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Please read our Terms Of Use carefully and ensure that you understand them before using Our Site. These Terms Of Use, together with any other documents referred to herein, set out the terms of use governing your use of this website, https://www.thesimplehost.co.uk/ (“Our Site”).
These Terms Of Use was last updated on 15/02/2022.
Your agreement to comply with these Terms Of Use is indicated by your use of Our Site. If you do not agree to these Terms Of Use, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
The following documents also apply to your use of Our Site:
In these Terms Of Use, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:
We are The Simple Host, a Web Hosting Provider in England. We own and operate Our Site where you can find information regarding the services which we provide. Our registered address is 11 Glen Road, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 7PD.
To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please submit a support ticket to us.
We may alter and update Our Site (or any part of it) at any time to give you a better user experience and enhance security. If we make any significant alterations to Our Site (or any part of it), we will try to give you reasonable notice of the alterations.
Our Site is intended for users in the United Kingdom only. We do not warrant or represent that Our Site or its Content are available in other locations or are suitable for use in other locations.
We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, available from our legal page.
This website https://www.thesimplehost.co.uk/ (“Our Site”) uses Cookies and similar technologies in order to distinguish you from other users. By using Cookies, We are able to provide you with a better experience and to improve Our Site by better understanding how you use it. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Cookie Policy is deemed to occur when you press the accept button on Our Cookie pop-up at the bottom of your screen upon visiting Our Site. If you do not agree to Our Cookie Policy, please stop using Our Site immediately.
In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:
We are The Simple Host, a Web Hosting Provider in England. We own and operate Our Site where you can find information regarding the services which We provide. Our registered address is 11 Glen Road, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 7PD.
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The Simple Host (“we”, “us” or “our”) understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, https://www.thesimplehost.co.uk/ (“Our Site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. You are accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy by continuing to use Our Site.
In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:
We are The Simple Host, a Web Hosting Provider registered in England. We own and operate Our Site where you can find information regarding the services which we provide.
Registered address: 11 Glen Road, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 7PD.
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
Personal data is defined by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (collectively, “the Data Protection Legislation”) as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.
Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.
Under the Data Protection Legislation, you have the following rights, which we will always work to uphold:
For more information about our use of your personal data or exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us using the details provided in Part 15.
It is important that your personal data is kept accurate and up-to-date. If any of the personal data we hold about you changes, please keep us informed as long as we have that data.
Further information about your rights can also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. We would welcome the opportunity to resolve your concerns ourselves, however, so please contact us first, using the details in Part 15.
Depending upon your use of Our Site, we may collect and hold some or all of the personal and non-personal data set out in the table below, using the methods also set out in the table. Please also see Part 14 for more information about our use of Cookies and similar technologies and our Cookie Policy. We do not collect any ‘special category’ or ‘sensitive’ personal data AND/OR personal data relating to children AND/OR data relating to criminal convictions and/or offences.
Data Collected | How We Collect the Data |
Identity Information including full name, title, date of birth. | insert method of collection and/or source(s). |
Contact information including full address, email address, telephone number. | insert method of collection and/or source(s). |
Business information including business name, job title, profession. |
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Payment information including PayPal subscription details. | insert method of collection and/or source(s). |
Profile information including preferences, login details, purchase history. | insert method of collection and/or source(s). |
Technical information including IP address, browser type and version, operating system. | insert method of collection and/or source(s). |
Data from third parties including technical information, contact information, profile information. | insert method of collection and/or source(s). |
Under the Data Protection Legislation, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. The following table describes how we will OR may use your personal data, and our lawful bases for doing so:
What We Do | What Data We Use | Our Lawful Basis |
Registering you on Our Site. | insert data type(s). | insert lawful basis (if "legitimate interests", state what the legitimate interest(s) is or are. |
Providing and managing your Account. | insert data type(s). | insert lawful basis (if "legitimate interests", state what the legitimate interest(s) is or are. |
Providing and managing your access to Our Site. | insert data type(s). | insert lawful basis (if "legitimate interests", state what the legitimate interest(s) is or are. |
Personalising and tailoring your experience on Our Site. | insert data type(s). | insert lawful basis (if "legitimate interests", state what the legitimate interest(s) is or are. |
Administering Our Site. | insert data type(s). | insert lawful basis (if "legitimate interests", state what the legitimate interest(s) is or are. |
Administering our business. | insert data type(s). | insert lawful basis (if "legitimate interests", state what the legitimate interest(s) is or are. |
Supplying our services to you. | insert data type(s). | insert lawful basis (if "legitimate interests", state what the legitimate interest(s) is or are. |
Managing payments for our services. | insert data type(s). | insert lawful basis (if "legitimate interests", state what the legitimate interest(s) is or are. |
Personalising and tailoring our services for you. | insert data type(s). | insert lawful basis (if "legitimate interests", state what the legitimate interest(s) is or are. |
Communicating with you. | insert data type(s). | insert lawful basis (if "legitimate interests", state what the legitimate interest(s) is or are. |
Supplying you with information by email AND/OR post that you have opted-in-to (you may opt-out at any time through your account settings. | insert data type(s). | insert lawful basis (if "legitimate interests", state what the legitimate interest(s) is or are. |
With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your personal data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you by email AND/OR telephone AND/OR text message AND/OR post with information, news, and offers on our services. You will not be sent any unlawful marketing or spam. We will always work to fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Legislation and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, and you will always have the opportunity to opt-out.] [We will always obtain your express opt-in consent before sharing your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes and you will be able to opt-out at any time.
Third Parties (including Mailchimp, tawk.to) whose content appears on Our Site may use third-party Cookies, as detailed below in Part 14. Please refer to Part 14 for more information on controlling cookies. Please note that we do not control the activities of such third parties, nor the data that they collect and use themselves, and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such third parties.
We will only use your personal data for the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected unless we reasonably believe that another purpose is compatible with that or those original purpose(s) and need to use your personal data for that purpose. If we do use your personal data in this way and you wish us to explain how the new purpose is compatible with the original, please contact us using the details in Part 15.
If we need to use your personal data for a purpose that is unrelated to, or incompatible with, the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, we will inform you and explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
In some circumstances, where permitted or required by law, we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent. This will only be done within the bounds of the Data Protection Legislation and your legal rights.
We will not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Your personal data will therefore be kept for the following periods (or, where there is no fixed period, the following factors will be used to determine how long it is kept):
Type of Data | How Long We Keep It |
Identity Information including full name, title, date of birth. | insert details of retention period, or how retention will be determined if no fixed period. |
Contact information including full address, email address, telephone number. | insert details of retention period, or how retention will be determined if no fixed period. |
Business information including business name, job title, profession. | insert details of retention period, or how retention will be determined if no fixed period. |
Payment information including PayPal subscription details. | insert details of retention period, or how retention will be determined if no fixed period. |
Profile information including preferences, username and password, purchase history. | insert details of retention period, or how retention will be determined if no fixed period. |
Technical information including IP address, browser type and version, operating system. | insert details of retention period, or how retention will be determined if no fixed period. |
We will only store your personal data in the UK. This means that it will be fully protected under the Data Protection Legislation.
We ensure that your personal data is protected under binding corporate rules. Binding corporate rules are a set of common rules which all our group companies are required to follow when processing personal data. For further information, please refer to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
The security of your personal data is essential to us, and to protect your data, we take a number of important measures, including the following:
We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, subject to the following exception[s].
If we sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or assets, your personal data may be transferred to a third party. Any new owner of our business may continue to use your personal data in the same way(s) that we have used it, as specified in this Privacy Policy.
In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.
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We may share your personal data with other companies in our group to allow us to activate certain services.
We may sometimes contract with the following third parties to supply certain services.
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If any of your personal data is shared with a third party, as described above, we will take steps to ensure that your personal data is handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the third party’s obligations under the law, as described above in Part 9.
If any personal data is transferred outside of the UK, we will take suitable steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the Data Protection Legislation, as explained above in Part 9.
If we sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or assets, your personal data may be transferred to a third party. Any new owner of our business may continue to use your personal data in the same way(s) that we have used it, as specified in this Privacy Policy.
In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.
You may access certain areas of Our Site without providing any personal data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.
You may restrict our use of Cookies. For more information, see Part 14 and our Cookie Policy.
If you want to know what personal data we have about you, you can ask us for details of that personal data and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). This is known as a “subject access request”.
All subject access requests should be made in writing and sent to the email or postal addresses shown in Part 15.
There is not normally any charge for a subject access request. If your request is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive’ (for example, if you make repetitive requests) a fee may be charged to cover our administrative costs in responding.
We will try our best to respond to any legitimate subject access request within one month of receiving it. Normally, we aim to provide a complete response, including a copy of your personal data within that time. In some cases, however, particularly if your request is more complex, more time may be required up to a maximum of three months from the date we receive your request. You will be kept fully informed of our progress.
Our Site may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First-party Cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve our services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
By using Our Site, you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. Third-party Cookies are used on Our Site for sign-up, service registration, analytics. For more details, please refer to the table below. These Cookies are not integral to the functioning of Our Site and your use and experience of Our Site will not be impaired by refusing consent to them.
All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.
Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a pop-up at the bottom of your screen when visiting Our Site requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended. You will be given the opportunity to allow only first-party Cookies and block third-party Cookies.
Certain features of Our Site depend on Cookies to function. Cookie Law deems these Cookies to be “strictly necessary”. These Cookies are shown in the table below. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies, but it is still important that you are aware of them. You may still block these Cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below, but please be aware that Our Site may not work properly if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.
The following first-party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
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and the following third-party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
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Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables us to improve Our Site and the services offered through it.
The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) Cookies to gather the required information. You do not have to allow us to use these Cookies, however whilst our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) the following Cookies:
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In addition to the controls that we provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies or only third-party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies, but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.
You can choose to delete Cookies on your computer or device at any time, however you may lose any information that enables you to access Our Site more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.
It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser and manufacturer of your computer or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
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Our Site may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First-party Cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve our services. By using Our Site you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. Third-party Cookies are used on Our Site during sign-up AND/OR registration of services. In addition, Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google, which also use Cookies. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse usage statistics, enabling us to better understand how people use Our Site. For more details, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please submit a support ticket to us.
We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.
Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date. This Privacy Policy was last updated on 15/02/2022.
THIS AGREEMENT is made when accepting the Terms of Service option during checkout for any of our web hosting plans.
BETWEEN:
(1) The Simple Host (“Service Provider”) a registered web hosting provider in England and
(2) yourself as the registering user (“Client”) until your billing cycle ends or you choose to cancel your web hosting plan.
WHEREAS:
(1) The Service Provider is engaged in the business of providing Hosting Services to clients and has reasonable skill, knowledge, qualifications and experience in that field.
(2) The Client wishes to acquire the Hosting Services provided by the Service Provider as detailed in Clause 6 and Schedule 1, subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(3) The Service Provider wishes to provide the Hosting Services to the Client subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
IT IS AGREED as follows:
Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason:
Neither Party to this Agreement shall be liable for any failure or delay in performing their obligations where such failure or delay results from any cause that is beyond the reasonable control of that Party. Such causes include, but are not limited to: power failure, internet service provider failure, industrial action, civil unrest, fire, flood, storms, earthquakes, acts of terrorism, acts of war, governmental action or any other event that is beyond the control of the Party in question.
The Service Provider will only use the Client’s personal information as set out in the Service Provider’s privacy policy available from the Service Provider legal page.
The Parties agree that, in the event that one or more of the provisions of this Agreement is found to be unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, that / those provisions shall be deemed severed from the remainder of this Agreement. The remainder of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable.
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