What this privacy policy covers

In accordance with the Data Protection Act, this policy gives you information about how Abbas Ecology treats personal information received from our website visitors.

 

What is personal information?

Personal information is defined as information about you that is personally identifiable such as your title, name, address, email address and phone number.

 

Information collection and use

We collect visitor information in the following section of the Abbas Ecology website:

• Online newsletters - your details will be stored for as long as you subscribe to any of our e-newsletters.

• Online enquiry form

 

Please note: where ever we collect personal information it will be processed fairly and lawfully. We respect your privacy and will not rent, sell or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies.

 

Accessing your data

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you. Please note that, in accordance with the Data Protection Act, a £10 admin fee is applicable. For further information, please contact us via email on info@abbasecology.co.uk or telephone 01305 889855

Changes to the privacy policy

 

We may update this policy from time to time. Please check this page regularly for notification of any significant changes in the way we treat your personal information.

 

This website is operated by Abbas Ecology, 14 Cowleaze, Martinstown, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 9TD. www.abbasecology.com

 

Cookies

Abbas Ecology website uses cookies to collect information about how the site is used by its visitors. Cookies provide non-personal statistical information about visits to pages on the site, which may include the duration of individual page views, paths taken by visitors through the site, and other general information. None of this information is associated with you as an individual.

 

The Abbas Ecology website cookie

The Abbas Ecology website uses a “session cookie” to identify your browser “session” as you move between pages on the website and perform activities. The cookie is named c2dorsetwildlifetrust_dor4676jhf3 and will last for 3 months.

 

The website cookie allows our website to recognise each subsequent request from your browser as being the same browser that made the initial request to our website.

 

By knowing that each subsequent request is related to the first, our website is able to track your actions as you move around the website and to provide interactive features. By analysing how our website is being used in general, we can improve the website experience for future visitors. Should you experience any problems in using our website, our website developers may be able to use this information to track down your specific “user journey” and investigate and fix any issues that might arise.

 

The cookie itself is a very small text file that is stored on your device (for example, your PC or your phone) by your web browser. It contains a simple text code that your browser sends back to our website each time you browse to a new page. This allows the website to look up your specific session and associate data for that session with your browser. The data itself is not stored in your cookie but on the server(s) operating the website.

 

Each page on our website is generated by a sophisticated Content Management System (CMS). This system provides a number of interactive features where your experience may be tailored according to your past activity on the website. Such features require the “session cookie” to operate.

 

As we improve our website over time, similar and more advanced features may be added that also require a “session cookie” to operate.

 

Google Analytics

The Abbas Ecology website uses cookies to allow Google Analytics to function correctly. Google Analytics is a free web analytics tools that helps us understand how visitors engage with the Abbas Ecology website. These cookies have names that begin with __utm such as __utma and __utmz.

 

Google Analytics collects information anonymously; it reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. The cookies store information such as the number of visits to the website and what site referred the visitor to the web page. We use the information to view reports about how visitors interact with the website and to help us improve the website. A different set of cookies is used for each website, and visitors are not tracked across multiple sites.

 

Information about these cookies and how to reject or delete them: http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html and http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ads/#toc-analytics

 

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

 

Google’s privacy policy: http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html

 

How to control and delete cookies

You may restrict or block the cookies which are set by the Abbas Ecology website, or any other website, by referring to the ‘Help’ option on the menu bar of your browser. This will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies; notify you when you receive new cookies; and disable cookies altogether.

 

To find out more about cookies and how to manage them, visit www.aboutcookies.org

 

Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of the Abbas Ecology website.

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