Last Updated April 2022

The following Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy” or “policy”) sets out how Wild & Curious (herein the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) gathers, uses and protects any information that you give us when using our website  http://www.wildandcurious.co (referred to herein as this “website” or “site”). 

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website users and service users. We will not sell, lease or distribute your personal information to third-parties unless we have your permission or the law requires us to do so.

 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 policy. This page outlines aspects that may affect your browsing experience at Pears and Chocolate Sauce. 

How we collect and use information

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you, such as your name and/or email address. These will be collected via our contact and enquiry form features. Use of these features is at your own discretion.

Wild & Curious maintains an email mailing list of those who freely subscribe via a third-party server, in this case MailerLite. These emails are used by us only to email newsletters, occasional updates, and promotional content. You are free to unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of your newsletter emails. Your email will never be passed on to third parties by Wild & Curious.

Details may be passed on in the event that you are the winner of a giveaway hosted on the site, and your permission will be sought before this happens via email. Any required information (such as address or email address) will only be passed on to the brand for which we are hosting the giveaway. Wild & Curious is not responsible for your details held by the brand once they have been passed on.

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

• To improve our products and services.
• To contact you in response to a specific enquiry
• To contact you via email to send you newsletters and promotional emails about products, services, offers, and other things we think might be relevant to you.

To ensure the security and safety of this site, I create regular backups of all information on this site, which are emailed to me. The oldest backup file is deleted when a new one is created.

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. Any of your information collected by these secure third-party processors is subject to their own privacy policies, not ours; therefore, you and we hereby agree that we will have no liability in connection with the actions or inactions of these processors. In the event of a security breach on this website, I will notify you within 48 hours of becoming aware of the breach.In the event of a security breach on any third party server which I use to store your information. I will notify you as soon as I can reasonably do so and I have been notified by the third party.

Cookies

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

I also collect and store information that is generated automatically as you navigate online through the Site. As an example, I may collect information about your computer’s connection to the Internet which allows me to improve the delivery of my web pages to you and measure traffic on the site. 

This Site uses cookies, which are small text files downloaded on to your computer when you visit a site for the first time. Generally, cookies are beneficial, and are designed to give you a smooth user experience. For more information on cookies, how they are used, and how to disable cookies, please see my cookies policy.

Links to other websites

Some links on this site may be affiliate links. These are links to products or service that I highly recommend and am an affiliate for. Should you click on one of these links and decide to purchase the service(s) or product(s), I will receive a small commission of the sale at no extra cost to you.

Links to third-party websites or services are not owned or controlled by myself. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy policy. You further acknowledge and agree that this website and its owner shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such web sites or services. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to the website in question.

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has 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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Content

All the information on this site is exclusively owned by us, and may not be copied, reproduced, distributed or shared in a way which suggests it belongs to anyone other than myself. Quotes may be extracted from content on this site in the event that explicit permission is sought from me, and adequate credit is displayed.

Storing subscriber information

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.

When your subscribe to emails from this Site, it is stored at the list server which delivers the Site’s newsletters (https://www.mailerlite.com). Your information can only be accessed by those who help manage those lists in order to deliver e-mail to those who would like to receive this Site’s newsletters. All emails sent by this Site include an unsubscribe link in them, which can be used to unsubscribe from future mailings. 

If you subscribe to receive our emails, you consent to communicating with us through e-mail, including without limitation the exchanging of documents as attachments to email communications.  You understand that such communications may include information that we or you consider private, and that not all computer networks are necessarily secure.  You agree to hold us harmless for any non-intentional loss of or access to electronically exchanged and stored information. We reserve the right to make changes to this policy at any time.

Disclaimer

This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on 1st April 2022. It is advised that you re-read this from time to time to make sure you are happy with the various policies. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at hello@wildandcurious.co.