The DAW Confidentiality Policy 2013
The information on this Web site is provided as a service to our visitors. Duncan Alexander & Wilmshurst (DAW) strives to assure our Web site is accurate and timely, but we cannot guarantee accuracy of the contents. You assume full responsibility for using the information at this site, and you understand and agree that DAW IS NEITHER RESPONSIBLE FOR NOR LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS, OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM ITS USE.
Links
This web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that Duncan Alexander & Wilmshurst (DAW) is not responsible for the privacy practices of any such other site. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of these third party sites. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this (DAW) web site.
Cookies
From the information we learn about you from your visit to this site, we store only the following: the IP address from which you access the Internet, the date and time, the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site, the name of the file or the words you searched, and the browser used to access our site. This information is used to measure the number of visitors to the various sections of our site and identify system performance or problem areas. This site uses cookies. "Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Cookies are used for the sole purpose of retaining your preferences while visiting our website and discarded once you sign out or close your browser. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Information Collection and Use
Information may be volunteered from our visitors at different points on the website – this may be for customer service or contact requests as appropriate. – Duncan Alexander & Wilmshurst (DAW) is the sole owner of the personal information collected from this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others. We are registered with the Data Protection Agency in the UK and strictly adhere to its rules. We limit the internal use of personal information about you and ensure that only authorized staff with the need to know have access to it. Safeguards are maintained for your personal information and are reviewed regularly to ensure that your privacy is protected. We have policies to direct, and procedures to limit, the access of a respondee’s information only to those who have a need and legal right to see that information.
Newsletters
If a visitor wishes to subscribe to our newsletters, we ask for contact information such as name and e-mail address.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site may request information from visitors and members via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and, therefore, the user has a choice whether or not to disclose any information requested. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and delivery address), and demographic information (such as business name, postcode, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information may be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the functionality of the site or service to respondees.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When visitors submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.
If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an e-mail to advice@daw.co.uk.
Correcting and Updating Personal Information
If a visitor's personally identifiable information changes (such as your postcode), or if a visitor no longer desires our service, we will endeavour to provide a simple way to correct, update or remove that visitor’s personal data provided to us. This can usually be done by sending an e-mail to advice@daw.co.uk
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will mail these changes to members directly and also post those changes on our Homepage so our visitors are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify members by way of e-mail. Members will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will only use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
