Privacy Policy
WHO WE ARE
Our website address is: https://oakdaleelectrical.co.uk. Our company registration number is 08116100.
WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT
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.
CONTACT FORMS
Our website contains multiple contact forms and upon submission of these forms, the personal data submitted in these forms is stored on our servers indefinitely. The personal data we store upon submission of our contact form is your IP address, name and email. Your IP address is stored for security reasons such as being able to add an IP address to a blacklist if multiple spam submissions come from there. Your name and email are stored for communication purposes; upon submission of the contact form we will likely contact you in the near future in regards to your query, and we need your contact details and name saved in order to do this.
The personal data that is submitted from any contact form on our website is stored indefinitely on our servers for customer service purposes.
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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 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.
ANALYTICS
We use Google Analytics in order to get insights about our website audience and improve the user experience. If you wish to opt out of Google Analytics tracking, you can install their Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
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.
Any data submitted in a contact form on our website will either be stored on our servers indefinitely, this is for customer service purposes. You can view, edit or delete this data by requesting this using our Contact Form or by emailing us at louise@oakdaleelectrical.co.uk.
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.
WHERE WE SEND YOUR DATA
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
OUR CONTACT DETAILS
If you wish to contact us in regards to your privacy on this website, please do this by using our Contact Form or by emailing us at louise@oakdaleelectrical.co.uk.