PRIVACY POLICY

W & D Dawson respects your privacy.  This Privacy Policy applies to our use of any, and all Data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of the (the “Site”) www.wddawson.co.uk.

We have created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate our commitment to you, our Site users.

Personal Data we collect

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device information using the following technologies:

• “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://allaboutcookies.org
• “Log Files” track actions occurring on the site, and collect date including your IP address, browser type, Internet Service Provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
• “Web Beacons”, “Tags”, and “Pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

When we talk about “Personal Data” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about device data and the data that you provide us.

How do we use your Personal Data?

We use the Device Data that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide 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.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Changes

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to keep it up to date with changes to our practices or due to other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

In the event of a Personal Data Breach

As a responsible Data Controller and Data Processor, in the event that Personal Data is disclosed to unauthorised individuals, we will notify you in writing as soon as possible. We take a great number of precautions to prevent this from happening, however should an incident arise we will detail what Personal Data was affected and the steps we are taking to manage the issue going forwards.

Contact Us

Your feedback is very important to us. Should you have any queries, or desire any clarification regarding this Privacy Notice, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss with you.

Please contact us by email at admin@wddawson.co.uk