Demeter is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information and should be read in conjunction with our Company Privacy Policy. The policy includes details relating to our US operation, Demeter USA Inc., which is registered under US Privacy Shield and complies with the UK/EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework.

What Information Do We Collect?

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:

• Information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website, such as your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views;
• Information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services;
• Information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us;
• Information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters;
• Any other information that you choose to send to us;

Cookies

We use cookies on this website. We may use the information we obtain from the cookie in the administration of this website, to improve the website’s usability and for marketing purposes. We may also use that information to recognise your computer when you visit our website, and to personalise our website for you. 

Using Your Personal Data

Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website. We may use your personal information to:

• Administer the website;
• Improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;
• Enable your use of the services available on the website;
• Send to you goods purchased via the website, and supply to you services purchased via the website;
• Send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you;
• Send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;
• Send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;
• Send to you our newsletter and other marketing communications relating to our business (or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties) which we think may be of interest to you by post, email or similar technology. If you don't want to hear from us, you can use the unsubscribe option in all our communications
• Provide third parties with statistical information about our users - but this information will not be used to identify any individual user;
• Deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website; and
• Other uses that may reasonably considered appropriate to serve you or comply with our obligations.

Disclosures About You

In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may disclose information about you:

• To the extent that we are required to do so by law;
• In connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
• In order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and
• To the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling.

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

International Data Transfers

Demeter web servers are located in the UK. There is no systematic processing or transfer of data submitted via this site outside the UK. 

Policy Amendments

We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

Your Rights

Demeter recognises your rights as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), these can be reviewed here. We will always seek to uphold those rights and should you wish to exercise any of these, please complete this form.

Demeter recognises your right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.  Demeter is registered with the ICO

Third Party Websites

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please contact us by post to Granville Chambers, 21 Richmond Hill, Bournemouth BH2 6BJ, UK.