Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is for this website (ingatestonehall.com), served by Ingatestone Hall and governs the privacy of the users who choose to use it.

The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners.  Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed in this policy.

The Website

This website and its owners take a positive approach to ensure that the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience.  This website complies with all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.

Cookie Policy

This website uses cookies to better the user's experience while visiting the website.  Where applicable, this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user, on their first visit to the website, to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device.  This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user's computer / device.
These cookies are used to deliver Google Analytics services which are described below.

We use Google Analytics

These cookies are used to store information, such as what time the user's current visit occurred, whether the user has been to the site before, and which site referred the user to this 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 the user is accessing the Internet.
Google stores the information collected by these cookies on servers located 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.

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".  This 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.

tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=None

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.

www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html

Disabling Cookies

If you would like to restrict the use of cookies you can control this in your Internet browser.  Please check your browsers Preferences or Settings to enable/disable cookies.

Contact & Communication

Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any personal details requested at their own risk.  The user's personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time when it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the Data Protection Act 1998.  Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email the website and/or its owners but users are advised that using the form is at their own risk.
This website and its owners may use any information submitted to provide the user with further information about the products / services they offer or to assist them in answering any questions or queries the user may have submitted.  This includes using the user's details to subscribe the user to any email newsletter program the website operates but only if this was made clear to the user and the user's express permission was granted when submitting any form.  Similarly the owners may capture data from consumers who have previously purchased from or enquired about purchasing from the company a product or service that the email newsletter relates to.  This is not an entire list of your user rights in regard to receiving email marketing material.  Your details are not passed on to any third parties.

Email Newsletter

This website operates an email newsletter program, used to inform subscribers about products and services supplied by this website.  Users can subscribe through an online automated process, at their own discretion.  Some subscriptions may be manually processed through prior written agreement with the user.
Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003.  All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.  No personal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that operates or owns this website.  Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you may request a copy of personal information held about you by this website's email newsletter programme.

Subscribe / Unsubscribe

You may subscribe or unsubscribe at any time visiting our mailing list page.
Email marketing campaigns published by this website or its owners may contain tracking facilities within the actual email.  Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation.  Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity [this is far from a comprehensive list].
This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user with more relevant content based around their activity.
In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 subscribers are given the opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an automated system.  This process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign.  If an automated un-subscription system is unavailable clear instructions on how to un-subscribe will be detailed instead.

External Links

Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website.  (External links are clickable text / banner / image links to other websites).
The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website.  Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

Social Media Platforms

Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions and privacy policies held by each social media platform respectively.
Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details.  This website nor its owners will never ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.
This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question.  Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.

Shortened Links in Social Media

This website and its owners, through their social media platform accounts, may share web links to relevant web pages.  By default some social media platforms shorten lengthy urls [web addresses] using third party apps such as bit.ly
Users are advised to take caution and good judgement before clicking any shortened urls published on social media platforms by this website and its owners.  Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine urls are published many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.