Privacy And Cookie Policy

Privacy Policy

Whirligig.xyz makes this policy available to users of our website, members of our mailing list, audience members (both live and online) and the virtual reality / augmented reality (VR / AR) experiences we create, including but not limited to, ‘Whirligig Media Player’ for PC based headsets and ‘Whirligig Media Player’ for Oculus Quest.

We promise to use the information we collect about you in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (2018) (GDPR), the Data Protection Act (2018) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR, 2003). We aim to be transparent about how we handle your data, and not do anything you would not reasonably expect.

We collect information when you use our website, join our email mailing list, respond to our surveys, or purchase tickets to our events. Depending on how you engage with us, the information we collect may include your name, postal address, phone number, email address, ticketing history, communication preferences, and access requirements.

We do not collect any information through our VR/AR Experiences. This includes personally identifiable, non-personally identifiable and aggregate information.

The information we collect may be used by us for the following purposes:

  • If you have signed up to our mailing list, we may email you about our projects, services and upcoming events that we think you may be interested in. You can opt out at any time using the unsubscribe link featured in all of our mailing list emails

  • To ensure we understand your communication preferences

  • to ensure that the information we already hold is accurate and up to date

  • to improve our products, services and information in the future

  • to ensure compliance with policies, procedures and laws

Cookie Policy

Cookies are simple text files that are stored by your web browser on your computer or device when you visit a website. They are widely used to provide a personalised user experience and to improve the functionality of websites. A cookie cannot access your computer or personally identify you in any way.

We use cookies to collect anonymous information that is non-personal to individual visitors. We do this to provide you with a better online experience, to analyse browsing trends, improve our website and identify preferences.

Different cookies are used for different purposes. We may use the following cookie types to observe visitor behaviour on our website:

  • Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They allow visitors to move around our site and use its features.

  • Performance cookies allow us to see how visitors move around our website and which pages are visited the most. This helps us to make improvements to our site, such as, by improving how easy it is for visitors to find what they are looking for.

  • Functionality cookies recognise visitors when they revisit our website and allows us to give you a more personalised experience, for example, by remembering choices you have made and enhancing features accordingly.

  • Targeting cookies record information about a visitor’s browsing habits, including the pages that have been visited and the links that are followed. This allows us to display advertising that is more relevant to your interests, both on our site and elsewhere on the internet.

Cookies can be disabled at any time, but please note that this may impact your ability to use our website. Here is a useful guide to show you how to disable cookies.

We also use some third party service providers, such as Youtube, on our website, which may store additional cookies on your computer.

Yours rights to your personal information

You have a right to request a copy of the personal information that we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies in this data corrected. Please use the contact details at the end of this policy if you would like to exercise this right.

Contact details and further information

Please get in touch with us if you have any questions about any aspect of this privacy policy and, in particular, if you would like to object to any processing of your personal information that we carry out for our legitimate organisation interests.

phileday@yahoo.co.uk