What is this Privacy Policy for?
This privacy policy is for this website [www.globalenergyefficiency.co.uk]
and served by Global Energy Efficiency.ltd and governs the privacy of its users who
choose to use it.
The policy sets out the different areas where user
privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the
users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website
processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed
within this policy.
The Website
This website and its owners take a proactive
approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect
the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website
complies to all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.
Use of Cookies
This website uses cookies to better the users
experience while visiting the website. Where applicable this website uses a
cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to
allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device. This complies
with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from
users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user's
computer / device.
Cookies are small files saved to the user's
computers hard drive that track, save and store information about the user's
interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its
server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from
this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps
within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this
website and its external serving vendors.
This website uses tracking software to monitor its
visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by
Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will
save a cookie to your computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your
engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect
personal information. You can read Google's privacy policy here for further
information [ http://www.google.com/privacy.html ].
Other cookies may be stored to your computers hard
drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored
links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking
and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal
information is stored, saved or collected.
Contact & Communication
Users contacting this website and/or its owners do
so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at
their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely
until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the Data
Protection Act 1998. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure
form to email submission process but advise users using such form to email
processes that they do so at their own risk.
This website and its owners use any information
submitted to provide you with further information about the products / services
they offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have
submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any email
newsletter program the website operates but only if this was made clear to you
and your express permission was granted when submitting any form to email
process. Or whereby you the consumer have previously purchased from or enquired
about purchasing from the company a product or service that the email
newsletter relates to. This is by no means an entire list of your user rights
in regard to receiving email marketing material. Your details are not passed on
to any third parties.
Email Newsletter
This website operates an email newsletter program,
used to inform subscribers about products and services supplied by this
website. Users can subscribe through an online automated process should they
wish to do so but do so at their own discretion. Some subscriptions may be
manually processed through prior written agreement with the user.
Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UK Spam
Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003.
All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in
accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. No personal details are passed on
to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that
operates this website. Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you may request a
copy of personal information held about you by this website's email newsletter
program. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the
information held on you please write to the business address at the bottom of
this policy.
Email marketing campaigns published by this website
or its owners may contain tracking facilities within the actual email.
Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and
evaluation. Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails,
forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times,
dates and frequency of activity [this is by no far a comprehensive list].
This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user
with more relevant content based around their activity.
In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and
Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 subscribers are given the
opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an automated system. This
process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign. If an automated
un-subscription system is unavailable clear instructions on how to un-subscribe
will by detailed instead.
External Links
Although this website only looks to include
quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised adopt a policy of
caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this
website.
The owners of this website cannot guarantee or
verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best
efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own
risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or
implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Adverts and Sponsored Links
This website may contain sponsored links and
adverts. These will typically be served through our advertising partners, to
whom may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they
serve.
Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the
advertisers website through a referral program which may use cookies and will
track the number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the use
of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computers hard drive. Users
should therefore note they click on sponsored external links at their own risk
and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or
implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Social Media Platforms
Communication, engagement and actions taken through
external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on
are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held
with each social media platform respectively.
Users are advised to use social media platforms
wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard
to their own privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners will
ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms
and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them
through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.
This website may use social sharing buttons which
help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in
question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they
do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track
and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social
media platform account.
Shortened Links in Social Media
This website and its owners through their social
media platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. By default
some social media platforms shorten lengthy urls [web addresses].
Users are advised to take caution and good
judgement before clicking any shortened urls published on social media
platforms by this website and its owners. Despite the best efforts to ensure
only genuine urls are published many social media platforms are prone to spam
and hacking and therefore this website and its owners cannot be held liable for
any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.
Resources & Further Information
Data Protection Act 1998
Privacy and Electronic
Communications Regulations 2003
Privacy and Electronic
Communications Regulations 2003 - The Guide
Twitter
Privacy Policy
Facebook Privacy Policy
Google Privacy Policy
Linkedin Privacy Policy
Mailchimp Privacy Policy
Web Design Wales
Website
Privacy Policy
Project Planner Template
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Global Energy Efficiency Limited - 15 The Wardwick Derby. DE1 1HA.