Cotswold Timber Products Privacy and Cookies Policy
Cotswold Timber Products is dedicated to protecting your privacy when you visit our website or communicate online with our personnel. This Privacy Policy offers an explanation regarding any personal data you may provide to us or that we may collect from you.
Our Privacy Policy is updated occasionally to comply with the latest privacy laws and legislations. The latest version was updated on: 25/04/2022. Our Data Controller is Cotswold Timber Products for purposes of the Data Protection Act of 1998.
Who we are:
We are a small family business, located in the Cotswolds. If you have any queries, comments, or requests you may have regarding our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us:
Cotswold Timber Products,
Unit 5D,
Ashchurch Business Centre,
Alexandra Way,
Tewkesbury,
Gloucestershire,
GL20 8NB
Telephone: 01684 368213
Email: info@cotswoldtimberproducts.co.uk
Website: www.cotswoldtimberproducts.co.uk
1. Data and Information Collected
To operate our website, it is essential that we collect and/or process certain data, such as, but not limited to, the following:
- 1.1 Information regarding your visits to our website, any resources you used such as traffic data, location data, weblogs, and any communication data.
- 1.2 Forms filled out on our website allow us to collect information about you regarding registration or purchases you make.
- 1.3 Any data collected from communications to us from you, for any reason.
2. What we do with the Data Collected
Any information collected and stored regarding you is to enable us to offer better services to you.
We may also use the data collected for the following:
- 2.1 To offer you the information you asked for from our site, in direct relation to our services or products.
- 2.2 To send you promotional emails or newsletters
- 2.3 To contact you for market research
We do not share any information that could identify you with our advertisers or third parties. However, on occasion, we may share statistics about our site’s visitors.
3. Where is the data held
All information provided is held on a secure server, behind several firewalls, and is password protected.
All information such as your personal profile is password protected with a password you decide. We recommend for added security of your personal profile you do not use a common password or share your password with anyone. We recommend you make a unique and secure password. To make a secure password we recommend:
- Using over 12 characters,
- Use a mixture of upper and lower case letters,
- Use numbers and symbols,
- Don’t use something personal or common substitutes,
4. How we use Cookies
It is possible that we may use cookies to gather information regarding your computer. This collection of data is used for statistical analysis and system administration only. Information shared does not identify who you are or give out any personal details.
Cookies may be used to gather this general internet data. When used, cookies are downloaded to your computer without prompting. The cookie file is then stored on your hard drive, enabling us to analyse website traffic, store information on your preferences (to speed up your searches), and also to test new content on our website.
All computers can block cookies by activating the browser settings. There is a place to enable you to decline cookies under the options menu. Please note if you decline cookies you may experience limited access to certain areas of our site.
5. Sharing Your Information
Cotswold Timber Products will never sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your express permission to do so, or the law requires it.
- 5.1 We may be obliged to disclose your personal data to comply with a legal obligation.
- 5.2 If applicable, we may share your personal information with any group member. This will include subsidiaries or holding companies we may work with.
- 5.3 If we sell part or all of our business or assets, we may share personal data with the new owner.
- 5.4 Fraud protection may require the sharing of your information.
6. Your Rights
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. This can be done by checking certain boxes when filling out online forms, or you can do this at any time by contacting us on the details above.
You can also request that we remove all information that we hold on you personally, you can do this by emailing info@cotswoldtimberproducts.co.uk. Our team will endeavor to process your request within 10 working days.
7. Third-Party Links
Third-Party Links to websites on our website are not included in our privacy policy. Please check their privacy policy regarding data. We do not accept liability or responsibility for third party links and their privacy policies.
8. How Long We Hold Your Data
We will not retain your data for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy. In general, we will keep your data for the duration of our relationship with you and for a certain period afterwards. In considering how long to keep it, we take into account the nature of the information, the nature of the relationship with you, the relevance of the information, and our obligations to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
If a user is registered on our website, the information they provide is stored in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
9. Changes to our Privacy & Cookies Policy
To remain compliant with data protection laws and legislations, we may, from time to time, be required to make changes to our Privacy and Cookies Policy. All changes will be updated on this page, and if necessary, notified to you in writing.
