Your privacy is important to us. It is The Polished Bubble policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you on our website, The Polished Bubble and other websites that we own and operate.

We only ask for personal information when we really need it to provide you with a service. We collect them by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we are collecting it and how it will be used.

We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with the requested service. What data we store, we will protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

We do not share any personally identifiable information publicly or with third parties, except as required by law.

Our website may have links to external websites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites and cannot accept responsibility for their respective privacy policies.

You are free to refuse our request for your personal information, with the understanding that we may not be able to provide you with some of your desired services.

Your continued use of our site will be deemed acceptance of our privacy and personal information practices. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, please feel free to contact us.

Cookie Policy for The Polished Bubble 

This is the Cookie Policy for The Polished Bubble, accessible from URL

What are cookies

As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this website uses cookies, which are small files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they collect, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the website’s functionality.

How we use cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this website. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are unsure whether or not you need them if they are used to provide a service you use.

Disabling cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting your browser settings (see your browser’s Help to find out how to do this). Please be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites you visit. Disabling cookies will generally result in disabling certain functionality and features of this website. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

The cookies we set

• Account related cookies
  If you create an account with us, we will use cookies for managing the sign-up process and general administration. These cookies will generally be deleted when you sign out, however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when you sign out.
• Login related cookies
  We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember that fact. This saves you from having to log in every time you visit a new page. These cookies are usually removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access features and restricted areas when you are signed in.
• Cookies related to email newsletters
  This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember whether you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which may only be valid for subscribed/non-subscribed users.
• Cookies related to order processing
  This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
• Search related cookies
  From time to time, we offer user surveys and quizzes to provide you with interesting information, useful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.
• Form related cookies
  When you submit data via a form, such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
• Site preference cookies
  In order to provide you with an optimal experience on this website, we provide functionality to set your preferences for how this website performs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page affected by your preferences.
  
  

Third party cookies

In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third-party cookies you may encounter through this website.

• This website uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web to help us understand how you use the website and how we can improve your experience. These cookies can track things like how long you spend on the site and which pages you visit so that we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information about Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
• Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this website so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies can track things like how long you spend on the site or the pages you visit, which helps us understand how we can improve the site for you.
• From time to time, we test new features and make subtle changes to the way the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience while on the site, whilst understanding which optimisations our users most appreciate.
• As we sell products it is important for us to understand statistics about how many visitors to our site actually make a purchase and as such this is the type of data these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.
• We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect to your social network in a variety of ways. In order for the following social media sites to work including; {List the social networks whose features you have integrated into your website?:12}, will set cookies on our website that may be used to enhance your profile on their website or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes described in their respective privacy policies.
  
  

More information

I hope that cleared things up for you, and as mentioned earlier, if there’s something you’re not sure you need or not, it’s generally safer to leave cookies enabled in case it interacts with one of the features you use on our website.

This policy is effective from April 2023