Privacy Policy

1. Data We Collect

We may collect different types of information from and about users of our website, including:

1.1 Personal Data

When you interact with our website, we may collect:

• Identity Data: First name, last name, username or similar identifier
• Contact Data: Email address, telephone number, postal address
• Technical Data: Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website and services
• Marketing Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us

1.2 How We Collect Your Data

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

• Direct interactions: You may provide us with your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise.
• Automated technologies: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns.
• Third parties: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties, such as analytics providers, advertising networks, and search information providers.

2. How We Use Your Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• To provide our services: To deliver content, products, or services that you request
• To manage our relationship with you: To notify you about changes to our terms or privacy policy
• To improve our website: To administer and protect our website, to measure the effectiveness of our content, and to understand how users interact with our site
• For marketing purposes: To send you relevant information about our services, industry updates, and events (only with your consent)
• For legal purposes: To comply with legal obligations and to protect our rights and interests

2.1 Marketing Communications

We may use your personal data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. You will receive marketing communications from us only if you have requested information from us or if you provided us with your details and expressly consented to receiving marketing communications.

2.2 Opting Out

You can ask us to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you or by contacting us at any time.

3. Cookie Policy

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.

3.1 What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the owners of the site.

3.2 Types of Cookies We Use

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: Required for the operation of our website. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.
• Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website. This helps us improve the way our website works.
• Functionality Cookies: Used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you.
• Targeting Cookies: Record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

3.3 Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, if you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

4. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

We have procedures in place to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

5. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

6. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

• Request access to your personal data
• Request correction of your personal data
• Request erasure of your personal data
• Object to processing of your personal data
• Request restriction of processing your personal data
• Request transfer of your personal data
• Right to withdraw consent at any time

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.

6.1 No Fee Usually Required

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

6.2 Response Time

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

7. International Transfers

We may share your personal data within our group of companies and with external third parties, which may involve transferring your data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

• We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the European Commission.
• Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts approved by the European Commission which give personal data the same protection it has in Europe.

8. Third-Party Links

Our website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy.

You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: