Nigel Rafferty Groundcare – Website Privacy Policy
Safeguarding your privacy is very important to us. This policy describes how Nigel Rafferty Groundcare protects and makes use of the information you give us when you visit www.nigelrafferty.co.uk (“our site”). If you are asked to provide information when using this website, it will only be used in the ways described in this privacy policy. By using our site, you consent to our Privacy Policy
What Does This Policy Cover?
This Policy applies only to your use of our site. Our site may contain links to other websites. Please note that We have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
What Data Do We Collect?
We may collect and process the following data about you from information that you provide by filling in forms on our site. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our site, subscribing to any services or newsletters, posting material or requesting further services. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence. Depending upon your use of our site, we may collect some or all of the following personal and non-personal data:
• your name
• date of birth
• gender
• business/company name
• job title
• profession
• contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers
• demographic information such as post code, preferences, and interests
• other information in relation to special offers and surveys
IP addresses
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a site. Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website and the web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
Some of the cookies we use are “analytical” cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Some of the cookies we use are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that hold navigation, page id/information and variables critical to the running of the website.
You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
Cookies do not provide us with access to your computer or any information about you, other than that which you choose to share with us.
How we use your Data
All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary considering the reason for which it was first collected. We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under the Data Protection Act 1998.
Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to emails), or because it is in our legitimate interests. Specifically, we may use your data for the following purposes:
- For our own internal records
- To contact you in response to a specific enquiry or email
- Personalising and customising your experience on our site
- Supplying our products and services to you
- To improve the products and services we provide
- To send you promotional emails about products, services, offers and other things we think might be relevant to you.
You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it.
We will never send you marketing emails of any kind without your express consent. If you do give such consent, you may opt out at any time. All marketing emails sent by us include an unsubscribe link. During that time, you may continue to receive emails from us.
Do We Share Your Data?
We will not pass on your personal information to any third parties
.In certain circumstances we may be legally required to share certain data held by us, which may include your personal data, for example, where we are involved in legal proceedings, where we are complying with legal obligations, a court order, or a government authority.
We may compile statistics about the use of our site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales, and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, partners, and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.
How Can You Access Your Data?
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by us (where such data is held). Under the Data Protection Act 1998, we require the payment of a small fee which will not exceed £20.00. Please contact us for more details at .
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on our site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of our site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about our site, this Privacy Policy or our use of your data, please contact us by email at or by telephone on 01209 210683 or by post at Nigel Rafferty Groundcare, Unit 12D Barncoose Industrial Estate, Redruth, TR15 3RQ.
