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Who we are
1. Introduction
Welcome to Thompson Friction Welding. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Statement explains how we process your personal data, your privacy rights, and how the law protects you.
Our website address is: https://thompsonfrictionwelding.co.uk
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
2. Information Collection
We may collect, store, and use the following kinds of personal data:
– Personal Data: Information you provide to us, such as your name, address, email, or phone number.
– Usage Data: Data about how you use our website, including your IP address, browser type, referral source, length of visit, and pages viewed.
– Cookies: Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users and ensure a smooth user experience.
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
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites asda 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.
How long we retain your data
3. How We Use Your Data
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your data:
– To provide our services to you.
– To communicate with you about our products and services.
– For internal record-keeping and research.
– To ensure content from our site is presented most effectively for you and your computer.
If you leave a comment(s) 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
4. Your Data Protection Rights Under UK GDPR
– Request access to your personal data.
– Request correction of your personal data.
– Request erasure of your personal data.
– Object to processing of your personal data.
– Request restriction of processing your personal data.
– Request transfer of your personal data.
– Right to withdraw consent.
To exercise any of the rights mentioned above, please contact us.
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.
How we protect your data
5. Data Security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way.
Changes to this statement
7. Changes to This Privacy Statement
Any changes we make to our Privacy Statement in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes.
Other information
8. Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement or if you wish to exercise your legal rights, please contact us at: 0121 585 0800 or email frictionwelding.UK@kuka.com