This Privacy Policy applies between you, the User of this Website, and Wirral Structural Engineering Limited, the owner and provider of this Website. Wirral Structural Engineering Limited takes the privacy of your information very seriously. This Privacy Policy applies to our use of any and all Data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of the Website.

This Privacy Policy should be read alongside, and in addition to, our Terms and Conditions, which can be found at: www.wseltd.uk.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.

Definitions and Interpretation

1. In this Privacy Policy, the following definitions are used:

Data    
Collectively all information that you submit to Wirral Structural Engineering Limited via the Website. This definition incorporates, where applicable, the definitions provided in the Data Protection Laws;

Data Protection Laws
Any applicable law relating to the processing of personal Data, including but not limited to the GDPR, and any national implementing and supplementary laws, regulations and secondary legislation;

GDPR    
The UK General Data Protection Regulation;

Wirral Structural Engineering Limited, we or us
Wirral Structural Engineering Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 14983681 whose registered office is at 105 Grove Road, Wallasey, Merseyside, CH45 3HG;

User or you
Any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by Wirral Structural Engineering Limited and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to Wirral Structural Engineering Limited and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services; and

Website
The website that you are currently using, www.wseltd.uk, and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.

2. In this Privacy Policy, unless the context requires a different interpretation:

   a. the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

   b. references to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices are to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices of this Privacy Policy;

   c. a reference to a person includes firms, companies, government entities, trusts and partnerships;

   d. "including" is understood to mean "including without limitation";

   e. reference to any statutory provision includes any modification or amendment of it;

   f. the headings and sub-headings do not form part of this Privacy Policy.

Scope of this Privacy Policy

3. This Privacy Policy applies only to the actions of Wirral Structural Engineering Limited and Users with respect to this Website. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed from this Website including, but not limited to, any links we may provide to social media websites.

4. For purposes of the applicable Data Protection Laws, Wirral Structural Engineering Limited is the "data controller". This means that Wirral Structural Engineering Limited determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which, your Data is processed.

Data Collected

5. We may collect the following Data, which includes personal Data, from you:

   a. name;

   b. job title;

   c. profession;

   d. contact Information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;

in each case, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

How We Collect Data

6. We collect Data in the following ways:

   a. data is given to us by you;

   b. data is received from other sources; and

   c. data is collected automatically.

Data That is Given to Us by You

7. Wirral Structural Engineering Limited will collect your Data in a number of ways, for example:

   a. when you contact us through the Website, by telephone, post, e-mail or through any other means;

   b. when you complete surveys that we use for research purposes (although you are not obliged to respond to them);

   c. when you make payments to us, through this Website or otherwise;

   d. when you use our services;

in each case, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Data That is Collected Automatically by our Web Site

8. To the extent that you access the Website through browsing, we will collect Data automatically, for example:

9. We IONOS SiteAnalytics, which collects data exclusively for statistical evaluation and technical optimization of the website.

   a. the data is determined either by a pixel or by a log file.

   b. the visitor's IP is transmitted when a page is requested, anonymized immediately after transmission and processed without personal reference.

   c. we do not use cookies in this process, to protect your personal data.

   d. we do not store any personal data of website visitors, so that no conclusions can be drawn about the individual visitors.

10. The following data is collected:

   a. referrer (previously visited website)

   b. requested website or file

   c. browser type and browser version

   d. Operating system used

   e. Device type used

   f. Time of access

   g. IP address in anonymised form (used only to determine the location of access and processed without personal reference.

This data will not be passed on to third parties.

Cookies

11. This Website may place and access certain Cookies on your computer. Wirral Structural Engineering Ltd uses Cookies to improve your experience of using the Website. Wirral Structural Engineering Ltd has carefully chosen these Cookies and has taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and respected at all times.

12. All Cookies used by this Website are used in accordance with current UK and EU Cookie Law.

13. Before the Website places Cookies on your computer, you will be presented with a message bar requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies, you are enabling Wirral Structural Engineering Ltd to provide a better experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of the Website may not function fully or as intended.

14. This Website may place the following Cookies:
    
Strictly necessary cookies.    
Purpose: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e- billing services.

Third Party cookies
These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). By using the Website, you agree to our placement of functionality cookie.

15. Following is a list of cookies this site uses.

AEC
This cookie is used by Google to ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. These cookies prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user’s knowledge.
Expires: 6 months

secure_ENID
This cookie is used by Google to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language, how many results you prefer to display on a search results page and whether you want Google’s SafeSearch filter to be activated.
Expires: 1 year

16. You can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please see the help menu in your internet browser. You can switch off Cookies at any time, however, you may lose any information that enables you to access the Website more quickly and efficiently.

17. You can choose to delete Cookies at any time; however, you may lose any information that enables you to access the Website more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, personalisation settings.

18. It is recommended that you ensure that your internet browser is up-to-date and     that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.

19. For more information generally on cookies, including how to disable them, please refer to www.aboutcookies.org. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer.

Our Use of Data

20. Any or all of the above Data may be required by us from time to time in order to provide you with the best possible service and experience when using our Website. Specifically, Data may be used by us for the following reasons:

   a. internal record keeping;

   b. improvement of our products / services;

   c. contact for market research purposes which may be done using email, telephone, fax or mail. Such information may be used to customise or update the Website;

   in each case, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

21. We may use your Data for the above purposes if we deem it necessary to do so for our legitimate interests. If you are not satisfied with this, you have the right to object in certain circumstances (see the section headed "Your rights" below).

Who We Share Data With

22. We may share your Data with the following groups of people for the following reasons:

   a. any of our group companies or affiliates - to ensure the proper administration of your website and business;

   b. our employees, agents and/or professional advisors - to obtain advice from professional advisers;

   c. third party service providers who provide services to us which require the processing of personal data - to help third party service providers in receipt of any shared data to perform functions on our behalf to help ensure the website runs smoothly;
    
   d. relevant authorities - to facilitate the detection of crime or the collection of taxes or duties;

   in each case, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Keeping Data Secure

23. We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your Data, for example:

   a. access to your account is controlled by a password and a user name that is unique to you.

   b. we store your Data on secure servers.

24. Technical and organisational measures include measures to deal with any suspected data breach. If you suspect any misuse or loss or unauthorised access to your Data, please let us know immediately by contacting us via this e-mail address: enquiries@wseltd.uk

25. If you want detailed information from Get Safe Online on how to protect your information and your computers and devices against fraud, identity theft, viruses and many other online problems, please visit www.getsafeonline.org. Get Safe Online is supported by HM Government and leading businesses.

Data Retention

26. Unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, we will only hold your Data on our systems for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or until you request that the Data be deleted.

27. Even if we delete your Data, it may persist on backup or archival media for legal, tax or regulatory purposes.

Your Rights

28. You have the following rights in relation to your Data:

   a. Right to access - the right to request (i) copies of the information we hold about you at any time, or (ii) that we modify, update or delete such information. If we provide you with access to the information we hold about you, we will not charge you for this, unless your request is "manifestly unfounded or excessive." Where we are legally permitted to do so, we may refuse your request. If we refuse your request, we will tell you the reasons why.

   b. Right to correct - the right to have your Data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.

   c. Right to erase - the right to request that we delete or remove your Data from our systems.

   d. Right to restrict our use of your Data - the right to "block" us from using your Data or limit the way in which we can use it.

   e. Right to data portability - the right to request that we move, copy or transfer your Data.

   f. Right to object - the right to object to our use of your Data including where we use it for our legitimate interests.

29. To make enquiries, exercise any of your rights set out above, or withdraw your consent to the processing of your Data (where consent is our legal basis for processing your Data), please contact us via this e-mail address: enquires@wseltd.uk.

30. If you are not satisfied with the way a complaint you make in relation to your Data is handled by us, you may be able to refer your complaint to the relevant data protection authority. For the UK, this is the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). The ICO's contact details can be found on their website at https://ico.org.uk.

31. It is important that the Data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your Data changes during the period for which we hold it.

Links to Other Websites

32. This Website may, from time to time, provide links to other websites. We have no control over such websites and are not responsible for the content of these websites. This Privacy Policy does not extend to your use of such websites. You are advised to read the Privacy Policy or statement of other websites prior to using them.

Changes of Business Ownership and Control

33. Wirral Structural Engineering Limited may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Wirral Structural Engineering Limited. Data provided by Users will, where it is relevant to any part of our business so transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was originally supplied to us.

34. We may also disclose Data to a prospective purchaser of our business or any part of it.

35. In the above instances, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring your privacy is protected.

General

36. You may not transfer any of your rights under this Privacy Policy to any other person. We may transfer our rights under this Privacy Policy where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected.

37. If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of this Privacy Policy (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this Privacy Policy will not be affected.

38. Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.

39. This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted according to the law of England and Wales. All disputes arising under the Agreement will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

40. Wirral Structural Engineering Limited reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the Website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of the Website following the alterations.

You may contact Wirral Structural Engineering Limited by email at enquiries@wseltd.uk

Attribution

41. This Privacy Policy was created using a document from Rocket Lawyer (https://www.rocketlawyer.com/gb/en).

This Privacy Policy was created on 01 November 2024.