Who we are
Our website address is: https://ict-professionals.com.
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 anonymized 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
If you choose to complete a contact form, you consent to us processing your data and using it to reach out to you regarding your enquiry. You can ask us not to contact you at any time.
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.
1. Cookies
The EU Cookie Law (The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2011) is a piece of privacy legislation that requires visitors to give consent before allowing a website to store or retrieve any information from any device through the use of cookies. By educating visitors on how information about them is collected through the use of cookies, and allowing them to decide for themselves if they wish to allow it to take place, the aim is to protect online privacy for everyone. The rest of this policy outlines what cookies we use, along with what information we collect from these.
2. What are cookies
Cookies are small text files, downloaded to your computer by the browser (e.g. Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox etc.) whenever you access a website. They enable websites to store information, such as user preferences and login details. They may also be used to record how long you spend browsing each page on a site or what pages you visit most. Cookies can be thought of as providing a “memory” for the website, enabling it to recognise you and respond appropriately. Generally, cookies are most beneficial to you, the visitor, making your interaction with frequently-visited sites smoother and easier than they would be without them.
3. Cookies we use
We use cookies to track website visitors and provide advertising and remarketing features to users. We therefore share your information with these third parties:
We use Google Tag Manager to implement Google Analytics, a third party service which creates its own set of cookies for the purpose of compiling a number of statistical reports. The information gathered is anonymous and is used to assess a wide variety of website activities, including how our site is navigated and what pages are most popular.
We also have Remarketing and Advertising Reporting Features enabled. This allows us to place adverts on external sites based upon either your interests and preferences, demographics or location, or the site you are visiting at that moment in time. This is done using cookies that are placed on your device to track your activity across our website and others. If you would prefer that Google did not track your browsing habits, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
We use Google Maps on our Contact page to provide detailed information on how best to visit our offices. Google set a cookie that allows them to remember which browser you are using and what preferences you have set when you view maps. We use Google Maps tools on the basis that Google adheres to its privacy policy and terms of service.
We also use Google Signals. This does not collect personally identifiable information but is able to use cross-device tracking, and provide us with information about demographics and interests. It allows us to tailor your experience, through engaging content and remarketing.
You can view Google’s privacy policy.
Social media
We may also use a number of third party, social media plugins including but not limited to Facebook’s ‘Like Box’, Twitter’s ‘Follow Button’ and LinkedIn’s ‘Share’ and ‘Follow’ buttons. We use these services for the convenience of our visitors, allowing them to access up to the minute information as well as recommend our services to others. We also use some cookies to allow websites like Facebook to conduct remarketing and advertising. If you don’t wish to allow these cookies, you can see how to block them in section 4.
To learn more about each organisation’s privacy policy, please visit the links provided:
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram.
4. Your consent and managing cookies
By continuing to browse and use this site you are agreeing to our use of cookies as described above. However you can still disable cookies at a browser level if you wish. You may experience reduced functionality if you choose to do so. The settings that decide how your browser handles cookies will typically be found in the ‘Options’ or ‘Preferences’ menu of your browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful; otherwise you should use the ‘Help’ option in your browser for more details.
Cookie settings in: Internet Explorer; Firefox; Chrome; Safari.
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.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize 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
You can 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.
Last updated: 27/06/2024