Privacy Policy – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) May 2018 

With effect from 25th May 2018 new rules relating to how businesses collect, use and store personal data will come into effect via the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Law.

 

Wigan Turf & Topsoil take a proactive approach regarding the privacy of data relating to their clients (and potential clients) also the protection of any data gathered via this website.

 

Only relevant data is collected (ie Your Name / Your Telephone Number / Email Address etc) no information gathered is ever passed on to outside organisations unless it is in direct conjunction with gardening works, these outside organisations are also checked for GDPR compliance.

 

Any information collected is appropriately and securely stored.

 

The retaining of sensitive information "such as contact details" enables us to contact clients in a professional capacity, however  information is only ever stored until it is no longer beneficial to the client.

 

If data is no longer required it is securely disposed of.

 

Paper documents are shredded before being disposed of and digital data is deleted / destroyed.

 

A copy of information held relating to yourself or your organisation, can be requested, and you have the right to request that this information is appropriately deleted via your right to be forgotten.

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Cookies

Cookies are small computer files which track, save, and store information on your computer when you visit a website.

 

Cookies are stored on your hard drive, via your browser, a benefit of Cookies is the recognition of your computer during subsequent visits  which can speed up your surfing experience, another benefit of Cookies is their ability to show the owner of a website which areas of their website attract the most traffic.

 

You are not obliged to accept cookies, and you may amend your browser’s settings to prevent it from accepting cookies.

 
Click here for help on how to delete Cookies.
 
 

Links to other websites

This website may contain links to other relevant websites including Facebook, Twitter, Google, You Tube, etc, however, the Privacy Policy which is in place for this website applies to this website only.

 
Regards
 
Jacqui
Wigan Turf & Topsoil