Our Privacy Policy
This privacy policy sets out how Osbit Limited uses and protects any information that you provide when you use this website.
Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your sensitive information and how we will deal with it. For the purposes of the Data Protection Act (‘the DPA’) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘the GDPR’), sensitive information includes what is defined as your ‘personal data’.
What we collect
Contact information
If you submit an enquiry through our website the information you enter into the form is sent to us. We only collect the basic information required to establish the nature of your enquiry and to give a means of responding to you.
We may collect the following information:
- name and job title
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
Mailing list
If you sign up for our email newsletter we will collect your email address. We will store your email address on our mailing list permanently or until you tell us you’d like it to be removed.
Every email we send will contain a link you can use to visit a page that allows you to update your preferences and unsubscribe to our list.
Our emails are delivered to you using MailChimp and you can view how MailChimp handle your personal data by visiting their website here.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to anonymously track the usage of our website. We use data from Google Analytics to improve our services. The data we collect is not personally identifiable.
The information we collect includes:
Technical information
Including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.
Information about your visit
This includes the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to, through and from our Website (including date and time), pages you have visited, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages and page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs).
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Who we share your data with
The information and content held on our Website is deployed geographically to maximise user experience. All information that could identify individuals within the European Union is stored exclusively within the European Union. We will never share your user information with third parties for promotional purposes.
Our website is hosted by SiteGround. You can view their terms and policies online.
For security reasons, we back up all of our website data once each day. We don’t collect or share personally identifiable data with any third parties. All backups are securely stored within the EU for a period of 30 days after which time they are deleted.
How long we hold your information for
We have procedures in place to regularly review every twelve months what personal data we hold. If you have not interacted with us or accessed our services during this or the subsequent period then we will delete your personal data from our systems, but will send you an email first informing you of our intention to do so. Of course, you have the right to be forgotten at any point and can find out more about this in the ‘What rights you have over your data’ section below.
How we protect your data
We have security measures in place to protect our website and your data. These include:
- A web application firewall and login protection to prevent malicious access to our website
- Daily security scans and 24/7 monitoring in place to detect issues before they become problems
- Timely updates to software including security fixes
- Daily backups of all website files and data, kept for one month then deleted
What data breach procedures we have in place
Should we be subject to a data breach we will contact any person whose personally identifiable data has been compromised and inform them within 48 hours of the breach.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
- if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at team@osbit.com.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Osbit Limited, Broomhaugh House, Riding Mill, Northumberland, NE44 6AW.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.