Who we are
Our website address is: https://aldenelectrical.co.uk
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site for instance in response to a blog, 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.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Cookies
Cookies are a small text files that are stored in your web browser that allows the website or a third party to recognize you. Cookies can be used to collect, store and share bits of information about your activities across websites.
Cookies might be used for the following purposes:
- To enable certain functions
- To provide analytics
- To store your preferences
- To enable ad delivery and behavioral advertising
Both session cookies and persistent cookies are used
A session cookie is used to identify a particular visit to our website. These cookies expire after a short time, or when you close your web browser after using our Website. We use these cookies to identify you during a single browsing session, such as when you log into our website.
A persistent cookie will remain on your devices for a set period of time specified in the cookie. We use these cookies where we need to identify you over a longer period of time. For example, we would use a persistent cookie if you asked that we keep you signed in.
How do third parties use cookies on the Website?
Third party companies like analytics companies and ad networks generally use cookies to collect user information on an anonymous basis. They may use that information to build a profile of your activities on the website and other websites that you’ve visited.
What are your cookies options?
If you don’t like the idea of cookies or certain types of cookies, you can change your browser’s settings to delete cookies that have already been set and to not accept new cookies. To learn more about how to do this, visit the help pages of your browser.
Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or do not accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
Where can I find more information about cookies?
You can learn more about cookies by visiting the following third party websites:
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.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track information on the performance of the site. This information tracks visitors to the site, their locations, device usage and internet browsers used. None of the information analysed by GA identifies individuals. You have the ability to disable the cookies on your internet browser that will prevent GA tracking your visit to the site.
Who we share your data with
We share data with the following third party processors:
- Mailchimp
- Gravatar
- Krystal Web Hosting
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.
Additionally, if you contact the site through the contact form we retain this data as a record of the communication and type of enquiry.
What rights you have over your data
If you have contacted the website, 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.
Your contact information
If you need to contact us on any specific privacy concerns please e-mail alden884@btinternet.com
Additional information
How we protect your data
This site uses SSL encryption. This protects data transmission over the internet.
What data breach procedures we have in place
We will notify any data breach to the relevant parties.