The use of Cookies in Smartech Security Website

Definitions and Interpretation

• “Account” means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of our Site;
• “Cookie” means a small text file placed on your computer or device by our Site when you visit certain parts of our Site and/or when you use certain features of our Site.
• “Our Site”means this website, www.smartechsecurity.co.uk
• “UK and EU Cookie Law” means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended in 2004, 2011 and 2015;
• “We/Us/Our” means Smartech Security Ltd, a company registered in England under registration number 10271797, whose registered address is 45 Laburnum grove , Langley SL38QT.

Information About us

Our Site, www.smartechsecurity.co.uk is owned and operated by Smartech Security Limited, a limited company registered in England under number 10271797, whose registered address is 45 Laburnum grove , Langley SL38QT. Our VAT number is 250 1863 27

Scope – What Does This Policy Cover?

This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of our Site. It does not extend to any websites that are linked to from our Site (whether we provide those links or whether they are shared by other users). We have no control over how your data is collected, stored or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

What Data Do We Collect?

Some data will be collected automatically by our Site, other data will only be collected if you voluntarily submit it, for example, when requesting for a quote or placing an order for goods. Depending upon your use of our Site, we may collect some or all of the following data:

• Name
• Date of Birth
• Gender
• Business/Company Name
• Job Title
• Profession
• Contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
• Demographic information such as post code, preferences and interests;
• Financial information such as credit / debit card numbers (collected by card payment merchant service provider when you pay for good or service by card)
• IP address (automatically collected);
• Web browser type and version (automatically collected);
• Operating system (automatically collected);
• A list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on our Site, and the site you exit to (automatically collected);

How Do We Use Your Data?

• All personal data is stored securely in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998. For more details on security see section 6, below.
• We use your data to provide the best possible products and services to you. This includes:
  • Providing and managing your access to our Site;
  • Personalising and tailoring your experience on our Site;
  • Supplying our products and services to you;
  • Personalising and tailoring our products and services for you;
  • Responding to communications from you;
  • Analysing your use of our Site and gathering feedback to enable Us to continually improve our Site and your user experience;
• With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email with information, news and offers on our products and services. We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that we fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, as amended in 2004, 2011 and 2015.

How and Where Do We Store Your Data?

• We only keep your data for as long as we need to in order to use it as described above in section 5, and/or for as long as we have your permission to keep it.
• Your data will only be stored within the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein).
• Data security is of great importance to us, and to protect your data we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure data collected through our Site.
• Notwithstanding the security measures that we take, it is important to remember that the transmission of data via the internet may not be completely secure and that you are advised to take suitable precautions when transmitting to us data via the internet.

Do We Share Your Data?

• We may sometimes contract with third parties to supply products and services to you on our behalf. These may include payment processing, delivery of goods, search engine facilities, advertising and marketing. In some cases, the third parties may require access to some or all of your data. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.
• We may compile statistics about the use of our Site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying information. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates and partners. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.
• In certain circumstances we may be legally required to share certain data held by us, which may include your personal information, for example, where we are involved in legal proceedings, where we are complying with the requirements of legislation, a court order, or a governmental authority. We do not require any further consent from you in order to share your data in such circumstances and will comply as required with any legally binding request that is made of us.

What Happens If Our Business Changes Hands?

• We may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of our business. Data provided by users will, where it is relevant to any part of our business so transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use the data for the purposes for which it was originally collected by us.
• In the event that any of your data is to be transferred in such a manner, you will not be contacted in advance and informed of the changes. When contacted you will not, however, be given the choice to have your data deleted or withheld from the new owner or controller.

How Can You Control Your Data?

• When you submit information via our Site, you may be given options to restrict our use of your data. In particular, we aim to give you strong controls on our use of your data for direct marketing purposes (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in our emails and at the point of providing your details.
• You may also wish to sign up to one or more of the preference services operating in the UK: The Telephone Preference Service (“the TPS”), the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (“the CTPS”), and the Mailing Preference Service (“the MPS”). These may help to prevent you receiving unsolicited marketing. Please note, however, that these services will not prevent you from receiving marketing communications that you have consented to receiving.

What Cookies Do We Use and What For?

• Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of our Site and to provide and improve our products and services. For more details, please refer to section 5, above, and to section 11.5 below. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and respected at all times.
• All Cookies used by and on our Site are used in accordance with current UK and EU Cookie Law.
• Before any Cookies are placed on your computer or device, subject to section 11 clause IV and/or section 11 clause VII, you will be shown a pop-up message bar informing you of the fact that our Site uses Cookies. By continuing to use our Site after the message bar notification text, you are deemed to have agreed to our use of Cookies, thereby enabling us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the use of Cookies; however certain features of our Site may not function fully or as intended.
• Certain features of our Site depend on Cookies to function. UK and EU Cookie Law deems these Cookies to be “strictly necessary”. These Cookies are shown below in section 11 clause V. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies. You may still block these cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below in section 11 clause IX, but please be aware that our Site may not work as intended if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them
• Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics service. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse usage statistics, enabling us to better understand how people use our Site. This, in turn, enables us to improve our Site and the products and services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, as detailed below, however whilst our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
• The analytics service(s) used by our Site use(s) Cookies to gather the required information. Certain of these Cookies may be placed immediately when you first visit our Site and it may not be possible for us to obtain your prior consent. You may remove these Cookies and prevent future use of them by following the steps set out below in section 12

How You Can Manage or Delete Cookies?

• You can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all cookies or only third party cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.You can choose to delete Cookies at any time however you may lose any information that enables you to access our Site more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.
• It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser and manufacturer of your computer or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
• The following sites can provide more information on how to manage or delete cookies: www.allaboutcookies.org  www.aboutcookies.org