Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting your privacy on-line.

We appreciate that you do not want the personal information you provide to us distributed indiscriminately and this policy explains how we collect information about you, what we do with it and what controls you have.
Who we are?
The website is owned by Ambassador Communications LTD. Ambassador Communications LTD are responsible for and controls the processing of your personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (the "Act").

Personal data we may collect about you

We can only provide the goods and services ordered by you if you provide us with your personal data. For the purpose of providing these services, we collect personal data about you such as: your name, address, email address, telephone and/or mobile number, payment card information.

We will use the information you provide for the purposes described in this privacy policy to which you agreed to at the time your data was obtained. Your personal data will be used to provide the information, goods and services offered through our website to you, for billing and order fulfilment.

E-Mail marketing

If you sign up to our newsletter, we may use your email address to send you information about our products and services. At any stage you can ask us to stop using your data for direct marketing purposes. You can opt out of receiving any marketing communications from us by clicking the link at the bottom of the newsletter or by informing our Customer services at info@home2u.ie
• administer your account with us;
• verify and carry out financial transactions in relation to payments you make online;
• audit the downloading of data from our website;
• improve the layout and/or content of the pages of our website and customize them for users;
• identify visitors to our website;
• carry out research on our users' demographics and tracking of sales data

Monitoring
We may also monitor who accesses our website, for example we may automatically collect access information about you such as: the type of internet browser you use; the website from which you have come to our website and your IP address (the unique address which identifies your computer on the internet) which is automatically recognized by our web server. Such information enables us to assess and build a profile of our users. We use this information to:
• improve the layout and/or content of the pages of our website and customize them for users;
• add other purposes as appropriate]
Use of cookies and similar technologies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your device.

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. Cookies also provide us with information about how this website is used so we can keep it is as up to date, relevant and as error-free as possible.

For further information about how we use cookies, please see our cookies policy [include a link here].
Disclosure of your personal data
We may disclose your personal data:
• to other companies;
• if we sell our business to a third party;
• to our agents and service providers (e.g. providers of web hosting or maintenance services);
Security
We place great importance on the security of all personally identifiable information associated with our users. We have security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of personal information under our control. We will use technical and organizational measures to safeguard your personal data, for example:
• access to your account is controlled by password and username which are unique to you;
• we store your personal data on secure servers;
• payment details are encrypted using SSL technology.
You should bear in mind that submission of information over the internet is never entirely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of information whilst it is in transit over the internet and any such submission is at your own risk. All we can do is use all our reasonable efforts to safeguard your data and ensure that we maintain a reliable and safe environment to use your data. It is advisable to close your browser when you have finished your user session to help ensure others do not access your personal information if you use a shared computer or a computer in a public place.
List of cookies we collect
The table below lists the cookies we collect and what information they store.
COOKIE name COOKIE Description
CART The association with your shopping cart.
CATEGORY_INFO Stores the category info on the page, that allows to display pages more quickly.
COMPARE The items that you have in the Compare Products list.
CURRENCY Your preferred currency
CUSTOMER An encrypted version of your customer id with the store.
CUSTOMER_AUTH An indicator if you are currently logged into the store.
CUSTOMER_INFO An encrypted version of the customer group you belong to.
CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_IDS Stores the Customer Segment ID
EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE A flag, which indicates whether caching is disabled or not.
FRONTEND Your session ID on the server.
GUEST-VIEW Allows guests to edit their orders.
LAST_CATEGORY The last category you visited.
LAST_PRODUCT The most recent product you have viewed.
NEWMESSAGE Indicates whether a new message has been received.
NO_CACHE Indicates whether it is allowed to use cache.
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART A link to information about your cart and viewing history if you have asked the site.
POLL The ID of any polls you have recently voted in.
POLLN Information on what polls you have voted on.
RECENTLYCOMPARED The items that you have recently compared.
STF Information on products you have emailed to friends.
STORE The store view or language you have selected.
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE Indicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies.
VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS The products that you have recently viewed.
WISHLIST An encrypted list of products added to your Wishlist.
WISHLIST_CNT The number of items in your Wishlist.