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Our Privacy Policy

The Wedding Òra Ltd is committed to preserving the privacy of all visitors to our website at www.theweddingora.co.uk. Please read the following privacy policy to understand how we use and protect the information that you provide to us. By registering on this website, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information under the terms of this policy. 

INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT FROM YOU 

When you visit www.theweddingora.co.uk you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself including your name and contact details. We may also collect information about your usage of our website as well as information about you from messages you post to the website and e-mails or letters you send to us. 

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal information when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Web pages you view while on this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. You can read more about how Squarespace uses your data (site usage information of end users) for its own purposes in their Privacy Policy.

This website collects personal information to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

We provide this information to Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

USE OF YOUR INFORMATION 

Your information will enable us to provide you with access to all parts of our website and to supply the services or information you have requested. We will also use and analyse the information we collect so that we can administer, support, improve and develop our business. In particular, we may use your information to contact you for your views on our services and to notify you occasionally about important changes or developments to the website or our services. Further, where you have consented, we might also use your information to let you know by email about other services which we offer which may be of interest to you. If you change your mind about being contacted in the future, please let us know. 

FOR ΜΕΜΒΕR SITE SUBSCRIBERS

When you subscribe and purchase a membership on this website, we collect personal information from you to enable your member sites access. We may collect information like your:

  • Billing and shipping address

  • Details relating to your subscription

  • Email address

  • Name

  • Phone number

We provide this information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so that they can provide exclusive member site hosting services to us and help us manage our relationship with you.

As you go through checkout, this site may auto-complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience.

INVOICES

We use branded invoices to collect payments. We share this information with Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so they can provide invoicing services to us. 

We may collect information like your: 

  • Email address 

  • Invoice details (for example, line items) 

  • Name 

  • Payment history 

Squarespace makes use of Stripe, a third-party payment processing provider which also receives your personal information and processes it in accordance with their privacy policies.

FOR PROPOSALS, ESTIMATES AND CONTRACTS

When you contact us or agree to a service, we collect information necessary to negotiate, draft, and execute the service agreement. 

This information may include your: 

  • Business details (for example, project scope) 

  • Email address 

  • Name Phone number 

This information is processed and stored securely through our use of the Squarespace platform.

SCHEDULING

When you schedule an appointment by booking on this website, we collect personal information from you to complete the booking. We may collect information like your:

  • Name

  • Email address

  • Phone number

  • Details relating to your appointment (for example, who referred you)

  • Files you uploaded

We provide this information to Squarespace, our online scheduling service provider, so that they can provide online booking services to us.

MARKETING EMAILS

We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We provide your contact information to Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf and help us manage our relationship with you.

CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS

If you create a customer account on this website, we collect personal information to improve our checkout experience and customer service.

This information may include your:

  • Billing and shipping address(es)

  • Details about your orders (for example, your shirt size)

  • Email address

  • Name

  • Phone number

We provide this information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so they can provide website services to us and help us manage our relationship with you.

FOR FORM BLOCK SUBMISSIONS

When you submit information to this website via webform, we collect the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. We provide this information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us and help us manage our relationship with you. We also provide this information with [storage method(s)] for storage and [with Zapier for data porting].

WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT 

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 services.

  • We may periodically send promotional emails about new services, special offers 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 and use the information to customise the website according to your interests.


DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION 

The information you provide to us may be accessed by or given to third parties some of whom may be located outside the UK who act for us for the purposes set out in this policy or for other purposes approved by you. Those parties process information and provide support services on our behalf. You agree that we may disclose your identity and contact details to (1) any third party who claims to us that any material posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights or their rights of privacy, and (2) to other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Finally, if our business enters into a joint venture with or is sold to or merged with another business entity, your information may be disclosed to our new business partners or owners. Countries outside the UK do not always have strong data protection laws. However, we will always take steps to ensure, so far as reasonably possible, that your information is used by third parties in accordance with this policy. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Unless required to do so by law, we will not otherwise share, sell or distribute any of the information you provide to us without your consent. 

SECURITY AND DATA RETENTION 

We employ security measures to protect, so far as reasonably possible, your information from access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. We will retain your information for a reasonable period or as long as the law requires or permits. 

COOKIES 

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described above, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

You may set up your computer to reject cookies by following the relevant instructions which can be found at www.aboutcookies.org. In that case, you may not be able to use certain features on our site.

DATA PROTECTION 

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please e-mail us at, info@theweddingora.co.uk

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

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES 

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any

information which you provide whilst visiting such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question. 

ACCESSING AND UPDATING

You are entitled to see the personal information held about you and you may ask us to make any necessary changes to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date. If you wish to do this, please contact us at info@theweddingora.co.uk. We are entitled by law to charge a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you. 

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY 

The Wedding Òra Ltd. may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. Any changes to our privacy policy in the future will be posted to the website. 

HOW TO CONTACT US 

All comments, queries and requests relating to our use of your information are welcomed and should be addressed to info@theweddingora.co.uk. Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you.