The following Privacy Policy is presented by the Oxford Advanced Surfaces to inform visitors and customers to our website of our commitment to provide excellent service. By visiting our website and reading the following notice you are accepting and consenting to the conditions described below. We therefore recommend that before submitting your personal information on the website you read this Policy.
The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.
Use of Information we collect and disclosures
There are various types of different information that we may gather from customers as you use Oxford Advanced Surfaces website. This information helps improve our website and services that we can offer everyone. The information we receive from customers is stored on the website. This personal information is not shared with any third party, however from time to time we may correspond with you with regard to any services or product that may be of interest to you. It is your choice to opt out of receiving marketing information. You can make a request to opt out at any time via e-mail.
Request for Personal Data
You have the right to request a copy of the personal data that is held by Oxford Advanced Surfaces about you (a small fee may apply). Before disclosing the information, proof of identity will be required.
Use of cookies
We use a number of different cookies on our site. If you do not know what cookies are, or how to control or delete them, then we recommend you visit http://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.
The list below describe the cookies we use on this site and what we use them for. Currently we operate an ‘implied consent’ policy which means that we assume you are happy with this usage. If you are not happy, then you should either not use this site, or you should delete the cookies having visited the site, or you should browse the site using your browser’s anonymous usage setting (called “Incognito” in Chrome, “InPrivate” for Internet Explorer, “Private Browsing” in Firefox and Safari etc.)
First Party Cookies
These are cookies that are set by this website directly.
Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect information about visitor behaviour on our website. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. This Analytics data is collected via a JavaScript tag in the pages of our site and is not tied to personally identifiable information. We therefore do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.
You can find out more about Google’s position on privacy as regards its analytics service at http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html?rd=2
WordPress: Our websites runs the popular WordPress CMS and cookies are used to store basic data on your interactions with WordPress, and whether you have logged into WordPress. We use a session cookie to remember your log-in for you if you are a registered user and we deem these as being strictly necessary to the working of the website. If these are disabled then various functionality on the site will be broken.
| Cookie Name | Cookie Owner | Cookie Description |
|---|---|---|
| _gat | Google Analytics | Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_. |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users. |
| lang | Unknown | Used by multiple companies, but usually means adding an extra “Cookie” field to the Language Negotiation settings, allowing the language to be set according to a cookie. |
| _ga | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users. |
| DYNSRV | Hosting Provider | This cookie is believed to be used for load balancing to manage server traffic demand. |
| wordpress_logged_in | WordPress | After login, wordpress sets the wordpress_logged_in_[hash] cookie, which indicates when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use. |
| wordpress_sec | WordPress | Essential WordPress session management cookies for logged in users. |
| wordpress_test_cookie | WordPress | WordPress sets this cookie when you navigate to the login page. The cookie is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow, or reject cookies. |
| wp-setting- | WordPress | WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. |
| wp-settings-time- | WordPress | WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. |
| gdpr_popup | Oxford Surfaces | This cookie is used to track who has already been shown the notice. The cookie has been set never to expire unless there is a change in the privacy policy. |
More information on session cookies and what they are used for at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/cookies/session-cookies-used-for.html
Third Party Cookies
These are cookies set on your machine by external websites whose services are used on this site. Cookies of this type are the sharing buttons across the site allow visitors to share content onto social networks. Cookies are currently set by LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Pinterest. In order to implement these buttons, and connect them to the relevant social networks and external sites, there are scripts from domains outside of our website. You should be aware that these sites are likely to be collecting information about what you are doing all around the internet, including on this website.
You should check the respective policies of each of these sites to see how exactly they use your information and to find out how to opt out, or delete, such information.
Security Statement
Please check our Privacy Policy frequently to view any recent changes.
Contact Information
If after reading the Policy, you have any concerns or questions please send an e-mail info@oxfordsurfaces.com or write to us at:-
Oxford Advanced Surfaces
Centre for Innovation & Enterprise
Begbroke Science Park
Woodstock Road, Begbroke
United Kingdom, OX5 1PF
Web URL: https://www.oxfordsurfaces.com/
Effective Date
This Privacy Policy is effective as of July 2015