1. Introduction
1.1 Our website uses cookies.
1.2 Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.
2. About cookies
2.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
2.2 Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
2.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
3. Cookies that we use
3.1 We use cookies for the following purposes:
(a) Authentication – we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website (cookies used for this purpose are: session cookies)
(b) Status – we use cookies to help us to determine if you are logged into our website (cookies used for this purpose are: session cookies)
(c) Security – we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally. (Cookies used for this purpose are persistent cookies).
(d) Advertising – we use cookies to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you. (cookies used for this purpose are: persistent cookies).
(e) Analysis – we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services. (cookies used for this purpose are: persistent cookies);
(h) Cookie Consent – we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally. (cookies used for this purpose are: persistent cookies).
4. Cookies used by our service providers
4.1 Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
4.2 We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about our website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. (The relevant cookies may be both persistent and session cookies).
4.3 We use Marketo to capture data when users download files from our website. This service uses cookies for various purposes which are listed in their privacy policy. You can view the privacy policy of this service provider at https://documents.marketo.com/legal/cookies/ (The relevant cookies may be both session and persistent cookies).
4.4 We use Live Chat provided by Kayako to capture data to allow us to contact users who have used this service to contact us. This service uses cookies to identify visitors and track visits to our website, login session information and to remember your user preferences. You can view the privacy policy of this service provider at https://www.kayako.com/about/privacy (The relevant cookies may be both session and persistent cookies)
4.5 We use Lead Forensics to capture data for business users who visit our website. This service uses cookies to track business name, length of time spent on our website, pages views on our website and the referral site from which the user found our website. You can view the privacy policy of this service provider at https://www.leadforensics.com/privacy-and-cookies/
5. Managing cookies
5.1 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:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
5.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
5.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
6. Our details
6.1 This website is owned and operated by Assured Data Protection.
6.2 We are registered in England and Wales under registration number 10161043, and our registered office is at 2B Harewood Yard, Harewood House Estate, Harewood, Leeds, England, LS17 9LF.
6.3 Our principal place of business is at 2B Harewood Yard, Harewood House Estate, Harewood, Leeds, England, LS17 9LF
6.4 You can contact us:
(a) By post, to the postal address given above;
(b) Using our website contact form;
(c) By telephone, on the contact number published on our website; or
(d) By email, using the email address published on our website.
7. Credit
7.1 This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (https://seqlegal.com).