quotations and proposals.
  • To improve our products and services.
  • To send marketing communications if you have opted in to receive them.
  • We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

Who has access to your information?

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties. Any personal information we request from you will be safeguarded under current legislation.

We will only share your information with companies if necessary to deliver services on our behalf, for example, service providers (e.g., courier for hardware delivery, broadband supplier for installation), third-party payment processors, or other third parties to provide our services and fulfil your requests, and as otherwise consented to by you or as permitted by applicable law.

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information at any point. Please refer to the “Your choices” section of this Privacy Policy & Cookies Policy for details.

How and where do we store data?

We only keep your personal data for as long as we need to in order to use it as described in this Privacy Policy, and/or for as long as we have your permission to keep it. We store personal data in cloud-based systems which are stored securely in data centers and on-premises file servers.

Your choices

We will not contact you for marketing purposes by email, in writing, by phone or text message unless you have given your prior consent. We will not pass your details on to any third parties for marketing purposes unless you have expressly permitted us to do so. Furthermore, you can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us by email at service@daffodil-marketing.com.

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information that Daffodil Marketing holds about you and have any inaccuracies corrected. Any such requests should be made by contacting us by email at service@daffodil-marketing.com. You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it. We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary to fulfil the reason(s) for which it was first collected.

Cookies

Cookies are text files containing small amount of information that are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the origin website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recongise a user’s device. You can find more information about cookies here.

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

The cookies used on this website have been categorised below based on the categories found in the ICO UK Cookie Guide.

Operationally necessary

We may use cookies or other similar technologies that are necessary for the operation of our sites, services, applications and tools. This includes technologies that allow you to access our sites, services, applications and tools, that are required to identify irregular site behaviour, prevent fraudulent activity and improve security, or that allow you to make use of our functions such as using contact forms, saved search or similar functions.

We may use cookies or other similar technologies to assess the performance of our websites, including as part of our analytic practices to help us understand how our visitors use our websites, to determine if you have interacted with our contact forms, to determine whether you have viewed a specific page, or to improve our website content and design.

  • Google Analytics: This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal data. You can read Google’s privacy policy & cookies policy here for further information. You must not use this site if you are not happy with these terms.
  • Facebook Pixel: This is a performance cookie that is used to track which pages users visit and which actions they perform on our website, this is to enable us to monitor user engagement and improve the site accordingly. It does not save personal identifiable information. Find out more here.

We may use cookies, or other similar technologies that allow us to offer you enhanced functionality when accessing or using our websites, or services. This may include identifying you when you sign into our sites or keeping track of your specified preferences, interests or past pages viewed so that we may enhance the presentation of our sites and allow users easier access to features. By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

We may use first-party or third-party cookies to deliver content, including ads relevant to your interests, on our sites or on third party sites. This includes using technologies to understand the usefulness to you of the advertisements and content that has been delivered to you, such as whether you have clicked on an advertisement. Most of these service providers may collect your IP address and non-personally identifiable information about your visits to our site in order to serve ads while you are visiting other websites. Such non-personally identifiable information is anonymous and does not include your name, address, email address or other personal information, however, your IP address may be collected. This is a list of the third-party cookies which we may utilise. These third parties are responsible for how these cookies work and how personal data is processed.

  • Facebook: This is an advertising cookie that is used to retarget users with relevant advertisements.
  • Instagram: This is an advertising cookie that is used to retarget users with relevant advertisements.
  • X: This is an advertising cookie that is used to retarget users with relevant advertisements.
  • LinkedIn: This is an advertising cookie that is used to retarget users with relevant advertisements.
  • Pinterest: This is an advertising cookie that is used to retarget users with relevant advertisements.
  • Google DoubleClick: This is an advertising cookie that is used to retarget users with relevant advertisements.

If you don’t want to allow permanent cookies, you can select the option to deactivate permanent cookies in your browser. If you deactivate session cookies, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to use all of our services without limitations.

Marketing communication

Marketing communications are taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. All personal details relating to marketing are held securely and in accordance with current legislation. Users will only receive marketing emails, literature, texts or phone calls if they have opted in to receive them.

Email marketing campaigns published by this website or its owners may contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity – this is by no means a comprehensive list. This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user with more relevant content based on their activity.

In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 email subscribers are given the opportunity to unsubscribe at any time through an automated system. This process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign. If an automated unsubscription system is unavailable, clear instructions on how to unsubscribe will be detailed instead.

External links

Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website. The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned. These other websites may also set their own privacy policy & cookies on users’ computers, collect data or solicit personal information. You should refer to any privacy policies & cookies found on such websites, services and applications to understand how your information may be collected and used.

Social media platforms

Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies & cookies held with each social media platform respectively. Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate/engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.

This website may use social sharing buttons that help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.