Meantime website privacy policy

Key details

This website privacy policy describes how Meantime IT protects and makes use of the information you give the company when you use this website.

If you are asked to provide information when using this website, it will only be used in the ways described in this privacy policy.

This policy is updated from time to time. The latest version is published on this page.

This policy was last updated 06/08/2021.

If you have any questions about this policy or raising a SAR, pleaseĀ email us or write to: Meantime IT, 2.1, Riverside Business Park, Natland Road, Kendal, LA9 7SX.

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Introduction

We primarily collect information to better understand how visitors use this website.

We also collect and store any information submitted using the forms in order to satisfy client requests and enquiries.

What data we gather

The logs on our servers will record the IP address from which a visitor came to the website and we use cookies and analytical software to track how people proceed around the website. This helps us to understand where our visitors come from and what they are interested in.

Where a visitor uses a form, we collect the following information:

  • Name
  • Contact information including email address and phone number

How we use this data

Collecting this data helps us understand what you are looking from the company, enabling us to deliver improved products and services.

Specifically, we may use data:

  • For our own internal records
  • To contact you in response to a specific enquiry

Security

Meantime is an ISO 27001 certified company and we take data security very seriously.

We have implemented strong physical and electronic security safeguards to prevent unauthorised disclosure or access to all the data for which we are responsible, including your information.

We adhere to the terms of the Data Protection Act and the GDPR that came into force in May 2018, including all of the requirements concerned with the storage and processing of personal data.

Cookies and how we use them

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small file placed on your computer's hard drive. It enables our website to identify your computer as you view different pages on our website.

Cookies allow websites and applications to store your preferences in order to present content, options or functions that are specific to you. They also enable us to see information like how many people use the website and what pages they tend to visit.

How we use cookies

We may use cookies to:

  • Analyse our web traffic using an analytics package. Aggregated usage data helps us improve the website structure, design, content and functions.

Cookies do not provide us with access to your computer or any information about you, other than that which you choose to share with us.

Controlling cookies

You can use your web browser's cookie settings to determine how our website uses cookies. If you do not want our website to store cookies on your computer or device, you should set your web browser to refuse cookies.

Unless you have changed your browser to refuse cookies, our website will issue cookies when you visit.

To learn more about cookies and how they are used, visit All About Cookies.

Controlling information about you

If you have agreed that we can use your information for marketing purposes, you can change your mind easily, via one of these methods:

  • Contact us using the form on the contact page
  • Write to us at: Meantime IT, 2.1, Riverside Business Park, Natland Road, Kendal, LA9 7SX

We will never lease, distribute or sell your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or the law requires us to.

Any personal information we hold about you is stored and processed under our data protection policy, in line with the Data Protection Act and the GDPR.

We shred all documents that are no longer required to BS EN 15713:2009 with Cumbria Shredding.

Links from our site

Our website may contain links to other websites.

Please note that we have no control of websites outside the meantime.co.uk domain. If you provide information to a website to which we link, we are not responsible for its protection and privacy.

Always be wary when submitting data to websites. Read the site's data protection and privacy policies fully.