Privacy Policy and Cookies
Privacy Policy
Who are we
Our website address is: https://www.wainwright.org.uk
The type of personal information we collect
We collect basic information about visitors to our website. The information we collect includes contact name, email address and contact telephone number plus web analytics data.
How we collect personal information
We collect personal information directly when you provide it to us either by filling in and submitting a contact form on our website or by direct email or telephone enquiry.
How we use personal information
We will use your personal information where you give us consent:
To fulfill a contract, or take steps linked to a contract;
carrying out technical analysis to determine how to improve the websites and services we provide;
managing our relationship with you, e.g. by responding to your comments or queries submitted to us by form of electronic communication;
direct email marketing of products, products offers and product news;
improving our products and services.
Where we transfer store your personal information
We store personal information on secure servers which are managed by ourselves and our service providers in a secure location in the UK. Personal information that we store or transmit is protected by data encryption where appropriate.
How you can access your personal information
You can access the personal information that we collect about you by contacting our Data Protection Officer directly by email at membership@wainwright.org.uk
Marketing Choices regarding your personal information
Where we have your consent to do so we send you marketing communications by email about products and services that we feel may be of interest to you. You can ‘opt-out’ of such communications if you would prefer not to receive them in the future by using the “unsubscribe” facility provided in the communication itself.
You also have choices about cookies, as described below. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject cookies some parts of our websites may not work properly in your case.
Cookies
Cookies and how they Benefit You
Our website uses cookies, as almost all websites do, although we keep their use to an absolute minimum. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile phone when you browse websites
Our cookies help us…
- Make our website operate as you would expect
- Keep track of visitor numbers and statistical information
We do not use cookies to:
- Collect any personally identifiable information
- Collect any sensitive information
- Pass personally identifiable data to third parties
- Pay sales commissions
Granting us permission to use cookies
If the settings on your software that you are using to view this website (your browser) are adjusted to accept cookies we take this, and your continued use of our website, to mean that you are fine with this.
More about our Cookies
Our own cookies
We use cookies to make our website Members Area pages work including to determine if you are logged in or not as a returning visitor. Although these are non-invasive cookies, there is no way to prevent these cookies being set other than to not use our site as a member.
Visitor Statistics Cookies
We use cookies to compile visitor statistics such as how many people have visited our website, what type of technology they are using (e.g. Mac or Windows which helps to identify when our site isn’t working as it should for particular technologies), how long they spend on the site, what page they look at etc. This helps us to continuously improve our website. These so called analytics programs also tell us how people reached this site (e.g. from a search engine) and whether they have been here before helping us to put more effort into developing our services for you.
Advertising Cookies
We do not use advertising cookies.
Banner Advertising
We do not use banner advertising cookies.
Turning Cookies Off
You can usually switch cookies off by adjusting your browser settings to stop it from accepting cookies (Learn how here). Doing so however will likely limit the functionality of a large proportion of the world’s websites as cookies are a standard part of most modern websites. An important note is that if you decide to disable our cookies, you will not be able to use the members Area section of our website.
It may be that your concerns around cookies relate to so called “spyware”. Rather than switching off cookies in your browser you may find that anti-spyware software achieves the same objective by automatically deleting cookies considered to be invasive.