SMC Design Limited takes the privacy and security of its clients, staff and other users of this website very seriously indeed. We take every reasonable step, therefore, to protect your personal information.
The following Privacy Policy will explain how SMC Design Limited gathers, uses and secures any information that you submit whilst using this site.
SMC Design Limited may update this page to reflect changes in our policy. Should you have any questions about these changes, or how we deal with Privacy you can email us at: info@smc-design.com
This policy is effective from 31/08/2020 and complies with the GDPR Regulations that came into force on the 25th May 2018.
The information we collect
For certain purposes, for example, to send an enquiry or register for information, we will ask you for a very modest amount of personal information which identifies you and enables us to provide the service you have requested.
SMC Design Limited collect the following information using a form on the ‘Contact’ page:
• name
• your email address
• information regarding your enquiry
How we use your information
By sending us a message, using the contact form or sending us an email, you actively consent to us collecting the aforementioned personal information.
In line with current legislation we may go on to use this data to contact you with additional information from or about SMC Design Limited which we believe may be relevant or helpful; this could include a request for feedback or to keep you up-to-date with industry developments and events.
You can unsubscribe from this information at any time and, by doing so, the record of you associated with our website will be deleted. SMC Design Limited absolutely respects your privacy; your details will not be sold, lent, rented or shared with any third party under any circumstances whatsoever.
Security
SMC Design Limited ensures that any personal information collected is safely secured. Suitable procedures and policies are in place to prevent unauthorised access to our website including a security certificate for our website and individual user names/passwords for those who update this website.
Your rights to this information
If at any point you wish to see a copy of the personal information that SMC Design Limited holds on you, or would like this information to be deleted from our database then SMC Design Limited are legally required to do so.
To make a data request for a copy or deletion, send us an email
to: info@smc-design.com
Cookies and how we use them
We will record the IP address of visitors but these cannot be tracked back to an individual. This monitoring is achieved by small data files called cookies. We use them to understand site visitor behaviour so that we can make our site more efficient and offer a better user experience.
If you would prefer not to receive cookies from any website you can adjust your PC settings to refuse them, or to alert you that they are there. Such adjustments may affect your experience of our website.
The list below explains the cookies SMC Design Limited use and why:
Cookie – Google Analytics
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Purpose – These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. SMC Design Limited use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
You can choose to visit this website anonymously. Your visit, the duration of your visit and your site journey will be tracked and reported purely as a statistic. For more information on how Google processes your data, see their Privacy Policy.
Links to other websites
This website contains links to other websites that might be of interest. SMC Design Limited do not take any responsibility for the content or security on these third-party websites, therefore SMC Design Limited can also take no responsibility for your security or the protection of your privacy on these other websites.
You should always be careful when accessing new websites and read the relevant privacy policies before you consider submitting any personal information.