Privacy policy

Data Protection Policy Statement

Where data is held under the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998, we will ensure that personal data is:

• Fairly and lawfully processed
• Processed for specified purposes
• Adequate, relevant and not excessive
• Accurate
• Not kept for longer than is necessary
• Processed in accordance with individuals rights
• Secure
• Not transferred to countries without adequate protection

Your Rights

• Where consent is required, we will obtain your consent before processing data that relates to you.
• You are entitled, upon request, to be informed whether personal data about you is being processed, and to be provided with a description of the data, any information available as to its source (if known), the purposes for which it is being processed, and details of the recipients to whom it is being disclosed. We will provide this information upon request although we reserve the right to make a charge for providing this information. In certain circumstances and upon request, we will stop processing personal data about you if it is likely to cause substantial damage or distress to you or someone else. Any requests relating to the above should be made in writing to our Data Protection Officer, Patrick Nayler.

Cookies

A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.

We do not use “session” cookies or “persistent” cookies on the website.

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html

Security

We will ensure that appropriate measures are adopted to guard against unauthorised and unlawful processing, or the accidental loss, destruction of or damage to data.

Assistance

The subject of data protection is a complicated one. If you require guidance or assistance you should contact our Data Protection Officer who will be pleased to help you and answer any queries that you may have.