Welcome to www.gwseeps.co.uk (‘the Site’), which is owned and operated by GW Sweeps (‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’, as applicable). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and have recently reviewed and updated our procedures in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) which come into effect on 25 May 2018. This notice (together with the Cookie Policy and any other documents we refer to in this notice) set out how we will use your personal information and with whom it will be shared. Please read the following carefully.
Please refer to our Cookie Policy if you would like detailed information on the types of cookies we use on the Site, the purposes for which we use each cookie, how you can disable and enable the use of certain cookies and the consequences of doing so.
Please note that by visiting and using the Site you are agreeing to the use of your personal information in the way that is described in this Privacy Notice.
If you have any queries or concerns regarding this Privacy Notice, please contact us at info@gwsweeps.co.uk
Any changes we may make to our privacy notice in the future will be posted on this page a.
What information do we collect about you?
We may collect and process the following data about you (‘your information’):
- information that you submit online via our Site, including your name, telephone number and e-mail address.;
- any correspondence you send to us;
- details of your visits to the Site (which may include, amongst other things, traffic data and communication data);
We are aware that your information may be confidential and we will protect the confidentiality of your information in accordance with our normal procedures and legal requirements.
How will we use your information?
We use your information in the following ways:
- for our internal purposes, such as quality control, site performance, system administration and to evaluate use of the Site, so that we can provide you with enhanced services;
- to provide you with information, products or services that you request from us;
We collect non-personal aggregated statistics data about visitors to the Site and traffic patterns using Google Analytics. Just to be clear, this information does not identify users in any personal capacity and we do not use this information to build profiles on individual users: it just contains generalised information about the users of the Site. Google is in the process of further enhancing its controls in this area and we will be reviewing and implementing these as we see appropriate
We only keep your information for as long as is necessary. Google Analytics now allows us to ensure data is not held by them indefinitely and we will be implementing specific retention periods.
Cookies
We may use ‘cookies’ to collect the information referred to and track your use of the Site. Cookies are small data files which gather information about your use of the Site and help us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the Site. For more information about ‘cookies’, why we use them and how to refuse cookies, please see our Cookie Policy.
Marketing
We will not use your information for marketing purposes and will not share your information with any third parties.
Where do we transfer your information?
We do not transfer your information anywhere.
With whom do we share your information?
We do not share your information with other organisations, other than:
- with business partners, suppliers, sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter with them or you; and
- if we have to share your information to comply with legal or regulatory requirements,
We may share the non-personal aggregated statistics data about visitors to the Site with third parties.
How do we keep your information secure?
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we will apply our normal procedures and comply with legal requirements to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted to the Site and any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
The Site may from time to time contain links to and from other websites. If you follow a link to any of those sites, please note that those sites ought to have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for those sites or for their privacy policies. Please check those privacy policies before you submit your information to those sites.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you have various individual rights, each of which we address below. If you wish to read more about your rights in respect of your personal data we recommend visiting the UK Information Commissioner’s Office website at ico.org.uk
- the right to be informed – You can view our Privacy Notice and Cookie Policy on our website at any time,
- the right of access – you have the right to see the personal information that we hold about you, whether collected through your use of the Site or through any communications that you have had with us. You have the right to access your information and should direct any request for your information to us at info@gwsweeps.co.uk
- the right of rectification – You have the right to rectify your information by sending a written request to us at info@gwsweeps.co.uk.
- rights in relation to prior consultation – you have rights to give your prior consent before your personal information is used or retained in certain ways. We address this by now seeking your specific “opt-in” consent at the time of registration,
- the right to restrict processing – You have the right to assume we will not process your information (or pass your information to other companies or organisations) for marketing purposes unless you have given your specific consent.
- the right to object to processing including profiling – You have the right to object to mass processing of your data and potential scoring or profiling. We confirm that we do undertake mass processing of personal data, that we don’t do any scoring, and we don’t do any profiling
- the right of erasure/the right to be forgotten – You have the right to request that we delete all of your information at any time. Once notified we will then delete the information that we hold on you as appropriate. Google Analytics has introduced the ability to select specific retention periods which we will be implementing,
the right to data portability – As we do not store significant information about you we believe this does not apply to GW Sweeps. - rights in relation to international transfer – All data is currently held in the UK only,
- rights in relation to automated decision-making – not applicable,
If you have a complaint about how we have used your information, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”).
Changes
We may make changes to this Privacy Notice at any time by sending you an email with the modified terms or by posting a copy of them on the Site. Any changes will take effect 7 days after the date of our email or the date on which we post the modified terms on the Site, whichever is the earlier. Your continued use of the Site after that period expires means that you agree to be bound by the modified policy.
How to contact us
Questions, comments or requests concerning this Privacy Notice are welcomed and should be addressed to us at info@gwsweeps.co.uk.
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