Privacy Policy

At Peninsula Hearing Care, we’re committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure. For the purposes of this Policy, where ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ is used this refers to Peninsula Hearing Care Limited. We may change this Policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. By using our website, you’re agreeing to be bound by this Policy.

Who are we?

Peninsula Hearing Care Ltd,

India Mill Business Centre,

Bolton Road,

Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 1AE.

Peninsula Hearing Care Limited is a hearing aid company and we have Hearing Care Professionals throughout Devon and Cornwall who are highly skilled and experts in all leading hearing instruments from the world’s most renowned hearing aid manufacturers. We offer simple clear advice and explanations about your hearing loss and what can be done to correct it. Our Registered Hearing Aid Audiologists will take the time to understand your needs, the situations and environments where you have the most difficulty hearing, using our full range of evidence based clinical assessments and patient centred questionnaires.

How do we collect information from you?

We obtain information about you when you use our website, for example, information that you provide by filling in forms on our site. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our site, subscribing to our service, posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our site; if you contact us, a record of that correspondence; details of transactions you carry out through our site and of the fulfilment of your orders; details of your visits to our site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access.

What type of information is collected from you?

The personal information we collect might include your name, address, email address, IP address, and information regarding what pages are accessed and when. If you purchase a product from us, your card information is not held by us, it is collected by our third-party payment processors, who specialise in the secure online capture and processing of credit/debit card transactions, as explained below.

How is your information used?

We may use your information to:

Process orders that you have submitted; to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into by you and us; seek your views or comments on the services we provide; notify you of changes to our services. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with us.

Who has access to your information?

We may pass your information to our third-party service providers, agents, subcontractors and other associated organisations for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf. We disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure.

Your choices

How you can access and update your information

The accuracy of your information is important to us. We’re working on ways to make it easier for you to review and correct the information that we hold about you. In the meantime, if you change email address or any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please email us at info@peninsulahearingcare.co.uk, contact us here, or write to us at:

Peninsula Hearing Care Limited,

India Mill Business Centre,

Bolton Road,

Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 1AE.

You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you (we may charge £10 for information requests) to cover our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you Security precautions in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information When you give us personal information, we take steps to ensure that it’s treated securely. Any sensitive information (such as credit or debit card details) is encrypted and protected with the following software 128 Bit encryption on SSL. When you are on a secure page, a lock icon will appear on the bottom of web browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Non-sensitive details (your email address etc.) are transmitted normally over the Internet, and this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. Where we have given (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Use of ‘cookies’

Like many other websites, our website uses cookies. ‘Cookies’ are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns and do not identify you as an individual. It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. For more information on how to switch off cookies on your computer, visit our full cookies policy. Turning off cookies may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. This privacy policy applies only to our website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our website.

In addition, if you linked to our website from a third-party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third-party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site.

Transferring your information outside of Europe

As part of the services offered to you through this website, the information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Union (“EU”). By way of example, this may happen if any of our servers are from time to time located in a country outside of the EU. These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the UK. By submitting your personal data, you’re agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing. If we transfer your information outside of the EU in this way, we will take steps to ensure that appropriate security measures are taken with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this Policy.

If you use our services while you are outside the EU, your information may be transferred outside the EU to provide you with those services.

Privacy notice

How information is collected and stored

We will collect information from you when you register on our website, when you phone us or when you write to us. Information we hold will include your name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address and any medical information on your prescription. We only use the information you give us to process orders and provide after sales service.

We treat all information in the strictest of confidence. Any details we receive via our website is stored on our secure server. All payment details are encrypted using Sage Pay. And we won’t show your details to a third-party.

You have a right to access any information we hold about you. You can contact us in writing with your request providing enough details about yourself to be identified. There may be a fee of £10.00 to cover our administration costs.

Review of this Policy

We keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last reviewed on 12th September 2023.