What is this Privacy Policy for?
This privacy policy is for this app (VI Bites) and served by APEX-BVI and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it.

The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the app and app owners. Furthermore the way this app processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.

The app
This app and it's owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their experience. This app comply's to all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.

Use of Cookies
This website uses cookies to better the users experience while using the app. Where applicable this app uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their / device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for app's to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a users / device.

Cookies are small files saved to the users devices hard drive that track, save and store information about the users interactions and usage of the app. This allows the app, through it's server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this app. Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this app on to their device hard drive they should take necessary steps within their device security settings to block all cookies from this app and it's external serving vendors.

This app uses tracking software to monitor it's visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your device hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the app but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google's privacy policy here for further information [ http://www.google.com/privacy.html ].

Other cookies may be stored to your device hard drive by external vendors when this app uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.

Contact & Communication
Users contacting this app and/or it's owners do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the Data Protection Act 1998. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email submission process but advise users using such form to email processes that they do so at their own risk.

This app and it's owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the products / services they offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter program the app operates but only if this was made clear to you and your express permission was granted when submitting any form to email process. Or whereby you the consumer have previously purchased from or enquired about purchasing from the company a product or service that the email newsletter relates to. This is by no means an entire list of your user rights in regard to receiving email marketing material. Your details are not passed on to any third parties.

Email Newsletter
This app operates an email newsletter program, used to inform subscribers about products and services supplied by this app. Users can subscribe through an online automated process should they wish to do so but do so at their own discretion. Some subscriptions may be manually processed through prior written agreement with the user.

Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. No personal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that operates this website. Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you may request a copy of personal information held about you by this website's email newsletter program. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email us at info@vibites.biz.

Email marketing campaigns published by this app or it's owners may contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity [this is by no far a comprehensive list].

This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user with more relevant content based around their activity.

In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 subscribers are given the opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an automated system. This process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign. If an automated un subscription system is unavailable clear instructions on how to unsubscribe will by detailed instead.

External Links
Although this app only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links users should always adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this app.

The owners of this app cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this app and it's owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned. Adverts and Sponsored Links

This app may contain sponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our advertising partners, to whom may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they serve.

Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the advertisers website through a referral program which may use cookies and will tracks the number of referrals sent from this app. This may include the use of cookies which may in turn be saved on your device hard drive. Users should therefore note they click on sponsored external links at their own risk and this app and it's owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

Social Media Platforms
Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this app and it's owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.

Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This app nor it's owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.

This app may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.

Shortened Links in Social Media
This app and it's owners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. By default some social media platforms shorten lengthy url's [web addresses] (this is an example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo).

Users are advised to take caution and good judgment before clicking any shortened url's published on social media platforms by this app and it's owners. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine url's are published many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this app and it's owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.