Privacy Policy

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PRIVACY & COOKIES

 

1. INTRODUCTION

Effective date: 14 September 2021

Bastion Ltd (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://bastion.co.uk website (the “website”).

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our website and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the website. By using the website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

 

2. INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our website to you. We collect:

2.1. PERSONAL DATA

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 (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Name
  • Email Address
  • Cookies and Usage Data

 

2.2. USAGE DATA

We may also collect information how the website is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’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.

 

2.3. TRACKING & COOKIES DATA

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our website.

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 portions of our website and will have a negative effect upon the usability of many websites.

Examples of Cookies we use:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required to operate our website.
  • Analytical/performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitor and to see how visitors move around our website. This helps us to improve the way our website works.
  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences.

 

3. USE OF DATA

Bastion Ltd uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain the website.
  • To notify you about changes to our website.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our website when you choose to do so.
  • To provide customer care and support.
  • To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the website.
  • To monitor the usage of the website.
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues.

 

4. TRANSFER OF DATA

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside United Kingdom and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United Kingdom and process it there. 

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Bastion Ltd will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

 

5. DISCLOSURE OF DATA

5.1. LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

Bastion Ltd may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • To comply with a legal obligation.
  • To protect and defend the rights or property of Bastion Ltd.
  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the website.
  • To protect the personal safety of users of the website or the public.
  • To protect against legal liability.

 

6. SECURITY OF DATA

The security of your data is important to us, but 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.

 

7. SERVICE PROVIDERS

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our website (“Service Providers”), to provide the website on our behalf, to perform website -related services or to assist us in analysing how our website is used.

 

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

 

7.1. ANALYTICS

We use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our website.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made your activity on the website available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

 For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

 

8. LINKS TO OTHER SITES

Our website may contain links to other sites 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.

 

9. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our website does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

10. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

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 “effective 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.

 

11. CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by:

 

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