Thank you for visiting the Winham Group website and for your interest in our services. We understand the importance of privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you provide to us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data. By accessing our website, you consent to the terms outlined in this policy.
Information We Collect:
a. Personal Information: When you interact with our website, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you voluntarily provide to us through contact forms or email communications.
b. Usage Information: We may collect non-personal information about your interaction with our website, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and browsing patterns. This information is collected through the use of cookies and similar technologies.
Use of Information:
a. Personal Information: We collect and use your personal information to respond to your inquiries, provide you with information about our services, and fulfill any requests you make.
b. Usage Information: We collect and use non-personal information to analyze trends, administer our website, improve user experience, and gather demographic information for internal purposes.
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.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
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.
Third-Party Websites:
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third parties before providing any personal information.
Sharing of Information:
a. Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your personal information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and providing our services. These providers have agreed to maintain the confidentiality and security of your information.
b. Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal information if required by law or to protect our rights, property, or safety, as well as the rights, property, or safety of others.
Data Security:
We have implemented industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
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.
Your Rights:
You have the right to access, correct, update, or delete your personal information. If you would like to exercise any of these rights or have any questions or concerns regarding our privacy practices, please contact us using the information provided below.
Changes to the Privacy Policy:
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be effective upon posting the revised Privacy Policy on our website. We encourage you to review this policy periodically for any updates.
Last updated: July 2023.