Watford Control Privacy Policy

Cookie Policy

Watford Control is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This webpage tells you the data protection and privacy practices for www.watfordcontrol.com, specifically:

• What personally identifiable information is collected
• Which organisation is collecting this information
• How this information is used
• Our policy on sharing this information
• How we protect your information
• How you can correct any inaccuracies in this information

Plain English Summary

We take your privacy very seriously. www.watfordcontrol.com does not actively track you as an individual. Should you send us an email via our contact form, your name, email address and message will be emailed to us (as you would expect). This information is kept private. We will store this information within our own email system so that we are able to respond to you Should you comment on a blog post or web page on this site, then your name, email address, IP address and message will be stored in our website database (as you would expect). This makes your name, website address and comment (but not your email address) viewable by the general public on the website. The website does use some cookies when you browse this website. These are used to ensure the proper running of this website, and also to help us improve your experience when browsing.

We use 3rd Party / Tracking / Advertising cookies

If you don't know what cookies are or if you would like to find out more, please go to www.allaboutcookies.org. NONE OF THE INFORMATION WE GATHER VIA COOKIES IDENTIFIES YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL - IT IS ALL ENTIRELY ANONYMOUS.

If you leave a comment on the website e.g. on a page, article or blog post, then a cookie may be stored to 'remember' your email address for the next time you post (should you choose the "remember me" option).

In the header of each web page on this site you will see a message alerting you of our privacy and cookie policy. If you've seen this message once, you probably won't want to see it again. We use a cookie to remember this setting. User data is all anonymous.

Google Analytics cookies store information about what pages people visit, how long they are on the site, how they got there and what they click on. Information supplied by cookies help us to analyse the profile of visitors and provide them with a better experience. Analytics cookies do not collect or store users' personal information (for example, names or addresses), so this information cannot be used to identify individuals.

WordPress is the Content Management System (CMS) that runs this website. It uses a "session cookie" when logging in and out and is essential for proper website operation. User data is all anonymous.

To find out how to delete cookies, please read www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.

Which organisation is collecting this information

Watfordcontrol.com is a website owned by Watford Control Instruments Ltd., a UK-based company.

How this information is used

If you have chosen to share it with us, we use your email address to contact you in reply to your message, or to send you our newsletter. If you have entered your email address to leave a comment on the blog, it is used to identify your comment, however it is not displayed on the website or shared with any third party. We may also use your email to help resolve issues or disputes, for example if you tell us that you cannot see any of your posts on the website, we would probably search our database using your email address to help diagnose the problem.

Our disclosure of this information

We do not share your personal information or email address with third parties.

Email opt-out

Just like you, we hate spam. We do not send you spam emails.You may opt-out of our emails at any time. An 'unsubscribe' link is included in all of our email newsletters.

Protection of your information

Watford Control uses best endeavour to safeguard the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information but we do not use encryption (such as SSL) or firewalls to further protect the information as it travels across the Internet. We do not believe that the personal information we collect warrants this level of security. It is important to be aware that there is no such thing as "perfect internet security".

How to correct inaccurate information

Once posted, you cannot change or remove any comments you have submitted on our website pages and/or posts. However, if you would like to have this information removed please contact us and we will do this for you. You should know that because of technical constraints, all information is never completely removed from our databases. Therefore, you should not expect that all of your personally identifiable information will be completely removed from our databases in response to your requests that it be removed. We will aim to remove all publicly-facing information.

How to contact us

Please use the contact page on our website to contact us.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

From time to time we may update this Privacy Policy in line with website changes that may affect the personal information we gather about you. It is assumed that you accept such changes if you continue to use the site and services. If you do not accept such changes then you should stop using the Watford Control website and services, and contact us if you would like any information removed.