Privacy Policy
Who we are
We are F Doncaster Ltd. Our website address is: https://www.fdoncaster.com.
Company No: 03018824
Our registered office is;
Cromwell House,
Bullpit Road,
Balderton,
Newark,
Nottinghamshire,
NG24 3PT
If you have any questions or queries about this document or how we handle your data, please contact Robert Doncaster on [email protected] or write to us on the above address.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
If you contact us through one of the contact forms on our website, the information entered will then be sent through to the team here at Silent Witness. That information could include;
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your phone number
By default, we don’t pass any of this information on to third parties. If we do need to, we will ask your permission beforehand.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
The shop section of the website also set temporary cookies on your machine to store your current session, allowing you to browse between pages without losing your basket contents so you can navigate through the shop and successfully purchase products from our site.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We do use Google Analytics on this website in order to see how the website performs, where visitors come from, and what pages they browse to. This allows us to optimise our website to give you the best possible experience. In order to ensure that your privacy is respected, we don’t collect or pass any information to Google Analytics that could identify you personally.
Some features that we track are;
- What pages have been visited
- Approximate location of visitors
- What pages are visited
- Page load times for visitors
Ecommerce
While you visit our site, we’ll track:
- Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed
- Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping
- Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!
We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.
When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:
- Send you information about your account and order
- Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
- Process payments and prevent fraud
- Set up your account for our store
- Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
- Improve our store offerings
- Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them
If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.
We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. For example, we will store order information for 6 years for tax and accounting purposes. This includes your name, email address and billing and shipping addresses.
We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.
Cookie details
This table explains further the cookies we use and why.
| Cookie Set by | Cookie Name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | _ga _gid _gat |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We 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 read more about Google Analytics cookies here. | 2 years, 24 hours, when you close your browser respectively. |
| Woocommerce | wc_cart_hash woocommerce_items_in_cart wp_woocommerce_session_ |
The first two cookies contain information about the cart as a whole and helps WooCommerce know when the cart data changes. The final cookie (wp_woocommerce_session_) contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer. No personal information is stored within these cookies. | End of the session and 2 days (for wp_woocommerce_session only). |
| UK cookie consent wordpress plugin | catAccCookies | Cookie set by the UK cookie consent plugin to record that you accept the fact that the site uses cookies. This cookie is used to stop the Cookie notification displaying each time a new session is opened. | 1 month |
You may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.
Who we share your data with
This site uses Stripe to process credit and debit card payments. All sensitive payment card information is encrypted using the most sophisticated e-payment software available and is sent to the bank for instant authorisation via the Stripe network of payment gateways.
You can read Stripe’s privacy policy here.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Our contact information
If you have any questions or queries about anything outlined, please email our data privacy officer Robert Doncaster ([email protected]) or write to us on the above address.
Additional information
How we protect your data
We ensure that your data is protected through the website by utilising HTTPS communication between the server and any devices that connect to the site.
All transaction information passed between merchant sites and Stripe’s systems is encrypted using 128-bit SSL certificates. No cardholder information is ever passed unencrypted and any messages sent to your servers from Stripe are signed using MD5 hashing to prevent tampering. You can be completely assured that nothing you pass to Stripe’s servers can be examined, used or modified by any third parties attempting to gain access to sensitive information.
What data breach procedures we have in place
We utilise a firewall to protect logins to the website. This automatically blocks IP addresses that fail to log into the website after a number of failed login attempts. We are also notified upon any successful logins by website administrators.
