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Privacy Policy

1. Gwilym Richards & Co Ltd

Gwilym Richards and Co Ltd is a private limited company (the “Company”).

2. Disclosure of Information

The Company complies with and is registered under the Data Protection Act 1998 in the United Kingdom (ICO Registration Number Z2733079). The Company takes all reasonable care to prevent any unauthorised access to and use of your personal data.

The Company’s staff and those working for its agents and contractors maintain a responsibility to keep your information confidential and will only use it to offer relevant products and services related to your enquiry.

Any personal details that the Company use to provide or promote its products and services to you (e.g. name, address, email address, telephone number, or any details of the services you have purchased or about which you have enquired) will not be passed to any third party organisation for marketing purposes without your permission and will not be used by the Company for any purpose other than that which you requested.

The Internet is not a secure medium. However to protect your data the Company puts in place various security procedures including use of firewalls, backup measures, the Company limits access to data to relevant personnel and password protect all machinery holding personal data.

3. Personal Information

You do not have to register to access the Company’s Website, however, the Company wants to help you find exactly what you require as quickly and smoothly as possible. Therefore the more the Company knows about your preferences the easier it is for the Company to help you. For this reason the Company encourages you to register with it. Once registered the Company is in a better position to recommend specific properties or services of potential interest to you.

Your details may be combined with other information in the Company’s records in order to:-
3.1. Save you having to keep giving the Company the same information for different Company services.
3.2. Help you to get more out of your visits to the Website by suggesting information about products and services which may be useful to you.
3.3. Keep other parts of the Company up to date with your details in order to offer you products and services by post or e-mail that may interest you.

When you register, you consent to the Company using your personal data in the manner described in this Statement. If you do not register, the personal data the Company collects from you will be limited to the specific enquiry you have made. The Company will use that data for no other purpose than to facilitate that transaction. If any of the information that you provide to the Company changes, for example if you change your email address, name, address or contact numbers, please let the Company know the correct details by sending an email to info@grichards.co.uk.  Whenever we collect or process your personal data, we will only keep it for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or for as long as is required by the law.

4. Cookies

The Company's Website, or an embedded component from a trusted partner may automatically create a 'cookie' when you visit the Website. A 'cookie' is a piece of information that is held on your PC, which enables the Website to recognise you on subsequent visits and allows the Company to tailor your visit to your specific requirements.

As the 'cookie' is based on your PC the Company is unable to recognise you if you visit any of its Websites from a different PC unless you register with the Company. If you do register then you will be able to login from any PC using your passcode. The Company’s use of 'cookies' does not include the collection of any personal information regarding the use of your PC or internet browsing in any way.

If you do not want a cookie to be created on your PC, web browsers such as Netscape and Internet Explorer provide the option to disable them. Please note that some personalised services on this site may not be available if you choose to disable cookies. You can read more about cookies and their use at the Interactive Advertising Bureau's dedicated website: www.allaboutcookies.org

5. Email

The Company complies with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 in the United Kingdom. The Company respects the privacy of personal email accounts and the Company stores your email address as securely as any other personal information it holds. The Company will not send you unwanted email messages or junk mail and your details will not be passed to any organisation outside the Company without your explicit permission.

If you have given the Company permission, the Company may use email to send you messages to keep you up to date with news about its current services, as well as anything you express an interest in, either online or through other contact with the Company.

6. Third Party Sites

Third party internet sites that you can link through to from the Company’s Website are not covered by this Privacy Statement, therefore the Company accepts no responsibility or liability for these sites.

Gwilym Richards Cookies

Name: PHPSESSID
Typical content: randomly generated number
Expires: when user exits browser

Name: key
Typical content: randomly generated number to remember the user for their next visit
Expires: 4 weeks

Name: allowAllCookies
Typical content: stores the user's preference to whether they wish to allow all Cookies on this Website or not
Expires: 1 year

Social networking websites

Social networking websites may place cookies on your computer. Social bookmarks are a way of saving links to web pages that interest you, and sharing those links with other people. You should read their respective privacy policies carefully to find out what happens to any data that these services collect when you use them.

More about Cookies

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