Privacy & GDPR.

The policy sets out the different areaswhere user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirementsof the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore, the way this websiteprocesses, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailedwithin this policy.

The Website
This website and its owners take a proactiveapproach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protectthe privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This websitecomplies to all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.

Cookie Policy
This website uses cookies to better the usersexperience while visiting the website. Where applicable this website uses acookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website toallow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device. This complieswith recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consentfrom users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user’s computer/ device.
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The cookies in use to deliver Google Analyticsservice are used to store information, such as what time your current visitoccurred, whether you have been to the site before, and what site referred youto the web page. These cookies contain no personally identifiable information,but they will use your computer’s IP address to know from where in the worldyou are accessing the Internet. Google stores the information collected bythese cookies on servers in the United States. Google may transfer thisinformation to third-parties were required to do so by law, or where suchthird-parties process the information on Google’s behalf.

Opt-out
In order to provide website visitors with morechoice on how data is collected by Google Analytics, Google has developed theGoogle Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on communicates with theGoogle Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to stop data being sent to GoogleAnalytics. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on does not affect usage ofthe website in any other way. A link to further information on the GoogleAnalytics Opt-out Browser Add-on is provided below for your convenience.

http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=None

For more information on the usage of cookies byGoogle Analytics please see the Google website. A link to the privacy advicefor this product is provided below for your convenience.

http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html

Disabling Cookies
If you would like to restrict the use of cookiesyou can control this in your Internet browser. Links to advice on how to dothis for the most popular Internet browsers are provided below for convenienceand will be available for the Internet browser of your choice either online orvia the software help(normally available via key F1).

Internet Explorer
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/Block-enable-or-allow-cookiesGoogleChrome
https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookiesMozillaFirefox
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Blocking%20cookiesAppleSafari
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=32467

Contact &Communication‍
Users contacting this website and/or its ownersdo so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requestedat their own risk. Your Personal information is kept private and storedsecurely until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed inthe Data Protection Act 1998.Every effort has been made to ensure a safe andsecure form to email submission process but advise users using such form toemail processes that they do so at their own risk.

This website and its owners use any informationsubmitted to provide you with further information about the products / servicesthey offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may havesubmitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any emailnewsletter program the website operates but only if this was made clear to youand your express permission was granted when submitting any form to emailprocess. Or whereby you the consumer have previously purchased from or enquiredabout purchasing from the company a product or service that the emailnewsletter relates to. This is by no means an entire list of your user rightsin regard to receiving email marketing material. Your details are not passed onto any third parties.

Email Newsletter
This website operates an email newsletterprogram, used to inform subscribers about products and services supplied bythis website. Users can subscribe through an online automated process shouldthey wish to do so but do so at their own discretion. Some subscriptions may bemanually processed through prior written agreement with the user.

Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UKSpam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations2003. All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and inaccordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. No personal details are passed onto third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company thatoperates this website. Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you may request acopy of personal information held about you by this website’s email newsletterprogram. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of theinformation held on you please write to the business address at the bottom ofthis policy.

Email marketing campaigns published by thiswebsite or its owners may contain tracking facilities within the actual email.Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis andevaluation. 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 means a comprehensive list].

This information is used to refine future emailcampaigns and supply the user with more relevant content based around theiractivity. In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and ElectronicCommunications Regulations 2003 subscribers are given the opportunity tounsubscribe at any time through an automated system. This process is detailedat the footer of each email campaign. If an automated un-subscription system isunavailable clear instructions on how to un-subscribe will by detailed instead.

External Links
Although this website only looks to includequality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised adopt a policy ofcaution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout thiswebsite. The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents ofany externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users shouldtherefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this websiteand its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused byvisiting any external links mentioned.

Social MediaPlatforms
Communication, engagement and actions takenthrough external social media platforms that this website and its ownersparticipate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacypolicies held with each social media platform respectively.

Users are advised to use social media platformswisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regardto their own privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners willever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platformsand encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact themthrough primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.

This website may use social sharing buttonswhich help share web content directly from web pages to the social mediaplatform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharingbuttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social mediaplatform may track and save your request to share a web page respectivelythrough your social media platform account.

Shortened Links inSocial Media
This website and its owners through their socialmedia platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. By defaultsome social media platforms shorten lengthy urls [web addresses] (this is anexample:http://bit.ly/zyVUBo). Users are advised to take caution and goodjudgement before clicking any shortened urls published on social mediaplatforms by this website and its owners. Despite the best efforts to ensureonly genuine urls are published many social media platforms are prone to spamand hacking and therefore this website and its owners cannot be held liable forany damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.
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General DataProtection Regulation (GDPR)
You can Contact our Data Protection Officer on (info@active-security.org.uk).

Everyone here at Active SecuritySolutions North Yorkshire Ltd isfamiliar with the GDPR legislation, and exactly what their personalresponsibilities are. Anyone joining the company is trained internally oninduction day, and then at regular intervals of 2 years afterwards. If there isa change in legislation, then we ensure that everyone is fully up-to-date onthe latest points.

You do have the right to be forgotten, and nolonger receive any communication from us. You can do this via our contact form.

You can rest assured that absolutely no personaldata is transferred outside of the EU under any circumstances (unless priorwritten consent is given by the person who's data is to be transferred).

When processing any data we abide by thefollowing points:-

- The processing of any data is lawful, fair andwe are fully transparent about what the data is being used for
- We only collect data that is necessary fornormal business operation
- All data is kept accurate and up-to-date
- Data is not kept for any longer than isreasonably necessary
- All data is kept safe and secure at all timesIf you have enquired about our services, then we have a legitimate interest incontacting you again to follow up on your enquiry.

If at this point you no longer wish to hear fromus then we would welcome it if you could inform us of this, and we will nolonger contact you and remove your data. As outlined above, all data is heldsecurely, but in the unlikely event of a security breach, we do have anotification process in place.

If you would like to find out what data we holdabout you, please use our contact form with a subject of DSAR Request.

This policy may be updated from time to time, soplease ensure you check it regularly.Address: Active Security Solutions North Yorkshire Ltd, 12 FalsgraveRoad, Scarborough, YO12 5AT