This privacy policy is for this website and served by us 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 website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.
THE WEBSITE
This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website comply’s to all international laws and requirements for user privacy.
USE OF COOKIES
This
website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website.
Where applicable this website 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 computer / device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for
websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading
files such as cookies on a user’s computer / device.
Cookies are small files saved to the user’s
computers hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s
interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its
server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this
website.Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of
cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take
necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all
cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.
This website uses tracking software to monitor
its 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 computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your
engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect
personal information. You can read Google’s privacy policy here for further
information.
Other cookies may be stored to your computers
hard drive by external vendors when this website 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 website and/or its 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 website and its 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 website 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
website operates an email newsletter program, used to inform subscribers about
products and services supplied by this website. 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 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 write to the business address at the bottom of
this policy.
Email marketing campaigns published by this
website or its 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 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 un-subscribe
will by detailed instead.
EXTERNAL LINKS
Although
this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links,
users are advised adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web
links mentioned throughout this website.
The owners of this website 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 website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or
implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
ADVERTS AND SPONSORED LINKS
This
website 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 track the number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the
use of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computers hard drive. Users
should therefore note they click on sponsored external links at their own risk
and this website and its 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 website and its
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 website nor its 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 website 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.