Privacy Policy

How WTBI collect, use and protect your personal data

privacy policy

Privacy

 

“Wots the Big Idea” refers jointly and severally to all of the companies within the Group, whose separate identities are disclosed here.

 

Disclaimer

 

The information contained on this website is general information only and is not intended to be or to replace professional advice. Wots the Big Idea accepts no responsibility for loss that may arise from accessing or reliance on information contained on this website. Parts of the website link to external internet sites; and other external internet sites may link to this website. Wots the Big Idea is not responsible for the content of any external internet sites.

 

Copyright

 

The information contained on this website is unless otherwise stated, the copyright of Wots the Big Idea. Users are permitted to read and make copies of the information for their own personal use. Users may also provide copies to others for information purposes provided that they do so free of charge, that the content of the published material remains intact, that the user’s communication of the content must not be misleading or inaccurate and that the user must draw to the attention of recipients the warning in this notice. No other use of the materials published on this website is permitted without the express prior written consent of Wots the Big Idea.

 

Privacy policy

 

Wots the Big Idea is committed to safeguarding the privacy of visitors to our website. You can use this website without providing any personal information. If you choose to provide personal data to us – typically via an email – we will use your personal data lawfully in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We may use your personal data for our own marketing purposes and to improve our site. We do not disclose this data to third parties unless required by law or court order or to enable third parties to provide certain services to us. However, we will at all times control and be responsible for that use of your data.

 

Cookies

 

Like most other websites, the Wots the Big Idea website may deploy cookies, which are small files stored on your hard drive to monitor your use of our website.
If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the help and support area on your internet browser for instructions on how to locate the file or directory that stores cookies.
Please note that by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of the Website.
To find out more about cookies please visit: www.allaboutcookies.org or see www.youronlinechoices.eu which contains further information about behavioural advertising and online privacy.

 

We are currently using cookies for the following;

 

Set By Name Description Max-Age
Google Analytics Tag Manager: _gid Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager 1 minute to 24 Hours from set/update
Google Analytics: _utma _utmb _utmc _utmz 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.
1 minute to 24 Hours from set/update
Google Analytics: _ga This cookie is 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 cookie collects 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.
24 Months
Google Analytics: _gid This cookie is 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 cookie collects 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.
24 Hours from set/update
Google Analytics: AMP_TOKEN Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. 30 seconds to 12 Months from set/update
Google: _gac_ Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and AdWords accounts, AdWords website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. 90 Days from set/update
Google: Doubleclick cookie – id Tracking cookie used by Google to improve your online experience, including the display of more relevant ads. 30 Days from set/update
Cookie Notice: cookie_notice_accepted Remembers if you have visited before and whether to display cookie notice for visitor agreement. 90 Days from set/update
Facebook: fr User and browser ID; time stamp; miscellaneous other data. Facebook’s primary advertising cookie, used to deliver, measure, and improve the relevancy of ads. 90 Days from set/update
Facebook: xs Session ID, creation time, authentication value, secure session state, caching group ID. Used in conjunction with the c_user cookie to authenticate your identity to Facebook. 90 Days from set/update
Facebook: c_user User ID, Used in conjunction with the xs cookie to authenticate your identity to Facebook. 90 Days from set/update
Facebook: datr Browser identifier and time stamp. Identifies browsers for purposes of security and site integrity, including for account recovery, and identification of potentially compromised accounts. 24 Months from set/update
Facebook: datr Browser identifier and time stamp. Identifies browsers for purposes of security and site integrity, including for account recovery, and identification of potentially compromised accounts. 24 Months from set/update
Facebook: sb Browser identifier and time stamp. Used to improve friend suggestions. 24 Months from set/update
WTBI: _id_current_language Browser language identifier. 24 Hours from set/update
WordPress: wordpress_test_cookie 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. At end of session
YouTube: PREF This cookie stores your preferences and other information, in particular preferred language, how many search results you wish to be shown on your page, and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. 10 Years from set/update
YouTube: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE A cookie that YouTube sets that measures your bandwidth to determine whether you get the new player interface or the old. 8 Months from set/update
YouTube: use_hitbox The use_hitbox cookie increments the ‘views’ counter on the YouTube video. At end of session
YouTube: YSC This cookie is set by the YouTube video service on pages with embedded YouTube video. At end of session
Site cookie acceptance visitedsite Remembers if you have visited before. 12 Months from set/update
Form closures closeDropdown, closeFooterForm These cookies remember if you have filled in or dismissed a form, and stop it appearing again. 12 Months from set/update

 

Strictly Necessary Cookies

 

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Website and use its features. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, such as remembering your login details or shopping basket items, cannot be provided.

 

Performance Cookies

 

These cookies collect anonymous information on how people use our Website. For example, we use Google Analytics cookies to help us understand how customers arrive at our site, browse or use our site and highlight areas where we can improve areas such as navigation, shopping experience and marketing campaigns. The data stored by these cookies never shows personal details from which your individual identity can be established.

 

Functionality Cookies

 

These cookies remember choices you make such as the country you visit our Website from, language and search parameters such as size, colour or product line. These can then be used to provide you with an experience more appropriate to your selections and to make the visits more tailored and pleasant. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

 

Social Media Cookies

 

These cookies allow you to share what you’ve been doing on the Website on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. These cookies are not within our control. Please refer to the respective privacy policies for how their cookies work.

Server Log Files

 

As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information does not identify individual Users. Log files include internet protocol (“IP”) addresses, browser type, internet service provider, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We use this information to analyse the performance of the website to improve your experience or to troubleshoot errors such as 404’s or script timeouts.

 

Security

 

Wots the Big Idea takes all reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorised access, use, alteration or disclosure.

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us by users, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

External links to other websites

 

Our Website blog posts do contain links to other websites which we have no control over. We are not responsible for privacy policies or practices of these websites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies or statements to understand how they collect, use and share your personal data.

 

General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) Notice

 

Wots the Big Idea Limited will be what’s known as the ‘Controller’ of the personal data you provide to us. We only collect basic personal data about you which does not include any special types of information or location based information. This does however include name, email, address and phone number.

 

Why we need your data

 

We need to know your basic personal data in order to provide you with on-going organisational updates and topical information in line with this overall contract. We will not collect any personal data from you we do not need in order to provide and oversee this service to you.

 

What we do with your data

 

All the personal data we process is only accessible to authorised personnel within Wots the Big Idea Limited however for the purposes of IT hosting and maintenance this information may also be located on servers within the European Union. No 3rd parties have access to your personal data unless the law allows them to do so.

We may share your information with:

 

• Appropriate staff such as those who carry out financial or compliance functions

• Organisations that need your information because we are required to provide it by law (e.g. Domain Providers, Hosting Companies, Digital Storage, etc)

• Organisations that carry out credit references or identity checks such as CreditSafe Business Solutions Ltd. These organisations may keep a record of the information and may disclose the fact that a search of its records was made to its other customers for the purpose of assessing the risk of giving credit, to prevent fraud and to trace debtors

 

How long we keep your data

 

We are required to keep your basic personal data (name, address, contact details) for no longer than is necessary after which time it will be destroyed. Your information we use for marketing purposes will be kept with us until you notify us that you no longer wish to receive this information.

If you currently receive marketing information from us which you wish to unsubscribe from, either click ‘unsubscribe’ at the bottom of the marketing email or contact us at info@wtbi.co

 

Direct Marketing

 

From time to time, we would like to send you by email information about our products or services which we think will be of interest to you (including, for example, newsletters and promotional communications). We will do this only if you agree and you have a right to object to receiving this information from us, or profiling we carry out for direct marketing, at any time.

You can do this by:

Following the opt-out instructions included in each email communication we send you; or

Contacting us using the contact details at the below.

 

What are your rights

 

If at any point you believe the information we hold on you is incorrect you can request to see this information and have it corrected or deleted. If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, you can contact us to have the matter investigated.

If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your personal data not in accordance with the law you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office ico.org.uk

 

How to Update Your Information

 

To change or update the information we hold and which relates to you please contact us at gdpr@wtbi.co

 

Would you like to contact us about our privacy policy? Contact information:

 

If you have any questions in relation to this policy, please contact the webmaster at webmaster@wtbi.co

Head Office Details
Wots the Big Idea Ltd
Corby Enterprise Centre
London Road
Priors Hall
Corby
Northamptonshire
NN17 5EU
Company Number: 7114544
VAT Number: 989 5056 57

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