Privacy Policy

1. What information do we collect?

Rutland Minis may collect, store and use the following personal data:

Information relevant to your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views);

Any other information that you may choose to send to us via our enquiry and contact forms.

2. Cookies

A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.

Rutland Minis use both ‘session’ cookies and ‘persistent’ cookies on the website. We will use the session cookies to transfer information between pages whilst you navigate the website. We use the persistent cookies to remember your display preferences.

Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. This will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one.

3. Using your personal data

Personal data submitted on this website will be used only for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.

We may use your personal information to:

• Administer the website;
• Improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;
  enable your use of the services available on the website;
• Send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;
• Send to you our newsletter and other marketing communications relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications);
• Deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website.

We will not without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

4. Other disclosures

In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may disclose information about you:

• To the extent required by law;
• In connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
• In order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);
• To any of our agents, suppliers or subcontractors (but only as reasonably necessary for our purposes as set out above); and to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling.

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

5. International data transfers

All information collected on this website is stored and processed on servers in EU data centres.

In instances where express permission has been given by way of requests by you for additional services from third party suppliers; some personally identifiable data may be securely transferred to those external third partys’ systems. In those instances, the data will be subject to the data protection and security policies of those organisations.

6. Security of your personal data

We have taken all reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

https (a secure internet protocol) is used for all transmissions of personally identifiable information over the internet and is thus, extremely secure.

7. Policy amendments

We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

We may also notify you of changes to our privacy policy by email.

8. Your rights

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information may be subject to the payment of a fee (currently fixed at £10.00).

You may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes by email at any time. (In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal data for marketing purposes.)

9. Third party websites

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.

10. Updating information

Please inform Rutland Minis if any personal information requires correcting or updating.

11. Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please write to us by email.