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This policy is compliant with all the latest rules and regulations in regards to Data protection & the new GDPR ruling within the UK.
In this policy the use of, “we”, “us” and “our” refers to Down The Corridor. In this policy the use of, “website” refers to www.downthecorridor.com.
We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we gather, treat and work with your personal information.
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This policy comprises of 3 parts:
Part A: Your Personal Data
Part B: Website Cookies
Part C: Contact Information
By using our website you are agreeing to all of the terms in this policy, this includes (but is not restricted to) the acceptance of the use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
In this section of the Privacy Policy, we will cover the different types of data that we collect, how it is used, where it is stored, who it’s shared with and your rights to your data.
(1) WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT?
We collect information about your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. This data is stored and collected via Google Analytics. This data is processed for the purpose of analysing the use of our website. The basis for processing the data is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website for our customers.
We may process any information that has been submitted via any of our websites contact forms (“enquiry data”). This data may then be processed for the purpose of offering, marketing and selling relevant services to you. As well as sending you emails with regards to new products and relevant services.
We may process any data identified within this policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this process is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.
We may process any data identified within this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our business against risks. In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this section, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of services, that you enter into with us and/or through our website (“transaction data”). The transaction data may include your contact details and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed for the purpose of supplying the purchased services and keeping proper records of those transactions. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract and our legitimate interests, namely our interest in the proper administration of our website and business.
We may store and process any information collected in accordance with this privacy policy manually and in a hard copy format. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others. In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this section, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
(2) WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR DATA?
We may disclose your personal data to our hosting provider www.siteground.co.uk/ & website managers as much as reasonably necessary for the purpose of resolving any issues with the website and/or in order to improve our website for our customers. We may disclose your personal data to the following third-party providers, in accordance with the terms detailed in Section 1 of this policy:
We may disclose your personal data to our insurers and/or professional advisers as much as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice, or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.
(3) RETENTION AND DELETION OF DATA
Our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data. We outline our policy of data retention & deletion in this section of the policy. We will retain your personal data as follows
All personal data collected in accordance to section 1 of this policy will be retained for a minimum period of 7 years following the date of collection and will be retained indefinitely.
In some cases, it is not possible for us to specify in advance the periods for which your personal data will be retained. In such cases, we will determine the period of retention based on the following criteria:
The period of retention of all personal data will be determined based on the actions of the individual, the data will be retained indefinitely unless requested to be removed or edited by the individual themselves.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
(4) YOUR RIGHTS TO YOUR DATA
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you; provision of such information will be subject to:
In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.
(1) ABOUT COOKIES
Cookies are small pieces of data that live in your web browser (web browsers include Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari).
Cookies are harmless text files. They can’t look into your computer or read any personal information or other material on your hard drive. Cookies can’t carry viruses or install anything harmful on your computer.
If you’d like to find out more about cookies, what they’re for and how to manage them, there’s an excellent explanation in Google’s good to know campaign, written in partnership with the Citizens Advice Bureau.
(2) COOKIES OUR SITE USES
System cookies are created each time you visit us and are automatically deleted when you close your browser. They remember the fact you’ve visited and the selections that you make as you use the website.
Identification cookies help us remember who you are when you come back to visit us.
Web analytics / Marketing effectiveness cookies collect anonymous data to help us understand visitor behavior, so we can make our website better. They tell us which parts of the Website visitors use the most and flag up any problems, so we can fix them quickly. They also tell us how customers find the Website (for example via social media platforms and search engines), so we know how effectively we are marketing.
Cookies for optimising the content shown on our website
We may wish to test a change or new feature on the site to see if it is effective before rolling it out to all our users. Cookies allow a random sample of site visitors to see it one way, and a different group another and ensure that you consistently get the same experience on repeat visits.
Google Analytics
More info on the Google Analytics cookies can be found at the top of this page:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
RequestVerificationToken
(An anti-forgery token (prevent CSRF attack))
Third party cookies
This website uses cookies provided by other organisations to support functions such as statistical performance analysis, rich media functionality and security. These are third party cookies. You can read privacy policies from these third parties below:
We use Vimeo to embed videos and provide some video elements in websites. You can find Vimeo’s privacy policy at https://vimeo.com/privacy.
(3) MANAGING YOUR COOKIES
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can, however, obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
By blocking all cookies it will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
To opt-out of most Marketing Cookies used by services such as Google and Facebook, then visit the below links and follow the instructions on screen:
FOR GENERAL CONTACT
If you have any issues with our Privacy and/or Cookie Policy, then please feel free to get in touch using one of the contact methods below:
Telephone Number: +44 7905 525670
Email Address: julian@downthecorridor.com
Mailing Address: 103 Hempstead Road, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England, WD4 8BS
FOR DATA CONTACT
If you would like information on the data we currently store on yourself, this includes any requests for updating, deleting or supplying the data. Then please get in touch using the below details, please note any requests for data interaction will carry a 10 GBP administrative charge.
Telephone Number: +44 7905 525670
Email Address: julian@downthecorridor.com
Mailing Address: 103 Hempstead Road, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England, WD4 8B