Privacy Policy

Earworms Privacy Policy

Effective date 24th April 2023

This privacy policy sets out how Earworms Ltd uses and protects any information that you provide Earworms Ltd with when you use this website. Earworms Ltd 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. Earworms Ltd 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
  • contact information including email address
  • other information relevant to our offers

For the exhaustive list of cookies we collect see below.

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 new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided

Reviews and Feedback

Earworms Ltd may contact you via email to invite you to review any services and/or products you received from us [in order to collect your feedback and improve our services [and produts]] (the "Purpose").

We use an external company, Trustpilot A/S ("Trustpilot"), to collect your feedback which means we will share your name, email address and reference number with Trustpilot for the Purpose. If you want to read more about how Trustpilot process your data, you can find their Privacy Policy here

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.

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. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

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, excepting the transfer of our trading platform Earwormslearning.com and it's assets to a new company, in which case the sole purpose of the data we hold for you would remain unchanged. 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. In accordance with applicable law, you may (i) request access to any personal data we hold about you and request that it be updated, rectified, deleted or blocked, (ii) request that we refrain from further use of any personal data we hold about you, and (iii) object to our creation of user profiles about you.

If you have any questions or comments about our privacy practices or this Privacy Statement, if you want to make use of any of the above rights, or other rights that you may have in relation to your personal data if you wish to close your Earworms account or if you have other questions or requests, please contact us. You can also reach us via postal mail at the following address:

EARWORMS LIMITED, The Union Building, 51-59 Rose Lane, Norwich, NR1 1BY, 
United Kingdom

While we are ready to assist you in managing your subscriptions, closing your account, and removing your active profile, we cannot always delete records of past interactions and transactions. For example, we are required to retain records relating to previous purchases on the Site for financial reporting and compliance reasons. If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

List of cookies we collect

The table below lists the cookies we may use and what information they store. 

COOKIE NAMECOOKIE DESCRIPTION
CARTThe association with your shopping cart
CATEGORY_INFOStores the category info on the page, that allows to display pages more quickly
COMPAREThe items that you have in the Compare Products list
CURRENCYYour preferred currency
CUSTOMERAn encrypted version of your customer id with the store
CUSTOMER_AUTHAn indicator if you are currently logged into the store
CUSTOMER_INFOAn encrypted version of the customer group you belong to
CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_IDsStores the Customer Segment ID
EXTERNAL_NO_CACHEA flag, which indicates whether caching is disabled or not
FRONTENDYou session ID on the server
GUEST-VIEWAllows guests to edit their orders
LAST_CATEGORYThe last category you visited
LAST_PRODUCTThe most recent product you have viewed
NEWMESSAGEIndicates whether a new message has been received
NO_CACHEIndicates whether it is allowed to use cache
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CARTA link to information about your cart and viewing history if you have asked the site
POLLThe ID of any polls you have recently voted in
POLLNInformation on what polls you have voted on
RECENTLYCOMPAREDThe items that you have recently compared
STFInformation on products you have emailed to friends
STOREThe store view or language you have selected
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIEIndicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies
VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDSThe products that you have recently viewed
WISHLISTAn encrypted list of products added to your Wishlist
WISHLIST_CNTThe number of items in your Wishlist