Privacy Statement
This privacy policy is for all visitors to Powered By Data websites (http://www.wearepoweredbydata.com/), served by Powered By Data Ltd and its subsidiaries (collectively, Powered By Data). It governs the privacy of visitors to the site who choose to use it. The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned, outlining the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. It also details the way we process, store and protect user data and information.
THE WEBSITE
We use cookies on our websites to better users’ experience while browsing our information. We use a cookie control system allowing you to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer/device on their first visit to the website. 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.
We use the Google Analytics service to do this. The cookies in use are described below.
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These cookies are used to store information, such as what time your current visit occurred, whether you have been to the site before, and what site referred you to the web page.
These cookies contain no personally identifiable information but they will use your computer’s IP address to establish from where in the world you are accessing the Internet.
Google stores the information collected by these cookies on servers in the United States. Google may transfer this information to third-parties where required to do so by law, or where such third-parties process the information on Google’s behalf.
OPT-OUT
To provide website visitors with more choice on how data is collected by Google Analytics, Google has developed the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on communicates with the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to stop data being sent to Google Analytics. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on does not affect usage of the website in any other way. A link to further information on the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on is provided below for your convenience. http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout For more information on the usage of cookies by Google Analytics please see the Google website. A link to the privacy advice for this product is provided below for your convenience. http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html
DISABLING COOKIES
If you would like to restrict the use of cookies you can control this via your Internet browser settings. Links to advice on how to do this for the most popular Internet browsers are provided below for convenience and will be available for the Internet browser of your choice either online, or via the software help (normally available via key F1).
Microsoft Internet Explorer
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Microsoft Edge
https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy
Google Chrome
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
Mozilla Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Apple Safari
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=en_GB&locale=en_GB
CONTACT & COMMUNICATION
EMAIL AND FORM SUBMISSION
Users contacting Powered By Data do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 your personal information is kept private and stored securely until it is no longer required, or has no use.
Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form-to-email submission process, but we must advise users that they do so at their own risk.
Any email sent to us, including any attachments, may be monitored and used by us for reasons of security and for monitoring compliance with office policies. Email monitoring or blocking software may also be used. Please be aware that you have a responsibility to ensure that any email you send to us is within the bounds of the law.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
Powered By Data may use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the products/services offered, 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 your details). 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 exhaustive list of your user rights in regard to receiving email marketing material. Your details are not passed on to any third parties.
Any email sent to us, including any attachments, may be monitored and used by us for reasons of security and for monitoring compliance with office policies. Email monitoring or blocking software may also be used. Please be aware that you have a responsibility to ensure that any email you send to us is within the bounds of the law.
EXTERNAL LINKS
Although we only look to include safe and relevant external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout our websites. (External links are clickable text/banner/image links to other websites, similar to www.wearepoweredbydata.com or Powered By Data.)
Powered By Data 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 Powered By Data 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 regarding their own privacy and personal details. We will never ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact us 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) e.g. bit.ly/2n3P5JT).
Users are advised to exercise caution and good judgement before clicking any shortened urls published on social media platforms by any website. Despite best efforts to ensure only genuine urls are published, many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.
SUBJECT ACCESS REQUESTS
To make a Subject Access Request, please contact security@wearepoweredbydata.com
June 2023
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