NOTICE: Please read this privacy policy carefully. It sets out the terms under which this website (i.e., the website operated by Craven Dunnill & Co Ltd. together with the content and any search facilities, directory services, downloads, links and other internet services provided by Craven Dunnill & Co Ltd. from time to time) is made available to you. By accessing the website you agree to be bound by these conditions.
The following provides details of our Privacy Policy. In general, we use the personal information that we collect from you to identify personal preferences and match your needs with relevant services.
Note: This policy only applies Craven Dunnill & Co Ltd. websites and not to the websites of other companies, individuals or organisations to which we provide links.
Consent
You signify your consent to us collecting and using this information by your use of this website. Should for any reason we elect to change our Policy, we will notify you of those changes here, so that you are always kept informed of how we collect and use the information, and when we would disclose it.
Who we are
Our website address is: www.cdspecifier.com
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
1. We will collect information about your tastes and preferences when you tell us what these are and by analysis of customer traffic, including the use of cookies (see below).
2. We use information collected about you to help us develop the design and layout of our website to ensure that our sites are as useful and enjoyable as possible.
3. Sometimes we might use the information to let you know about functionality changes to our website, new services or offers that you might find interesting.
4. If you have agreed on our website, we may collect and store any information which you give us via any forms on our site – such as your name, address, email address, phone number and other preferences – or when communicating with us by email or in some other way.
5. If you have agreed on our website, we may use your personal data to send you emails (or other communications) comprising newsletters or details of our services which may be of interest to you.
6. We may use IP addresses or personal data to recognize you when you visit or return to our site so we can track anonymised traffic and usage patterns or to help us improve our site.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive by your web browser. On revisiting Craven Dunnill & Co Ltd. our computer server will recognise the cookie, giving us information about your last visit. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but usually you can alter the settings of your browser to prevent automatic acceptance. If you choose not to receive cookies, you may still use most of the features of our website.
This website uses Session Cookies. Session cookies are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site.
This website uses non-essential persistent cookies (up to 2 years) set by Google to recognize and count the number of visitors to our site as well as providing other information about the visit such as duration, route through the site and what sites the visitor came from. This information helps us to improve the way our site works, for example by making sure users find what they need easily.
By continuing to use our site you are deemed to consent to use of the cookies mentioned above and to use of a persistent cookie (30 days) to remember your preference and avoid showing you our cookie notice repeatedly.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Your privacy is important to us. We will not sell, rent, trade or otherwise disclose your personal information to any third party.
Craven Dunnill & Co Ltd. may provide aggregate statistics about our services, customers, traffic patterns and other site information to third parties, but these statistics will not include any information that could personally identify you.
Craven Dunnill & Co Ltd. reserves the right to access and disclose individually identifiable information to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests, to operate its systems properly or to protect itself or its users.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
If you would like us to delete the information we hold about you from our system please send an email to gdpr@cravendunnill.co.uk.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How do we protect your data
We have strict security procedures covering the storage and disclosure of your information in order to prevent unauthorised access to comply with the UK Data Protection Acts of 1984 and 1998 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This means that sometimes we may ask for proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you.