privacy
Disposables.Co.UK Privacy Policy
Introduction
Privacy Policy
1.0 General Comments
Critical Environment Solutions Ltd (CES) are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our customers.
As a company CES collects only the minimum amount of data required to fulfil any contract.
We do not sell information to third parties.
We do not pass information outside of CES except for the purposes of delivering our services, fulfilling any contracts we enter with you, where required by law or to enforce our legal rights.
Our normal commercial data retention is twenty years from the end of the contract.
Where this is not the case it will be explicitly detailed later in this policy.
The majority of data processing is done within our own group IT network and is subject to the controls of our group IT security policy.
We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website and you should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.
2.0 Commercial Systems and Processes
All of our commercial systems and our CRM are mounted on our own IT infrastructure and are subject to the controls of our group IT security policy.
These systems could carry personnel identification data but only to effectively service our contracts.
We retain data for twenty years after the end of the contract to comply with contract law.
3.0 Telephone Calls and Emails
If you call or email us directly we will collect your name, email address, telephone number and company name as required to service your enquiry which we will transfer to our CRM system to ensure that will handle your enquiry correctly.
4.0 Marketing Activities
As part of our normal marketing activities we make use of a full feature website, collect leads at trade shows and send out email marketing information.
4.1 Website
The website is hosted externally to our own IT infrastructure but on servers based in the UK
Cookies
Cookies’ are small files placed on your computer which make our website work more efficiently for you by remembering choices about location etc.
From the 25th May our website will allow you to opt-in to having cookies present. The website will continue to function but might be less efficient if you decline to have accept our cookies.
Most browsers allow the user to control cookies through their browser settings.
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.We use the following cookies:
Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website.
Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising we do on external sites more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Third party cookies. Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies, You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you. Indeed, you can manage and/or delete these small files as you wish.
A full list of cookies on the site:
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Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect standard internet log information such as patterns of visitor behaviour so that we can identify for instance the number of visitors to a specific page and so improve the navigation and layout of our website.
This information is not collected in a way which allows us to identify any individual.
Cookies set by Google Analytics are:
_ga– Used to distinguish users. Expires after 2 years.
_gid– Used to distinguish users. Expires after 24 hours.
_gat_UA-8506476-1– Used to throttle request rate. Expires after 1 minute.
Web Chat
We use a third-party provider, Pure Chat, to supply and support our Web Chat service, which we use to handle customer enquiries in real time.
If you use our Web Chat service we will collect your name, email address and the contents of your Pure Chat session which we will transfer to our CRM system to ensure that will handle your enquiry correctly.
Pure Chat logs are retained for a maximum of 30 days so that we can analyse our response performance and so improve our service to you.
Cookies set by Pure Chat are:
_PCCID– Expiry time: 5 years.
_PCCSID_– Expiry time: session.
Form E-mail Function
If you email us from within the website we will collect your name, email address and your enquiry which we will transfer to our CRM system to ensure that we handle your enquiry correctly.
Form email data is retained within the website for a maximum of 30 days so that we can analyse our response performance and so improve our service to you.
4.2 E-Marketing/E- Newsletters
New subscriptions to our ‘marketing list’ is through a ‘double opt-in’ process in line with industry best practice.
We use a third-party provider, ACT e-marketing, to deliver our e-newsletters.
We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter.
Each mailshot will have the option to opt out of any future e-marketing activity.
5.0 Your Rights
Subject, to certain limitations, you have the right to:
Request a copy of the information we hold about you and be told about its use.
Request that CES rectifies or deletes your information or restricts processing if you have concerns over its accuracy, deletion or fair and lawful use.
Object to the processing of your personal data, based on your particular situation, where this processing is based on the legitimate interests of CES.
If you have concerns or questions over the collection, storage or processing of your data, you are encouraged in the first instance to contact your BDM or a member of the customer services team to discuss and resolve any issues.
Alternatively, you can contact CES at: marketing@cesltd.co.uk