Data Protection Act 1998 (‘the Act’)
I am registered under the Data Protection Act and comply with the Act in all our dealings
with your personal data.
Use and collection of personal information
In general you can visit my website without telling us who you are and without revealing
any information about yourself.
Cookies
I collect information directly from you in a number of ways. One way is through my use
of ‘cookies’. Most websites use cookies in order to make them work, or to work more
efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. They help me
to understand how our customers and potential customers use our website so I can
develop and improve the design, layout, content and function of the site. Cookies are
small text files that are placed on your computer’s hard drive by websites that you visit.
They save and retrieve pieces of information about your visit to the website – for
example, how you entered the site, how you navigated through the site and what
information and documentation was of interest to you. This means that when you go
back to a website, it can give you tailored options based on the information it has stored
about you on your last visit.
Some of my cookies are used to simply collect information about how visitors use my
website and these types of cookies collect the information in an anonymous form.
The rules about cookies on websites have recently changed. If you are uncomfortable
with the use of cookies, you can disable cookies on your computer by changing the
settings in the preferences or options menu in your browser. You can set your browser to
reject or block cookies or to tell you when a website tries to put a cookie on your
computer. You can also delete any cookies that are already stored on your computer’s
hard drive. However, please be aware that if you do delete and block all cookies from
our website, parts of the site will not then work. This is because some of the cookies we
use are essential for parts of my website to operate. Likewise, you may not be able to
use some products and services on other websites without cookies.
To find out more about cookies, including seeing what cookies have been set and how to
manage and delete them, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ HTTP_cookie
If you do not wish to accept cookies from my website, please leave this site immediately
and then delete and block all cookies from this site.
Security
I endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information. However, I
cannot guarantee the security of any data that you disclose online and I will not be
responsible for any breach of security unless this is due to our negligence or wilful
default.
Your rights
You have the right to ask me not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. I
will aim to inform you before collecting your data if I intend to use your data for such
purposes or I intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purpose.
General
You have the right to see personal data (as defined under the Data Protection Act) that I
keep about you upon receipt of a written request.