Privacy Statement

WI Communications Ltd
33 Sunbeam Building
164 South Street
Lancing, BN15 8FA
West Sussex
United Kingdom
UK +44 (0) 20 38 83 94 35

Branch in Germany:
WI Communications Ltd
Kaiserswerther Str. 101A
40880 Ratingen
Germany
DE +49 (0) 210 23 05 97 80

imprint [at] wi-comms.com

9.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

9.2 Cookies may be either „persistent“ cookies or „session“ cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

9.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

10.0 Granting us permission to use cookies

If the settings on your software that you are using to view this website (your browser) are adjusted to accept cookies we take this, and your continued use of our website, to mean that you are fine with this. Should you wish to remove or not use cookies from our site you can learn how to do this below, however doing so will likely mean that our site will not work as you would expect.

11.1 Our own cookies

We use cookies to make our website work including: WPML Plugin – Popular WordPress Language plugin. Saves the users language preference. There is no way to prevent these cookies being set other than to not use our site.

11.2 Third party functions

Our site, like most websites, includes functionality provided by third parties. A common example is an embedded YouTube video. Our site includes the following which use cookies: Youtube

Disabling these cookies will likely break the functions offered by these third parties

11.3 Social Website Cookies

So you can easily “Like” or share our content on the likes of Facebook and Twitter we have included sharing buttons on our site.

Cookies are set by: USM Plugin – This includes Shae Buttons of LinkedIn and twitter as well as google + and Xing.

The privacy implications on this will vary from social network to social network and will be dependent on the privacy settings you have chosen on these networks.

11.4 Visitor Statistics Cookies

We use cookies to compile visitor statistics such as how many people have visited our website, what type of technology they are using (e.g. Mac or Windows which helps to identify when our site isn’t working as it should for particular technologies), how long they spend on the site, what page they look at etc. This helps us to continuously improve our website. These so called “analytics” programs also tell us if how people reached this site (e.g. from a search engine) and whether they have been here before helping us to put more money into developing our services for you instead of marketing spend.

12.0 Turning cookies off

You can usually switch cookies off by adjusting your browser settings to stop it from accepting cookies (Learn how here). Doing so however will likely limit the functionality of our’s and a large proportion of the world’s websites as cookies are a standard part of most modern websites.

It may be that your concerns around cookies relate to so called „spyware“. Rather than switching off cookies in your browser you may find that anti-spyware software achieves the same objective by automatically deleting cookies considered to be invasive. Learn more about managing cookies with antispyware software.

The cookie information text on this site was derived from content provided by Attacat Internet Marketing http://www.attacat.co.uk, a marketing agency based in Edinburgh. If you need similar information for your own website you can use their free cookie audit tool.

13.0 Cookies used by our service providers

13.1 Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

13.2 We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

13.3 [We publish Google AdSense interest-based advertisements on our website. These are tailored by Google to reflect your interests. To determine your interests, Google will track your behaviour on our website and on other websites across the web using cookies.] OR [We publish Google AdSense advertisements on our website. To determine your interests, Google will track your behaviour on our website and on other websites across the web using cookies. This behaviour tracking allows Google to tailor the advertisements that you see on other websites to reflect your interests (but we do not publish interest-based advertisements on our website).] You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of the AdSense partner network cookie using those settings or using the Network Advertising Initiative’s multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org. However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained. To ensure that an opt-out is maintained in respect of a particular browser, you may wish to consider using the Google browser plug-ins available at: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996.

11.4 We use 1 und 1 as our web space provider. This service uses cookies for diverse reasons which can be found at https://www.ionos.com/terms-gtc/fileadmin/pdf/terms-gtc/US/General_Terms_and_Conditions/2018/2018_10_01_US_General_Terms_and_Condition.pdf

Managing cookies

12.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 (Chrome);

(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);

(c) https://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);

(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);

(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and

(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

12.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

12.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

14.0 Our details

13.1 This website is owned and operated by WI Communications Ltd.

13.2 We are registered in [England and Wales] under registration number [10358326], and our registered office is at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom

13.3 Our principal place of business is at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom.

15.0 Credit

This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (https://seqlegal.com/free-legal-documents/privacy-policy).

16.0 Contacting us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at:

WI Communications Ltd

http://www.wi-comms.com

164 South Street
33 Sunbeam Building

Lancing

BN15 8FA

United Kingdom

+44 (0) 20 38 83 94 35

Branch in Germany:

WI Communications Ltd

Kaiserswerther Str. 101A

40880 Ratingen

Germany

DE +49 (0) 210 23 05 97 80

imprint [at] wi-comms.com