Privacy Policy

At David Appleby Engineering Ltd (DAE), we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This Policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure. We may change this Policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you are happy with any changes. By using our website, you are agreeing to be bound by this Policy.

Any questions regarding this Policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to: david@davidapplebyengineering.com or by writing to David Appleby Engineering Ltd,

Briscoe House, Ford Street, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9NY.  Alternatively you can telephone 01823 663139.

Who are we?

David Appleby Engineering Ltd (DAE) is a registered company (No. 3657632).  The registered address is 16 Queen Square, Bristol BS1 4NT.

How do we collect information from you?

We obtain information about you when you use our website, for example, when you contact us about products and services we offer.

What type of information is collected from you?

The personal information we collect might include your name, address, email address, IP address, and

Information regarding what pages are accessed and when.

How is your information used?

We may use your information to:

We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis.  We are legally required to hold some types of information to fulfil our statutory obligations.  We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with us.

Who has access to your information?

We will not sell or rent your information to third parties.
We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Third Party Service Providers working on our behalf:

We may pass your information to our third party service providers, agents, subcontractors and other associated organisations for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf.  However, when we use third party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own direct  marketing purposes, unless you have requested us to do so, or we are required to do so by law, for example, by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime.

Third Party Product Providers we work in association with:

We work closely with various third party product providers to bring you a range of quality and reliable products and services designed to meet the needs of our customers.  When you enquire about or purchase one or more of these products, the relevant third party product provider will use your details to provide you with information and carry out their obligations arising from any contracts you have entered into with them.  In some cases, they will be acting as a data controller of your information and therefore we advise you to read their Privacy Policy.  These third party product providers will share your information with us, which we will use in accordance with this privacy policy.

Your Choices

You have a choice about whether or not you wish to receive information from us.  If you do not want to receive direct marketing communications from us about our exciting products and services, then you can select your choices by ticking the relevant boxes situated on the form on which we collect your information.  We will not contact you for marketing purposes by email, phone or text message unless you have given prior consent.  We will not contact you for marketing purposes by post if you have indicated that you do not wish to be contacted.  You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us by email:

david@davidapplebyengineering.com or telephone 01823 663139, or by unsubscribing from our mailing list.

How you can access and update your information

The accuracy of your information is important to us.  We are working on ways to make it easier for you to review and correct the information that we hold about you.  In the meantime, if you change email address, or any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please email david@davidapplebyengineering.com or write to David Appleby Engineering Ltd, Briscoe House, Ford Street, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9NY.  Alternatively, you can telephone 01823 663139

You have the right to ask for a copy of the information David Appleby Engineering Ltd holds about you (there may be a small charge for providing you with this information)

Security Precautions in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information

Non-sensitive details (your e-mail address etc.) are transmitted normally over the internet, and this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.  Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.  Where we have given (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.  We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Profiling

We may analyse your personal information to create a profile of your interests and preferences so that we can contact you with information relevant to you.  We may make use of additional information about you when it is available from external sources to help us do this effectively.  We may also use your personal information to detect and reduce fraud and credit risk.

Use of Cookies

Like many other websites, the David Appleby Engineering Ltd website uses cookies – small text files – to monitor and improve its services.  Cookies collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns but do not identify you as an individual.  For example, we use cookies to store your country preference.  This helps us to improve our website and deliver a better and more personalised service.

It is possible to switch off cookies by adjusting your browser preferences.  For more information on how to switch off cookies on your computer, see the manufacturer’s website.  Turning cookies off may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.  Cookies used on our websites include cookies from Google to monitor activity and You Tube to help serve video content.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations.  This privacy policy applies only to our website, so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.  We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our website.

In addition, if you linked to our website from a third party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site.

16 or Under

We are concerned to protect the privacy of children aged 16 or under.  If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian’s permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal information.

Transferring your information outside of Europe

As part of the services offered to you through this website, the information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Union (EU).  By way of example, this may happen if any of our servers are from time to time located in a country outside of the EU.  These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the UK.  By submitting your personal data, you are agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing.

If we transfer your information outside of the EU in this way, we will take steps to ensure that appropriate security measures are taken with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this Policy.  If you use our services while you are outside the EU, your information may be transferred outside the EU in order to provide you with those services.

Review of this Policy

We keep this Policy under regular review.  This policy was last updated in October 2018.