It may seem like a bucketload of blah but the formalities are formalities so must to be stated. 

Privacy Policy

At Persona Abode, one of our main priorities is the privacy of all our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by www.personaabodeinteriors.com operated by Abode of Ophilus trading as Persona Abode ("we" or “us”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 13880751. Our registered office address is 27 Sydenham Park, Sydenham, London, SE26 4EE.

This policy is effective from 20th Feb 2022.

This privacy policy sets out how Persona Abode uses and protects any information that you give Persona Abode when you use this website.

Persona Abode is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Persona Abode may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

What We Collect

We may collect the following information:

·     Name and job title

·     Contact information including email address and telephone number

·     Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests

·     Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What We Do With The Information We Gather

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 products and services. 

·     We may periodically send promotional emails about 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 or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. 

How We Use Cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. 

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. 

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Cookies & Web Beacons

Like any other website, www.personaabodeinteriors.com uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimise the users’ experience by customising our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

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. Please note, Persona Abode’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites and we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites. You should exercise caution and consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-in of certain options. 

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites. 

Controlling Your Personal Information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

·     Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes.

·     If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at: hello@personaabodeinteriors.com 

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to hello@personaabodeinteriors.com

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

Log Files

PERSONA ABODE follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Privacy Policies

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on www.personaabodeinteriors.com, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalise the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that www.personaabodeinteriors.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Children’s information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

www.personaabodeinteriors.com does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, please send an email to hello@personaabodeinteriors.com and such information will be removed from records. 

Online privacy Only

This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in www.personaabodeinteriors.com. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy.

Blog Disclaimer

If you find photography on the PERSONA ABODE website that you own the rights to and it is absent of proper credit, please contact us. Should you wish it to be removed, please contact us so it can be removed as swiftly as possible.

All images are copyrighted to their respective owners. Persona Abode does not own any of the images posted unless stated otherwise.

This page (and the documents it refers to) tells you the terms of use on which you may use or browse our website www.personaabodeinteriors.com (our site), whether as a guest or a registered user. Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use the site. By using our site, you accept these terms of use and agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use our site.

About Us

www.personaabodeinteriors.com is a site operated by Abode of Ophilus trading as Persona Abode ("we" or “us”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 13880751. Our registered office address is 27 Sydenham Park, Sydenham, London, SE26 4EE and our email address is hello@personaabodeinteriors.com.

Our Site

We allow access to our site on a temporary basis and we reserve the right to withdraw, restrict or change our site at any time and without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or if the content is changed or out of date.

You must treat as confidential any user identification code, password or other security feature in relation to our site. If, in our opinion, you aren’t complying with these terms of use, we have the right to disable any such code, password or feature at any time. 

[You must comply with the provisions of our Acceptable Use Policy when using our site.] 

It is your responsibility that anyone who accesses our site through your internet connection is aware of these terms and complies with them.

Variations

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page or by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site. 

Intellectual Property Rights

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site and the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. 

You must not use any part of the materials on our site for commercial purposes without a licence from us or our licensors. You may not reproduce in any format (including on another website) any part of our site (including content, images, designs, look and feel) without our prior written consent. 

If, in our opinion, you are in breach of these provisions, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must either return or destroy (as required by us) any copies of the materials you have made.

Reliance On Information & Links

The contents of our site (including links to other sites and resources provided by third parties) are for information only, and we shall not be liable for any use of, or reliance on, such materials. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.

Information About You and Your Visits To Our Site

We process information about you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. 

Linking to Our Site

You may link to our home page only if you have first obtained our written consent and provided that you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. 

[The website from which you are linking must comply in all respects with our Acceptable Use Policy and must be owned by you. ]

You must not link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. 

Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page. 

If you wish to make any use of material on our site other than that set out above, please address your request to hello@personaabodeinteriors.com.

Uploading Material Onto Our Site

When you upload material to our site, or make contact with other users of our site, you must comply with our Acceptable Use Policy. If you upload material in breach of our Acceptable Use Policy and we suffer loss as a result, you will reimburse us for such loss. 

Any material you upload to our site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose it to third parties. If any third party claims that any material posted or uploaded by you to our site violates their intellectual property rights, or their right to privacy, we have the right to disclose your identity to them.

We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials posted by you or any other user of our site.

We have the right to remove any material or posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, such material does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.

Viruses, Hacking & Other Offences

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing any material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. 

By failing to comply with this provision, you would commit a criminal offence and your right to use our site will cease immediately and we will report your actions to the relevant authorities.

Our Liability

The material displayed on our site is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, we hereby expressly exclude:

• All conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity.

• Any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with our site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of our site, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it (whether by us or a third party), including, without limitation any liability for:

  • loss of income or revenue;

  • loss of business;

  • loss of profits or contracts;

  • loss of anticipated savings;

  • loss of data;

  • loss of goodwill;

  • wasted management or office time; and

for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.

This does not affect any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Jurisdiction & Applicable Law

The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our site. 

These terms of use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

This is the acceptable use policy, which, together with our terms of website use, terms of website use, sets out the terms under which we Abode of Ophilus (trading as Persona Abode,  13880751, registered at 27 Sydenham Park, Sydenham, London, SE26 4EE allow you to use our site  www.personaabodeinteriors.com (“site”) whether you are a visitor or a registered user. All enquiries should be directed to hello@personaabodeinteriors.com. Please read the terms of this policy carefully, as by using our site you indicate that you agree to comply with and be bound by them.  

Prohibited Uses Of Our Site

Whether you are a visitor or registered user, you must comply with our terms of website use terms of website use, and use our site for lawful purposes only. In particular, you must not use our site for the uses listed (without limitation) below:- 

• any fraudulent activity;

• any activity which breaches any applicable law or regulation, whether national or international;

• any activity which may cause or result in harm to a child under 18 years of age;

• sending unsolicited advertising or other content (spam), or entering into any arrangement for such material to be sent;

• reproducing, selling or otherwise handling our site or its contents in breach of our terms of website use;

• knowingly introducing to our site, or transmit or attempt to transmit to any other site, computer or network, viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material, code or programme which is malicious or technologically harmful;

• attempting to gain unauthorised access to our site, our software, our server, or any server, computer or database connected to our site; or

• attacking our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.

Contributing and Interacting

Our site may offer users the facilities to upload or contribute content or other material, or to interact with other users. When making use of these facilities, it is your responsibility to ensure that any contribution or interaction is, as far as you are aware, factually correct, represents your honest opinion, and does not breach any applicable law or regulation. 

In addition, any contribution or interaction must not include any material which (without limitation):-

• is defamatory, obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory;

• is, or refers to material which is, sexually explicit;

• promotes violence, illegal activity or any form of discrimination;

• infringes any other person’s copyright, database right or trade mark;

• threatens, harasses, upsets, embarrasses, alarms or annoys any other person, or is likely to do so;

• advocates, promotes or assists any illegal activity;

• is likely to deceive any person or is made in breach of a legal duty owed to a third party (such as a duty of confidence);

• invades another’s privacy or cause inconvenience or anxiety to any person;

• is used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person; or

• gives the impression that the material emanates from us, if this is not the case.

Moderation

If we at any time use our site to provide users with any interactive service, the following moderation provisions will apply:-

• we will notify users if moderation is in place, and, if so, whether the moderation is provided by a person or is automated;

• if moderation is in place, we will give you a means to contact the moderator;

• although we will do our best to assess any risks which such interactive service may pose, we will be under no obligation to moderate it, and we expressly exclude any liability for any loss or damage to any person caused by use of it; and

• children should at all times be supervised when using the interactive services on our site, whether such services are moderated or not.

Breached Of This Policy

Any breach of this acceptable use policy will be dealt with in the same way as breach of our terms of website use terms of website use, and we reserve the right to take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate, including restricting your use of our site and/or taking legal action against you. We are not liable for any loss or damage caused by any breach of this acceptable use policy. 

Amendments

Please check this page regularly, as we may revise this acceptable use policy at any time. We may also change or update our acceptable use policy at any time by means of notices published anywhere on our site.