Last updated: January 05, 2021
This Privacy Policy explains the policies of Chris Reis & Co Ltd., how our company uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website, your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
We use your personal data to provide and improve the website. By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Company: refers to Chris Reis & Co Ltd., First Floor, 45 Frederick Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1EP.
Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Website Management means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the website, to provide the website on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the website or to assist the Company in analyzing how the website is used.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the website or from the website infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Website refers to the website owned by Chris Reis & Co Ltd, accessible from https://chrisreis.co.uk/
Types of Data Collected
We may collect the following information:
Name
Contact information including email address
Your enquiry/message
Demographic information, such as postcode
Website usage data
Other information relevant to client enquiries
Other information pertaining to special offers and surveys
Google Analytics
IP address (this also helps us block repeated spam)
While using our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the website. This data may include information such as your device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you access the website through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website or when you access the website through a mobile device.
Google Analytics stores information about:
the pages you visit on the website
how long you spend on each website page
what you click on while you’re visiting the site
We don’t collect or store your personal information (for example your name or address) unless you have actively passed it on to us, so this information can’t be used to identify who you are.
Cookie Policy
Our aim at www.chrisreis.co.uk is to give you the smoothest and simplest experience while you browse our website. To continually enhance your experience we use cookies that store your preferences and give us data about what pages you visited, how much time you spent on our site etc. This helps us to improve your experience on our website. The cookies used do not store any information that is personal in nature and it is only analysed in an aggregated manner.
Please find below some more information regarding cookies and their use on our website:
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website. The technologies we use may include:
Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. you can instruct your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept Cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our website may use Cookies.
Flash Cookies. Certain features of our website may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences or your activity on our website. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies. For more information on how you can delete Flash Cookies, please read “Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local shared objects?” available here.
Web Beacons. Certain sections of our website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Chris Reis & Co Ltd., for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser. Learn more about cookies: What Are Cookies?.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that you have asked for cannot be provided, and we only use these Cookies to provide you with those services.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the website.
Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the website.
All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie preferences. These are generally found in the options menu on the browser. Click here
You directly provide Chris Reis & Co Ltd with all the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
Complete a contact form on our website providing your name and best method to contact you
Use or view our website bia your browser’s cookies
This website has implemented Google’s Invisible ReCAPTCHA. ReCAPTCHA collects personal information from users to make this determination of whether they are human and not a bot to prevent SPAM. The reCAPTCHA algorithm checks to see if there is a Google cookie placed on the computer being used. An additional reCAPTCHA-specific cookie will then be added to the user’s browser allowing a complete snapshot of the user’s browser window at that moment in time.
Information gathered includes:
All cookies placed by Google over the last 6 months
How many mouse clicks you’ve made on that screen (or touches on a touch device)
The CSS information for that page
The date
The language your browser is set to
Any plugins you have installed on the browser
All Javascript objects
You can read Google’s terms and privacy for more information.
When you consent to filling in the enquiry form, your data is stored on the website’s database and also emailed to the admin email associated with that form. You will also receive a user email which will detail what information we hold and a link to remove yourself from this database.
Use of your Personal Data
Chris Reis & Co Ltd may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain our website, including to monitor the usage of our website.
To manage your enquiry: details supplied through contact forms on the website will be used to get in contact with you to discuss your enquiry.
To contact you: To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication supplied
To provide you with updates, news and general information about relevant services that are similar to those that you have already enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our website, products, services, marketing and your experience.
We may share your personal information in the following situations:
With website management: We may share your personal information with only those that oversee the management of the website to monitor and analyze the use of our website, to contact you.
With business partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services.
With your consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.
Any personal information we hold about you is stored and processed under our data protection policy, in line with the Data Protection Act 1998 and GDPR 2018.
You have the “Right to be forgotten” unless there are overriding legitimate grounds for us keeping the data (e.g. billing/client statistics)
Chris Reis & Co Ltd. will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our website, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
If Chris Reis & Co Ltd is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Under certain circumstances, Chris Reis & Co Ltd may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Chris Reis & Co Ltd may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the website
Protect the personal safety of users of the website or the public
Protect against legal liability
The security of your personal data is important to us, but we ask that you remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our website, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please don’t hesitate to contact us at the following details:
Email: chris@chrisreis.co.uk
Phone number: 07977108004
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Chris Reis & Co Ltd has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.