What is this Privacy Policy for?
This privacy policy is for this website [www.iconoffices.co.uk] and served by [Icon Offices Limited] and governs the privacy of its 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. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.
The Website
This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website complies to all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.
Use of Cookies
This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. On your first visit to our website there will be a pop up box that directs you to our Privacy Policy. You can either close the box and continue to use our website, or exit. This complies with
recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving
behind or reading files such as cookies on a user's computer / device.
Cookies are small files saved to the user's computers 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 necessary steps within their web browsers security
settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors. Alternatively the user can exit our website and contact us via info@iconoffices.co.uk to discuss an alternative method to access our services.
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 [ http://www.google.com/privacy.html ].
Other cookies may be stored to your computers 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
Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any such
personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored
securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the Data Protection Act
1998. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email submission process
but advise users using such form to email processes that they do so at their own risk.
This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information
about the products / services they offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you
may have submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter
program the website operates but only if this was made clear to you and your express permission
was granted when submitting any form to email process. Or whereby you the consumer have
previously purchased from or enquired about purchasing from the company a product or service
that the email newsletter relates to. This is by no means an entire list of your user rights in regard
to receiving email marketing material. Your details are not passed on to any third parties.
Email Newsletter
This website operates an email newsletter program, used to inform subscribers about products and
services supplied by this website. Users can subscribe through an online automated process
should they wish to do so but do so at their own discretion. Some subscriptions may be manually
processed through prior written agreement with the user.
Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic
Communications Regulations 2003. All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely
and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. No personal details are passed on to third
parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that operates this website.
Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you may request a copy of personal information held about
you by this website's email newsletter program. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy
of the information held on you please write to the business address at the bottom of this policy.
Email marketing campaigns published by this website or its owners may contain tracking facilities
within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis
and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, the
clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity [this is by no far a
comprehensive list].
This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user with more relevant
content based around their activity.
In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations
2003 subscribers are given the opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an automated
system. This process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign. If an automated un-
subscription system is unavailable clear instructions on how to un-subscribe will by detailed
instead.
External Links
Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are
advised adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this
website. (External links are clickable text / banner / image links to other websites, similar to; Folded
Book Art or Cottages in Pembrokeshire.)
The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website
despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk
and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by
visiting any external links mentioned.
Adverts and Sponsored Links
This website may contain sponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our
advertising partners, to whom may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts
they serve.
Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the advertisers website through a referral program
which may use cookies and will track the number of referrals sent from this website. This may
include the use of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computers hard drive. Users should
therefore note they click on sponsored external links at their own risk and this website and its
owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links
mentioned.
Social Media Platforms
Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this
website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy
policies held with each social media platform respectively.
Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with
due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. 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.
This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web
pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing
buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track
and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform
account.
Shortened Links in Social Media
This website and its owners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to
relevant web pages. By default some social media platforms shorten lengthy urls [web addresses]
(this is an example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo).
Users are advised to take caution and good judgement before clicking any shortened urls
published on social media platforms by this website and its owners. Despite the best efforts to
ensure only genuine urls are published many social media platforms are prone to spam and
hacking and therefore this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or
implications caused by visiting any shortened links.
Resources & Further Information
Privacy Policy. Icon Offices Limited, 321 - 323 High Road, Chadwell Heath, RM6 6AX