Elm Group Privacy Policy

What is this Privacy Policy for?


ELM Group (Stafford) Ltd (EGSL) (Registered Company Number SC520220) takes your privacy very seriously and is committed to protecting your personal information. This policy sets out the way in which any personal information you provide is used by us. The policy applies whenever we collect your personal data, including when you use our websites or other digital platforms.

About us


EGSL is a group of companies which, besides itself, includes various other entities. This privacy policy applies to all companies within the group.

About this Privacy Policy


This privacy policy applies to this website [elmgroupltd.com/] and governs the privacy of 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.

Please note that our websites may contain links to third party websites/digital platforms which are provided for your convenience. We are only responsible for the privacy practices and security of our own digital platforms. We recommend that you check the privacy and security policies and procedures of other websites/digital platforms that you visit.

Information we collect and what we use it for


All personal information that we collect about you will be recorded, used, and protected by us in accordance with the applicable data protection legislation and this privacy policy. We may supplement the information that you provide with other information that we obtain from our dealings with you or which we receive from other organisations.

In broad terms we use your data for the following purposes:

  1. (a) to administer and provide the services you request or have expressed an interest in,
  2. (b) to communicate with you,
  3. (c) for record keeping purposes,
  4. (d) to track your activity on our digital platforms.

When you interact with our digital platforms, we may also automatically collect the following information about your visit.

  • How you reached our digital platform.
  • Your journey through our digital platform including which links you click on in our website and any searches you have made.

Disclosure of your information


To provide our services to you we may need to appoint other organisations to carry out data processing on our behalf. These may include for example, payment processing, fraud prevention and screening.

We may share your data with third parties:

  1. (a) if we are under a legal or regulatory duty to do so,
  2. (b) if it is necessary to do so to enforce our terms of use or other contractual rights,
  3. (c) to lawfully assist the police or security services with prevention and detection of crime or terrorist activity,
  4. (d) where such disclosure is necessary to protect the safety or security of any persons and /or
  5. (e) otherwise permitted under applicable law.

Some of the organisations to which we may disclose your personal information are situated outside the United Kingdom and European Union, in countries which may not have laws the protect privacy as extensively as in the United Kingdom.

Use of Cookies


We may collect information about your computer including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, to assist us in analysing the profile of our visitors. This is statistical data about our visitors’ browsing actions and patterns and does not identify any individual. We may use cookies on our site in the following ways:

  • i. To help us recognise you as a unique visitor (in the form of a number) when you return to our site and allow us to tailor content or advertisements to match your preferred interests or to avoid showing you the same adverts repeatedly.
  • ii. To compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how users use our site to help us improve the structure of our website.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser.
This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website.

Cookies are small files saved to the user's computer’s hard drive, that track, save and store information about the user's interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.

Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive, they should take the necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors. Users are advised, however, that by disabling the cookies for this website, they may not be able to use all the interactive features of our site. To find out more about cookies and how they can be disabled please visit the Interactive Advertising Bureau at www.allaboutcookies.org

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information.

You can read Google's privacy policy here for further information.

Other cookies may be stored to your computer’s hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.

Contact & Communication


Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time that it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in data protection legislation. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure email submission process, but users using such processes are advised that they do so at their own risk.

External Links


Users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website. The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website Users should therefore note that they click on external links at their own risk, and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages caused by visiting any external links.

Social Media Platforms


This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to social media platforms. . Users are advised that they do so at their own risk and should note that social media platforms may track and save your request to share a web page through your social media platform account. This website, nor its owners, will ever 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.

Shortened Links in Social Media


This website may share web links to relevant web pages. By default, some social media platforms shorten lengthy URLs [web addresses].

Despite best efforts to ensure only genuine URLs are published, social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website cannot be held liable for any damages caused by visiting any shortened links.

Resources & Further Information



Comments


If you have any requests concerning your personal information or have any questions or comments about privacy, please get in touch.

v.3.2 February 2020 Edited & customised by: ELM Group (Stafford) Ltd