Privacy and cookies policy

^{Last updated 04/05/2023}

1. Introduction

1.1     We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; in this policy we explain how we will treat your personal information.

1.2     We will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit our website.

2. Collecting personal information

2.1     We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:

(a)     information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths);

(b)     information that you provide to us when using the services on our website, or that is generated in the course of the use of those services;

(c)     information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us or send through our website (including the communication content and metadata associated with the communication);

(d)      any other personal information that you choose to send to us;

2.2     Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person, you must obtain that person’s consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with this policy.

3. Using personal information

3.1     Personal information submitted to us through our website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of the website.

3.2     We may use your personal information to:

(a)     administer our website and business;

(b)     personalise our website for you;

(c)     enable your use of the services available on our website;

(d)     send you non-marketing commercial communications;

(e)     send you email notifications that you have specifically requested;

(g)     provide third parties with statistical information about our users (but those third parties will not be able to identify any individual user from that information);

(h)   deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to our website;

(i)    keep our website secure and prevent fraud;

(j)     verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website;

3.3     If you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the licence you grant to us.

3.4     We will not supply your personal information to any third party.

4. Disclosing personal information

4.1     We may disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

4.2     We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group of companies (this means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and all its subsidiaries) insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

4.3     We may disclose your personal information:

(a)     to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b)     in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;

(c)     in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);

(d)     to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset that we are (or are contemplating) selling; and

(e)     to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information.

4.4     Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.

5. International data transfers

5.1     Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this policy.

5.2     Information that we collect may be transferred to the following countries which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European Economic Area: the United States of America, Russia, Japan, China, India and Australia.

5.3     Personal information that you publish on our website or submit for publication on our website may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.

5.4     You expressly agree to the transfers of personal information described in this Section 5.

6. Retaining personal information

6.1     This Section 6 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal information.

6.2     Personal information that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

6.3     Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data:

(a)     to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b)     if we believe that the documents may be relevant to any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings; and

(c)     in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk).

7. Security of personal information

7.1     We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

7.2     We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure password-protected servers.

7.4     You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

7.5     You are responsible for keeping the password you use for accessing our website confidential; we will not ask you for your password (except when you log in to our website).

8. Amendments

8.1     We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. The current version was published on 24th May 2018.

8.2     You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.

9. Your rights

9.1     You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you; provision of such information will be subject to:

(a)     the payment of a fee (currently fixed at GBP 10); and

(b)     the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose, we will usually accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address).

9.2     We may withhold personal information that you request to the extent permitted by law.

10. Third party websites

10.1    Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites.

10.2    We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.

11. Updating information

11.1    Please let us know if the personal information that we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

12. Cookie details

13. Blocking cookies

13.1    Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies; for example:

(a)     in Internet Explorer (version 11) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy” and then “Advanced”;

(b)     in Firefox (version 39) you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, “Privacy”, selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, and unticking “Accept cookies from sites”; and

(c)     in Chrome (version 44), you can block all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Content settings”, and then selecting “Block sites from setting any data” under the “Cookies” heading.

13.2    Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

13.3    If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

14. Deleting cookies

14.1    You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; for example:

(a)     in Internet Explorer (version 11), you must manually delete cookie files (you can find instructions for doing so at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11);

(b)     in Firefox (version 39), you can delete cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options” and “Privacy”, then selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, clicking “Show Cookies”, and then clicking “Remove All Cookies”; and

(c)     in Chrome (version 44), you can delete all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Clear browsing data”, and then selecting “Cookies and other site and plug-in data” before clicking “Clear browsing data”.

14.2    Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.

15. Our details

15.1    This website is owned and operated by Gioconda Ltd.

15.2    We are registered in England and Wales under registration number 5933060 and our registered office is at Celixir House Stratford Business & Technology Park, Innovation Way, Banbury Road, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV37 7GZ.

15.3    We are VAT Registered and our Vat Registered Number is GB893610015

15.4    Our principal place of business is at Unit 10 Woodfalls Business Centre, Gravelly Ways, Laddingford, Maidstone ME18 6DA.

15.5    You can contact us by writing to the business address given above, by email to mail@giocondarail.com or by telephone on 01622 872512.