At Orchardsnearme.com we understand and respect the importance of your privacy and we are committed to safeguarding your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes how we work to maintain that trust you have in us, and protect that information. By using our services, you agree to the Terms and Conditions of this Privacy Policy and consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in the manner set out below.
Our website address is: https://orchardsnearme.com.
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.
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.
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 have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
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.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Anyone who processes personal information must comply with eight principles of the Data Protection Act, which make sure that personal information is:
fairly and lawfully processed;
processed for limited purposes;
adequate, relevant and not excessive;
accurate and up to date;
not kept for longer than is necessary;
processed in line with your rights;
secure; and
not transferred to other countries without adequate protection.
‘Personal data’ refers to any information that identifies you as a specific individual, such as full name, email address, newsletter choices etc
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new comprehensive data protection law, taking effect on 25.5.18 that updates existing EU laws to strengthen the protection of “personal data” in light of rapid technological developments, the increasingly global nature of business and more complex international flows of personal data. The GDPR replaces the current patchwork of national data protection laws with a single set of rules, directly enforceable in each EU member state.
We may need to collect and process types of Personal Information in order to provide the Services to you or because we are legally required to do so. If you do not provide the information that we request, we may not be able to provide you with the Services. We may use the Personal Information for our legitimate business interests, including those listed below within this Privacy Policy.
We do not knowingly permit children in the EEA under age 16 to register for any content, product or Service. We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal information about users under age 16, except as permitted by law. In recognition of the need to provide additional privacy protections for children, we have a separate privacy policy that applies to those sites and apps that are directed to them.
If you would like to receive an electronic copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another company, or have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy, you may contact us at: info@orchardsnearme.com
You provide different information to us in order for Orchardsnearme.com to provide our services, products and features to you.
Link Account: If you book a holiday with us, you will be asked to provide us with your name, address, email address, telephone number, gender, date of birth, interests, cycling experience, dietary requirements and height. You will be asked to create an account on The Link, our online booking portal.
Holiday Enquiry via Customer Services: You may also be asked to provide information by email or phone if you contact the Orchardsnearme.com office with an enquiry.
Newsletter: If you register to receive our newsletter, you will be asked for your name, email address, mailing address, phone number and other information
Survey: You may be asked for personal information such as name and email address when you complete a survey or competition.
Merchandise: If you order a product, such as a trip souvenir, from us, or one of our business partners, you may be asked for your name, address, email address and telephone number.
Gifts: If you are ordering a product as a gift for another person (such as a holiday voucher), you may be asked for that person’s name, postal address, and phone number in order to enable us to deliver the gift to the recipient.
Sensitive information: we do not ask you to send us or disclose any sensitive personal information relating to racial or ethnic origin, political opinion, religion or other beliefs, criminal background or trade union membership.
However we do ask you to disclose your Date of Birth, your height (should you request to hire a bike), and any dietary information that enables us to ensure your requirements are met during an Orchardsnearme Tour. You are under no obligation to provide this information however in some cases we are not able to guarantee to provide you with a suitably personalized service without this information.
Information we collect automatically:
Through our website we also collect information from your computer or mobile device and actions you have taken on the site including:
Basic user informationabout you that includes your IP address (Internet Protocol address) which identifies the computer or service provider that you use to access our services, or information about your browser type, and other software/hardware information. Also, ISP’s domain, the time you accessed our website and the pages within our website that you visit.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: We may also use cookies, which are small pieces of information that a website can store in a designated file on your computer. Cookies allow a web application to respond to you as an individual. The basic user information collected is used to help us analyse web traffic and to improve the content of our website. Cookies may be used to simplify your interaction with us or allow us to personalize your return visits to our site and save you time during certain activities such as filling out a booking form as a return booker.
You have the choice to set your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. (Each browser is different, so check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.) You can manage the use of Flash technologies, with the Flash management tools available at Adobe’s website, see http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html . It is up to you whether to allow us to send you cookies. Please note that by blocking any or all cookies you may not have access to certain features, content or personalization available through the Services.
Mobile Devices: If you access our Services through a mobile or other device, we may collect your mobile device identifier, geo-location data or other transactional information for that device.
Social Media Services: If you access or log into our Service through a social media service, the information we collect may also include your user ID and or / user name, associated with that social media service, any information or content that you have permitted them to share with us (like your profile picture, email address) and any information you have made public in connection with that Social Media Service.
Web beacons and other tracking technologies. We may use other tracking tools, including so-called “pixel tags,” “web beacons,” “web bugs,” “clear GIFs,” etc. (collectively “Web Beacons”) to collect user activity information about your activities on the Services. Like Cookies, Web Beacons enable us to track pages and content (including ads) accessed and viewed by users. Also, when we send HTML-formatted (as opposed to plain text) emails to you, Web Beacons may be embedded in such emails to allow us to monitor readership levels so that we can identify trends and individual usage to provide our audiences with more relevant content or offers. Web Beacons in emails may recognize activities such as when an email was opened, how many times an email was forwarded, which links in the email were clicked on, etc. Web Beacons cannot be declined when delivered via a regular web page. However, Web Beacons can be refused when delivered via email. If you do not wish to receive Web Beacons via email, you will need to disable HTML images or refuse HTML (select Text only) emails via your email software.
Information Contained in User Content:The Link allows users to post and transmit messages, comments, screen names and other materials. You should be careful what personal information you choose to make public.
What will we do with this information?
Orchardsnearme.com uses information that we collect from and about you, for a variety of business purposes, as follows:
To complete your booking
To look after your tour arrangements, send you notifications and communicate with you generally.
In managing your tour, we may have to disclose some of your information to the providers of the services making up your arrangements (such as hotels, who could be located outside the UK / EEA).
To offer you branded services and to deliver relevant advertising and marketing. We may pass your details to other parties who offer goods or services which we feel may be of interest to you. If you do not wish to have your details passed on in this way, you may ask us in writing (including email) not to do so.
To perform business analysis for other purposes to improve the quality of our business.
To protect the rights of Company and others. There may be instances when Company may use or disclose your information, including situations where Company has a good faith belief that such use or disclosure is necessary in order to: (i) protect, enforce, or defend the legal rights, privacy, safety, or property of Company, our Company Affiliates or their employees, agents and contractors (including enforcement of our agreements and our terms of use); (ii) protect the safety, privacy, and security of users of the Company Services or members of the public; (iii) protect against fraud or for risk management purposes; (iv) comply with the law or legal process; or (v) respond to requests from public and government authorities;
Payment Services: In some cases, we may use an unaffiliated payment service to enable you to purchase a product. If you wish to purchase a product or make a payment using a Payment Service, you will be directed to a page operated by that Payment Service. Any information that you provide to a Payment Service will be subject to the applicable Payment Service’s privacy policy, rather than this Privacy Policy. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, any Payment Service’s use of information collected through any Payment Service.
Data Processing and Support in Business Functions: We may also disclose information to organisations who act as data processors on our behalf, or to other organisations that perform business functions on our behalf, some of who are outside the UK / EEA. These functions include (but are not limited to) administration providing services, customer care, business management and operation, risk assessment, security and crime prevention / detection, research and analysis, marketing, monitoring, measuring and assessing customer purchasing preferences and trends, dispute resolution, credit checking and debt collection.
Third party sites: we may from time to time disclose to third parties impersonal information on our website’s traffic profile. For example, internet advertising companies may require this data to help us better target advertisements on our website and / or other websites. Please note that our website provides links to products and services offered by other companies; the company’s website that you link to will be able to determine that you linked from our website;
Other important information
Non-Personal Data: When information we collect is anonymized or otherwise does not identify you, we may use that information for any purpose or share it with third parties, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Location of Data: Orchardsnearme is based in Ireland. If you are a user located outside of Ireland, you understand and consent to having any personal information processed in Ireland, or in any other country in which we have facilities or in which we engage service providers.
Data Retention. We will retain your information for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or allowed by law.
Even after you cancel your account, or if you ask us to delete your personal information, copies of some information from your account may remain viewable in some circumstances where, for example, you have shared information with social media or other services. Because of the nature of caching technology, your account may not be instantly inaccessible to others. We may also retain backup information related to your account on our servers for some time after cancellation or your request for deletion, for fraud detection or to comply with applicable law or our internal security or recordkeeping policies. It may not always be possible to completely remove or delete all of your information due to technical constraints or, contractual, financial or legal requirements.
Third-Party Sites. If you click on a hyperlink or advertisement that you find within our Tours Services, you may leave our Service or send information to a different website or application. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to your interactions with third-party websites or mobile apps, even if you find a link to them on or access them through our Services, and so you should read the privacy policy of the third-party provider to see how your personal information will be treated on its site.
Protecting your Information:We take website security very seriously and we are committed to safeguarding your personal information. We take a number of administrative and technical steps to ensure the security of the information you provide to us.
Opt out policy – What can I do?
If you would like to access, review, correct, update, suppress, delete or otherwise limit our use of your personal information you have previously provided directly to us, you may contact us and we will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable.
We are meeting the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and in accordance with this, you may ask us for a copy of the information we hold about you and to correct any inaccuracies in your information. We aim to respond to you within 21 days from the date we receive your request.
If you no longer want to receive marketing-related emails and our monthly email newsletter, from us, on a going-forward basis, you may opt-out of receiving these emails be clicking “Unsubscribe” or “Update my Preferences” at the bottom of any marketing email you receive by sending a request to info@orchardsnearme.com
From time to time we may contact you with information about special offers, brochures, new products, forthcoming events or competitions. If you do not wish to receive such information, you may ask us in writing (including email) not to receive it.
If you continue to receive our communications in error after expressing an opt-out preference, please let us know so that we can investigate the situation.
You are also entitled to choose not to provide us with some of the information we request. However, as a result this may mean we are unable to complete some of your holiday arrangements.
Updates & Changes
As our privacy statement may change due to developments in the law, we encourage you to review this policy from time to time so you are aware of any changes in how we gather and use your personal information. Any changes to this policy will be either posted on our website or made available on request. Changes will become effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Orchardsnearme.com