Privacy & Data Protection Policy

Electronic Specifier Ltd respects the privacy of your personal information. This Privacy Policy sets out our current policies and procedures in relation to your data protection and relates solely to information supplied by you via this website. This Privacy Policy will not alter or affect any personal information otherwise provided by you to Electronic Specifier Ltd. It is important that you revisit this Privacy Policy regularly, as we may from time to time change the content or services available on our website and consequently this Privacy Policy may change.

Any personal details that you supply to us via this website such as your contact details will be stored and held by us on computer databases or otherwise for the purpose of:

• Providing you with the service(s) that you have requested
• Fulfilling any agreement we may have with you
• Providing you with information about any other special offers, products and services that we feel may be of interest to you (unless you inform us that you do not want to receive such direct marketing)
• For assessment and analysis (e.g. market, customer and product analysis) to enable us to review, develop and improve the products and services which we offer and to enable us to provide you and other customers with relevant information through our marketing programme
• To compile statistical analysis of the pages of our website which you visit
• Link online behaviour to subsequent application / registration details (if these are completed)
• Evaluate our sites advertising and promotional effectiveness

Site Tracking

In order that we can monitor and improve the site, we gather certain information about you when you use it, including details of your domain name and IP address, operating system, browser, version and the website that you visited prior to our website. We collect this information through the use of cookies, web beacons and web logs.

Cookies

A cookie is a text only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer’s hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the “lifetime” of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number. Cookies cannot be used by themselves to identify you and are not computer programs, and can’t cause any damage to your computer.

Persistent Cookies are created and stored on your computer’s hard drive for a period of time to identify it to the site tracking tool. The cookie does not collect any personal information. The cookie we issue contains the following information:

• A uniquely generated random number so that we can differentiate visitors and the expiry date of the cookie

Session Cookies are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave our site. Session Cookies allow you to carry information across pages of our site and avoid having to re-enter information into calculators, tools, illustrations and demonstrations.

Types of Cookies Used

The site operates an ‘implied consent’ policy which means that we assume you are happy with this usage. If you are not happy, then you should either not use this site, or you should delete Electronic Specifier cookies having visited the site, or you should browse the site using your browser’s anonymous usage setting (called “Incognito” in Chrome, “InPrivate” for Internet Explorer, “Private Browsing” in Firefox and Safari etc.)

“Session” Cookies

We use a session cookie to remember your log-in for you and what you’ve put in the shopping basket. These we deem strictly necessary to the working of the website. If these are disabled then various functionality on the site will be broken.

Persistent Cookies for Site Analytics and Performance

We use some persistent cookies to enhance the relevancy of information displayed on the site. User data is anonymous.

Third-Party Cookies

Google AdSense – This cookie is used by Google to report to us how the adverts shown on Electronic Specifier are performing. User data is all anonymous.

DoubleClick (Google) – This is similar to the cookie above but is specific to display advertising on the site. User data is anonymous.

Google Analytics – We use this to understand how the site is being used in order to improve the user experience. User data is all anonymous.

Disabling / Enabling Cookies

By modifying the settings of your browser, you may opt to accept cookies, to be informed when one is about to be placed on your computer, or to automatically reject all cookies. However, you will not be able to use all the interactive features of our site if cookies are disabled.

Use of Web Beacons

Web beacons (sometimes known as clear or transparent gifs) are used to identify whether a recipient has opened an HTML email. When the email is opened, the web beacon generates a record showing that the email has been viewed. Web Beacons may also recognize when the email was opened, how many times it was forwarded, and which URLs were clicked. These beacons do not carry any personally identifiable information and are only used to track the effectiveness of a campaign.

Controlling Your Personal Information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following way:

• If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at [email protected]

By signing up, you give permission for us to share your details with our carefully selected and trusted media partners who may contact you with information on the products and services they offer.

Data Protection

We endeavor to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information but cannot guarantee the security of any data you disclose online. You accept the inherent security risks of providing information and dealing online over the Internet and will not hold us responsible for any breach of security unless this is due to our negligence or wilful default.

As part of its services, Electronic Specifier Ltd may occasionally inform you about special offers, products, and services which we consider may be of interest to you. If you do not wish to receive details through our marketing programme, you can opt out by contacting the Marketing Department at:

Electronic Specifier Ltd
Comice Place
Woodfalls Farm
Gravelly Ways
Laddingford
Kent ME18 6DA
United Kingdom