Privacy policy

nearer.com takes the protection of your data very seriously.

This privacy policy explains how we use any personal information we collect about you when you use this website.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU?

We collect information about you to process your order, manage your account and, if you agree, to email you our regular newsletters, our surveys and information about products and services we think may be of interest to you.

WE NEVER SELL YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT DETAILS

We never sell or rent our mailing list to third parties. Where you have supplied your email, address and telephone number, this information will remain confidential to nearer.com, unless you have specifically opted into one of the third party promotions or competitions which nearer.com runs from time to time; in which case your personal information will be handled in accordance with the consent you give in participating in such a promotion or competition.

MARKETING

Sometimes we send out emails of offers from businesses which we think will be of relevance to our audience. If you have consented to receive marketing, you may opt out at a later date. You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. If you no longer wish to be contacted, please email us at optout [at] nearer.com.

ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION AND CORRECTION

You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy, please email us at admin [at] nearer.com. You may also use this address to ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate.

HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE TO EMAILS

You can unsubscribe from our email service at any time, and all our regular emails contain an unsubscribe link. Also, if you know your password you can control your subscription online. If you don’t know your password, please email us at admin [at] nearer.com.

COOKIES

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to track visitor behaviour and to compile statistical reports on website activity. These cookies are set both by nearer.com and by third parties such as Google, Facebook and certain advertising and marketing partners. This information is used to help us monitor website usage in order to improve the website, to help serve you with appropriate advertising, and for market research purposes.

For further information visit www.aboutcookies.org.uk or www.allaboutcookies.org. If you prefer, you can set your browser not to accept cookies and the above websites tell you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, should you choose to do so, some of our website features will not function as a result.

THIRD PARTY SERVICES

Google offers the ability for you to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics. This is done by an add-on to your browser and is available for download here.

Here Google explains how it uses information from sites (such as nearer.com) that use its services.

And you may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting this page.

We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioural metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured on a strictly occasional basis, using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity, and all data is anonymised. Additionally, we use this information for site optimisation, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 20th August 2023.

HOW TO CONTACT US

Please use our contact form if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you.