Privacy & Cookies Policy
Website Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy will help you understand what information we collect and process using this Hooke Court website, how we use it, and what choices you have about your personal data.
When we refer to “Hooke Court” within this Privacy Policy, we are referring to Hooke Court Limited, Hooke Court, Hooke, Nr Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3NX, the company which provides this website, and any services or features which may be made available to you from this website.
1. Customer and Citizen Data
You may decide to send us your personal information via this website if you are seeking more information about our services or products. Your decision to disclose your personal data is entirely voluntary, and by doing so, you are providing us with specific consent to use your personal data only for the purposes for which you have disclosed it to us.
Hooke Court may access and use your Customer Data only for the purposes for which you have submitted it to us to (a) provide information to you, (b) make contact with you, (c) provide services to you, or (d) maintain the operations and security of the website and services we provide to you. We will not use your personal information for any other purposes, for example, the communication of marketing material, unless we have your specific consent to do so.
We will at all times handle and store your personal data in accordance with industry best practice aligned the international standard for information security. This includes the activities and procedures undertaken by our own personnel and authorised third parties and the technical controls which we have implemented to prevent unauthorised access, compromise or theft of information from our applications, supporting computer systems and premises.
2. Sensitive Personal Data
GDPR specifies a set of personal data categories which are considered to be “sensitive”, and which require special consideration by Data Controllers. This website, and any services available from this website, do not knowingly collect or process any sensitive personal data, and supporting Privacy Impact Assessments (also known as Data Protection Impact Assessments under GDPR) are available upon request from the Hooke Court’s Data Protection Officer (see Section 8).
3. Customer and Citizen Data Rights
As prescribed within data protection regulations, you have several rights connected to the provision of your personal data to Hooke Court using this website. These include your rights to request that Hooke Court:
- confirms to you what personal data it may hold about you, if any, and for what purposes
- changes the consent which you have provided in relation to your personal data
- corrects any inaccurate or incomplete personal data which may be held about you
- provides you with a complete copy of your personal data for you to move elsewhere
- stops processing your personal data, whilst an objection from you is being resolved
- permanently erases all your personal data promptly, and confirms to you that it has done so (there may be reasons why we may be unable to do this)
- To contact Hooke Court, please see Section 8 below.
If Hooke Court does not address your request or fails to provide you with a valid reason why it is unable to do so, you have the right to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office to make a complaint. They can be contacted via their website (www.ico.org.) or by telephone 0303 123 1113.
4. Declaration of Sub-Processing
To make an informed decision on whether to provide your personal data to Hooke Court using this website, we need to make you aware of organisations that on specific occasions act as Data Processors for us in the provision of our services to you:
- Mailchimp: a provider of email marketing services, based in the USA and are committed to achieving compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation
5. Website Cookies
This website uses cookies to record log data. We use both session-based and persistent cookies, dependent upon how you use or interact with this website.
Cookies are small text files sent by us to your computer, or from your computer or mobile device to us each time you visit our website. They are unique to you or your web browser. Session-based cookies last only while your browser is open and are automatically deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies last until you or your browser delete them, or until they expire.
We use cookies which are not specific to your account but are unique and allow us to undertake website analytics and customisation, among other similar things. If you decide to disable some or all cookies, you may not be able to use some of the functions on our website. We may use third-party cookies, for example Google Analytics, and you may choose to opt-out of third party cookies from their website.
For more information please see the Cookies Policy below.
6. External Links
This website may include relevant hyperlinks to external websites not controlled by Hooke Court. Whilst all reasonable care has been exercised in selecting and providing any such links, you are advised to exercise caution before clicking any external links. We cannot guarantee the ongoing suitability of external links, nor do we continually verify the safety or security of the contents which may be provided to you. You are advised, therefore, that your use of external links is at your own risk and we cannot be responsible for any damages or consequences caused by your use of them.
7. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this Hooke Court Privacy Policy from time to time, and if we do we will post any changes on this page. If you continue to access this website or use services available from this website after those changes have come into effect, you will have agreed to the revised policy.
8. Contacting Hooke Court
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, would like to exercise any of your statutory rights, or to make a complaint, please write to:
The Data Protection Officer - Hooke Court, Hooke, Nr Beaminster, Dorset DT8 3NX
email:
Website Cookies
This website uses cookies to manage this website and to analyse visitor interaction with this website.
Your continued use of this website will indicate your agreement to the use of cookies. More information on the use of cookies and advice on how to disable cookie usage is set out below.
Cookie Types
CONCRETE5
This cookie is used only for the website management system and no visitor information is stored.
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
The cookies listed below deliver the Google Analytics service on this website.
Cookie Title Description:
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What is Google Analytics?
Google Analytics is a free service which is 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 know 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.
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
GOOGLE ANALYTICS OPT-OUT
In order 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?hl=None
DISABLING COOKIES
If you would like to restrict the use of cookies you can control this in your Internet browser. 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).
Internet Explorer http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/Block-enable-or-allow-cookies
Google Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies
Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Blocking%20cookies
Safari http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677