Privacy Statement

Introduction

This policy applies between you, the User of this Website and Thomas EC. Smith, the owner of this Website. I take the privacy of your information very seriously, and as such, this policy will outline my use of any and all Data collected, or provided by you, in relation to your use of this Website.

Whilst every effort has been made to keep this policy short and concise, I very much appreciate the time it will take for you to thoroughly read through it! By using this Website you agree to the information contained within this webpage. Thank you.

Definitions and interpretation

In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used:

Data, collectively all information that you submit to Thomas EC. Smith via this Website. This definition incorporates, where applicable, the definitions provided in the Data Protection Laws;

Cookies, a small text file placed on your computer by this Website when you visit certain parts of the Website and/or when you use certain features of the Website. Details of the cookies used by this Website are set out in the clause below (Cookies);

Data Protection Laws, any applicable law relating to the processing of personal Data, including but not limited to the Directive 96/46/EC (Data Protection Directive) or the GDPR, and any national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, for as long as the GDPR is effective in the UK;

GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679;

Thomas EC. Smith, I or me;

UK and EU Cookie Law, the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011;

User or you, any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by Thomas EC. Smith and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to me and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services;

and Website, the website that you are currently using, https://bot.tecsmith.uk and any sub-domains of this website, unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.

In this privacy policy, unless the context requires a different interpretation:

1. The singular includes the plural and vice versa;
2. References to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices are to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices of this privacy policy;
3. A reference to a person includes firms, companies, government entities, trusts and partnerships;
4. The word “including” is understood to mean “including without limitation”;
5. Reference to any statutory provision includes any modification or amendment of it;
6. The headings and sub-headings do not form part of this privacy policy.

Scope of this privacy policy

1. This privacy policy applies only to the actions of Thomas EC. Smith 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.
2. For purposes of the applicable Data Protection Laws, I am the “data controller”. This means that Thomas EC. Smith determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which, your Data is processed.

Data collected

I may collect the following Data, which includes personal Data, from you:

1. Demographic information such as location, preferences and interests;
2. IP address (automatically collected);
3. Web browser type and version (automatically collected);

How I collect Data

I collect Data in the following ways:

1. Data is given to me by you;
2. Data is received from other sources; and
3. data is collected automatically.

Data given to me by you

I will collect your Data in a number of ways, for example:

1. When you contact me through the Website, by telephone, post, e-mail or through any other means;
2. When you request a booking through the Website booking process;
3. If you create an account your personal details will be collected;

Data that is received from publicly available sources

I will receive Data about you from the following publicly available third party sources:

1. All of your associated social media profiles, including Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp), Google (YouTube) and X (Twitter);
2. Any tracking service that may be associated with you, your devices or your online identity.