Privacy Policy & General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

This privacy policy and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is designed to demonstrate our firm and continuing commitment to the privacy of personal information provided by those visiting and interacting with this web site. We hold the privacy of your personal information in the highest regard. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website.

We recognise the importance of protecting your privacy and our policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our site. This policy will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices and our customers’ needs.

1. What information Do We Collect?

When you visit this web site you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and web site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our web site.

2. Personal Information You Choose to Provide:

2.1 Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our response. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by email and telephone.

3. Web Site Use Information

Similar to other commercial websites, our website utilises a standard technology called “cookies” (see explanation below, “What Are Cookies?”) and web server log files to collect information about how our website is used. Information gathered through cookies and web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our website and the websites visited just before and just after our website.

4. How Do We Use the Information That You Provide To Us?

We use personal information for purposes of administering our business activities providing the products and services you requested and to monitor the use of the service and improve our content. Personal information or business information will not be shared with third parties except as required by law.

5. What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send it own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Browsers are usually set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you may alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our site will not function as effectively when viewed by the users. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive or pass on computer viruses.

6. How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?

As you visit and browse our website, the site uses cookies to differentiate you from other users. Cookies, in conjunction with our webserver’s log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our website and which parts of the site are most popular. This helps us gather feedback to constantly improve our website and better serve our clients. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about you and we do not intentionally store any personal information that your browser provided to us in your cookies.

7. IP Addresses

IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the internet. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile data know as traffic data so that data (such as the web pages you request) can be sent to you.

8. Sharing and Selling Information

We do not share, sell, lend or lease any of the information that uniquely identify a subscriber (such as email addresses or personal details) with anyone except to the extent it is necessary to provide services that you have requested.

9. Security of Data

Data security is very important to us and to protect your data we have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected. We will use technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data.

9.1 Unique usernames and passwords for each account we use.

9.2 Data is secured on servers on a dedicated system behind managed antivirus software/firewall.

9.3 Nightly backups of data to ensure no data is lost.

9.4 Payments are encrypted with trusted providers.

10. What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information?

We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights. We may also disclose account information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our Terms & Conditions or to protect the safety of our users and the Public.

11. What About Other Websites Linked to Our Website?

We are not responsible for the practices employed by website linked to or from our website or the information or contained therein. Often links to other websites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our website. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our website to another website, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites, which have a link on our website, is subject to that website’s own rules and policies. Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding.

12. Your Consent

By using our website you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time with or without notice.

13. If you think we have incorrect information or you would like a copy of the information we hold about you

If you believe that the information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write or email us as soon as possible on the address below. We will promptly correct the data which is found to be incorrect. If you would like to request the information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998 or have any queries, please contact us - info@fordmulleygroundworks.co.uk

14. Acquisition or Changes in Ownership

In the event that the company (or a substantial portion of its assets) is acquired, your information would be considered part of those assets and may be part of those assets that are transferred.

15. Policy Modifications

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time with or without notice.


Last updated: 22nd May 2018