Privacy Policy

Data protection
APPLIED PRINCIPLES LTD (“Applied Principles”) are committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of information provided by all users of www.appliedprinciples.eu (the “Website”).  This policy, together with Applied Principles’ terms of use [insert link] and any documents referred to in it, sets out the basis on which any personal data Applied

Principles collects from you, or you provide to it, will be processed by the company, except where otherwise provided on this Website.

Applied Principles upholds the relevant data protection principles and processes your personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (the “Act”).  Please read the following privacy policy to understand how Applied Principles uses and protects the information that you provide.  For the purpose of the Act, the data controller is Applied Principles of 6 Enterprise Way, Vale Park, Evesham, Worcestershire WR11 1GS.

By registering and/or browsing on this Website, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information under the terms of this policy.

Information that Applied Principles collects from you

When you visit or register with this Website and/or when you speak to one of our personnel, you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself including your name, job title, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number and your company name, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number and facsimile number.  Applied Principles may also collect information about your use of the Website as well as information about you by the use of cookies (see below), and any other information which you voluntarily submit.

 

IP addresses

Applied Principles may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to aggregate information for business purposes.  This is statistical data about browsing on the Website and does not identify any individual.

Cookies

Cookies are small amounts of information which are stored on your computer.  Using cookies enables us to monitor traffic on the Website and to personalise the content of the Website to your requirements.  This maximises the benefits you gain in using the Website and makes it easier for you to log on and use the site during any future visits. 

Applied Principles uses cookies to collect information about your use of the Website, whether you register on our site or not.  As soon as you enter our Website, our system will issue cookies to your computer whenever you log on. 

You may disable the use of cookies in your Internet browser by activating the section on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies but this may limit your access to our Website or adversely affect your use of features or functions on certain web pages within the Website.  Use of this Website without disabling cookies constitutes consent to us collecting and using information obtained from cookies.

Use of your information

Your information will enable us to provide you with access to all parts of our Website.

In particular, we may use your information to contact you for your views on our products and services and to notify you occasionally about important changes or developments to them or to the Website and to process any requests you make to us.  We may also use your information for record keeping purposes, technical administration of our Website, research and development and customer administration.  Where you have consented to us doing so, we might also use your information to let you know about other products and/or services and/or events which we offer or which our business partners offer which may be of interest to you and we may send you our newsletters.  In doing so we may contact you by post, telephone or fax, as well as by e-mail.

From time to time Applied Principles conducts surveys and promotions and may request information from you as part of these. 

If you change your mind about being contacted in the future, please let us know by contacting us at Applied Principles Ltd, 6 Enterprise Way, Vale Park, Evesham, Worcestershire WR11 1GS or at unsubscribe@appliedprinciples.eu.  You have the right to ask us to stop processing your data for direct marketing purposes at any time.

Disclosure of your information

If we enter into a joint venture or our business is sold to or merged with another business entity, your information may be disclosed to our new business partners or owners.  We may also disclose your information to any sub-contractors used by Applied Principles as part of a transaction entered into between Applied Principles and you.

Where you have consented when providing us with your details, we may also allow carefully selected third parties to contact you occasionally about relevant products and services which may be of interest to you including hardware and software support services.  They may contact you by post, telephone or fax, as well as by e-mail.  If you change your mind about being contacted by these companies in the future, please let us know.  

If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use [insert link], or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Applied Principles, our customers, or others then we will do so.  This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Protection of personal data

Applied Principles employs security measures to protect your information from access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage.  We will retain your information for a reasonable period or as long as the law requires.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Website; any transmission is at your own risk.  Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access to this information.

Information about other individuals

If you give us information on behalf of someone else, you confirm that the other person has appointed you to act on his/her behalf and has agreed that you can give consent on their behalf to the processing of their data; receive on their behalf any data protection notices; and give consent to the transfer of their personal data abroad.

Accessing and updating

The Act entitles you to see the information held about you and you may ask us to make any necessary changes to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date.  If you wish to do this, please contact us.  We are entitled by law to charge a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.  You also have the right to request us to correct any inaccuracies in your data free of charge.

Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on the Website and, where appropriate, through e-mail notification.

Contact

All comments, queries and requests relating to our use of your information are welcomed and should be addressed to the Managing Director at Applied Principles, 6 Enterprise Way, Vale Park, Evesham, Worcestershire WR11 1GS or at info@appliedprinciples.eu.