Privacy & Cookie Policy   

In order to provide you with the best possible service, we sometimes need to collect information about you. Alpha Card Compact Media Ltd t/a A2Z Local has a legitimate interest in processing such information for the reasons outlined below: 

• To provide our services, activities or online content, to provide you with information about them and to deal with your requests and enquiries  

• To provide you with the most user-friendly online navigation experience 

• For "service administration purposes", which means that A2Z Local may contact you for reasons related to the service, activity or online content you have signed up for (e.g. to provide you with password reminders, to notify you that a particular service, activity or online content has been suspended for maintenance, or to notify you of updates to our Privacy and Cookies Policy or Terms of Use.) 

This policy outlines how we treat your personal data after it has been collected by any of our channels which include our website, app, social media pages or any future digital services or channels as they evolve. 

Data Control 

Any personal information provided to us is controlled by A2Z Local, First Floor, 43-45 Oxford Road, Guiseley, Leeds LS20 8AB.

Collection Methods 

A2Z Local may collect and process information about you at the point at which you interact with our products and services, as detailed below: 

• When you become a member of A2Z Local 

• When you subscribe to our newsletter 

• When you complete a survey or enter a competition 

• When you leave a product review 

• When you follow us on our social media channels 

• When we use cookies to see which website pages are the most popular 

We operate in accordance with data protection legislation.  If you have any questions about the information we hold on you or this privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at hello@a2z-local.co.uk 

Your Personal Information 

All personal information you provide us with such as name, address, email etc will be held securely and we will not sell, rent or trade your personal information to third parties unless you give permission to do so. We also use your personal information to prevent or detect fraud or abuses of our website. 

When you subscribe to our newsletter you consent to being sent news, information on products and special offers that we think may interest you. If you register with us you hereby grant permission for us to contact you in this way. 

When you give us your personal information you consent to the collection, storage and processing of this information by A2Z Local in accordance with this privacy policy. If you send us information, when appropriate we may use this as testimonials, but we will not display any personal information unless you have given prior consent. 

Opt-Out Policy 

Newsletter recipients can opt-out of receiving further information from us at any time by emailing us at hello@a2z-local.co.uk or by clicking the 'unsubscribe' link found at the bottom of all newsletters. 

Change of Details 

To update any of your details such as email or address please email us at hello@a2z-local.co.uk 

Deletion of data 

Your details will be deleted by us after a period of 4 years’ inactivity. If you do wish to have your data deleted before this period has elapsed, please contact us via email on  hello@a2z-local.co.uk 

Information requests 

Under the Data Protection Act you have the right to request a copy of the personal information A2Z Local holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. We require you to prove your identity with 2 pieces of approved identification. 

Methods of identification we will accept include: 

• Passport 

• Driving Licence 

• Birth certificate 

• Utility bill (from last 3 months) 

• Current vehicle registration document 

• Bank statement (from last 3 months) 

• Rent book (from last 3 months). 

Log Files 

Like many other websites, www.a2z-local.co.uk makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. 

Cookies 

A cookie is a small file that is automatically issued to your computer when you enter a website, and is stored by the browser on your computer's hard drive. Cookies identify your computer. Cookies store some basic information that helps us to identify if a user of your computer has visited the Site before. 

A2Z Local uses cookies which include session, permanent and third-party cookies. Visit your browser’s help menu to find out more on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies. 

Third-Party Websites 

Our website contains hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third-party websites have their own privacy policies, and are also likely to use cookies, and we therefore urge you to review them. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk. 

Third-Party Advertising 

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. 

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having information used by these companies, please see http://optout.networkadvertising.org/ 

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on A2Z Local. Google’s use cookies enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to www.a2z-local.co.uk and other sites on the internet. Users may view information in this at https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/. 

Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. This third-party ad serves or ad networks use technology to show advertisements and links that appear on www.a2z-local.co.uk sent directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. 

Other technologies (such as cookies, Javascript or web beacons) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see. www.a2z-local.co.uk has no access to or control over these cookies. You should consult the respective privacy policies of such third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices, as well as instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. 

The www.a2z-local.co.uk privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or websites. If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites. 

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies. 

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website. 

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads: 

• IP Address 

• Operating System type 

• Operating System version 

• Device Type 

• Language of the website 

• Web browser type 

• Email (in hashed form) 

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.