This Privacy Policy sets out how we, The Lymington Directory Ltd, obtain, store and use your personal information via this website.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and will only collect and use personal data as permitted by law.
By using our website www.lymingtondirectory.co.uk you agree to the use and treatment of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
1. Definitions and Interpretation
In this Policy, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Personal data” – means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to us via this website. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the EU Regulation 2016/679 – the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); and “We/Us/Our” – means The Lymington Directory Ltd
2. Information About Us
Lymingtondirectory.co.uk is owned and operated by The Lymington Directory Ltd, a limited company registered in England under company number 11124815, whose registered address is 28 Whitby Road, Milford on Sea, SO41 0ND
3. What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of this website. Our website may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
4. Your Rights
As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:
The right to be informed about our collection and use of personal data; The right of access to the personal data we hold about you (see section 8);
The right to rectification if any personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact us using the details in section 9);
The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask us to delete any personal data we hold about you (We only hold your personal data for a limited time, as explained in section 6 but if you would like us to delete it sooner, please contact us using the details in section 9);
The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);
The right to object to us using your personal data for particular purposes; and Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.
If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, please contact us using the details provided in section 9 and we will do our best to solve the problem for you. If we are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
5. What Data Do We Collect?
The type of information we will collect about you can include:
Your name, your business or group name, email address, contact details
What data we collect depends on the relevant section of our website, i.e. your request to send a magazine to you, to enter your group or business into the local noticeboard, when you request our media pack or when you email us with an enquiry via the contact us form.
We will never collect sensitive information about you without your explicit consent.
We will endeavour to keep the information we hold about you up to date. You can check the information that we hold about you by emailing us at the email address provided provided below. If there are any inaccuracies please let us know and we will correct it promptly.
The personal information which we hold will be held securely in accordance with our internal privacy policy and the law.
We do not intend to transfer your information outside the EEA (European Economic Area). If we do so we will always obtain your consent first.
To provide a better experience to our users, and to help us identify the parts of our website that perform best, we make use of cookies. If you use our website, you accept the use of these cookies.
Alternatively, you may change your browser settings to block the use of cookies for this website, or for all the websites you visit. However, this will likely result in a degraded browsing experience.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your local computer. You as the computer owner can access this data, and so to can the website that set the cookie. Generally speaking, cookies don’t present privacy issues since the data stored within them is usually data you have entered yourself.
What Cookies do you set and use?
Here is a list of cookies currently in use, with an explanation of what each is and an indication of how long it lasts.
__utma – This cookie is part of Google Analytics, a tool we use to provide usage data for our website. This anonymous data helps us to better understand our users’ needs and tailor the website accordingly. This cookie will automatically expire after 2 years, if not deleted prior to that.
__utmt – This cookie is part of Google Analytics, a tool we use to provide usage data for our website. This anonymous data helps us to better understand our users’ needs and tailor the website accordingly. This cookie will automatically expire after 10 minutes, if not deleted prior to that.
__utmb – This cookie is part of Google Analytics, a tool we use to provide usage data for our website. This anonymous data helps us to better understand our users’ needs and tailor the website accordingly. This cookie will automatically expire after 30 minutes, if not deleted prior to that.
__utmc – This cookie is part of Google Analytics, a tool we use to provide usage data for our website. This anonymous data helps us to better understand our users’ needs and tailor the website accordingly. This cookie will be automatically deleted either after an extended period of inactivity, or when you close your browser.
__utmz – This cookie is part of Google Analytics, a tool we use to provide usage data for our website. This anonymous data helps us to better understand our users’ needs and tailor the website accordingly. This cookie will automatically expire after 6 months, if not deleted prior to that.
__utmv – This cookie is part of Google Analytics, a tool we use to provide usage data for our website. This anonymous data helps us to better understand our users’ needs and tailor the website accordingly. This cookie will automatically expire after 2 years, if not deleted prior to that.
6. How Do We Use Your Data?
If we do collect any personal data, it will be processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under GDPR at all times. For more details on security see section 7, below.
If you contact us and we obtain your personal details from your email, we may use them as follows:
– To reply to your email
– To follow up your enquiry at a later date
– To follow up after you have requested a media pack
If, after your initial enquiry, you are interested in becoming a customer, your data will be transferred into our booking database.
And only when you requested:
– We will add your name and email to our magazine subscription list
– We will add your group or business details to our group or business online directories
– We will add your name and contact details to a submitted event
7. How and Where Do We Store Your Data?
We only keep your personal data for as long as we need to in order to use it as described above in section 6, a
Your data will only be stored in the UK.
Data security is very important to us, and to protect your data we have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure any data we hold about you (even if it is only your email address).
8. How Can You Access Your Data?
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by us (where such data is held) and we will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge. Please contact us for more details. You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it.
9. Contacting Us
If you have any questions about our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at info@lymingtondirectory.co.uk by phone 01590 643969 or write to us at 28 Whitby Road, Milford on Sea SO41 0ND.
10. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on our website and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of the website following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.
If the company known as The Lymington Directory Ltd., is sold then personal data may be part of an onward transfer of assets to purchasing the company.
