Jo Minns Consulting

Privacy and cookies

Who we are

The pages on the website (“the website”) are published by Jo Minns Consulting Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with registration number 7717733, whose registered address is at 840 Ibis Court, Centre Park, Warrington WA1 1RL (“we”, “us”).

We are the data controller for the website.

We respect your right to privacy and will process personal information you provide only in accordance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR), and other applicable privacy laws.

What data we collect

The personal data we collect from you includes:

  • your email address and any other contact details that you provide if you contact us by email or through the contact form
  • information on how you use the site, using cookies and page tagging techniques

Cookies

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files which a website may put on your computer or mobile device when you first visit a site or page. The cookie will help the website, or another website, to recognise your device the next time you visit. Web beacons or other similar files can also do the same thing. We use the term “cookies” in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this might affect how the website functions.

Analytics cookies

We utilise other cookies to analyse how our visitors use our websites and to monitor website performance. This allows us to provide a high-quality experience by customising our offering and quickly identifying and fixing any issues that arise. For example, we might use performance cookies to keep track of which pages are most popular, which method of linking between pages is most effective, and to determine why some pages are receiving error messages.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. The IP address will be truncated before transmission. On our behalf Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet activity in connection with the use of the website. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. In addition to that you may prevent the collection of the information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including you IP address) and the processing of this data by Google if you download and install the browser plugin.

For more information on how Google deals with privacy please see the Google privacy policy.

Why we need your data

We collect information through Google Analytics to monitor how you use the site. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to make improvements.

We also collect data in order to:

  • respond to any feedback you send us, if you’ve asked us to
  • monitor use of the site to identify security threats

The legal basis for processing personal data in relation to site security is our legitimate interests, and the legitimate interests of our users, in ensuring the security and integrity of this website.

The legal basis for processing all other personal data is that it is necessary to perform a task.

What we do with your data

The data we collect may be shared with our technology suppliers, for example our hosting provider.

We will not sell or rent your data to third parties nor share your data with third parties for marketing purposes.

We will share your data if we are required to do so by law – for example, by court order, or to prevent fraud or other crime.

How long we keep your data

We will only retain your personal data for as long as:

  • it is needed for the purposes set out in this document
  • the law requires us to

We may keep your enquiry or feedback data for up to 2 years.

Children’s privacy protection

Our services are not designed for, or intentionally targeted at, children 13 years of age or younger. We do not intentionally collect or maintain data about anyone under the age of 13.

How we protect your data and keep it secure

We are committed to doing all that we can to keep your data secure. We have set up systems and processes to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure of your data – for example, we protect your data using varying levels of encryption.

We also make sure that any third parties that we deal with keep all personal data that they process on our behalf secure.

Your rights

You have the right to request:

  • information about how your personal data is processed
  • a copy of that personal data
  • that anything inaccurate in your personal data be corrected immediately

You can also:

  • raise an objection about how your personal data is processed
  • request that your personal data be erased if there is no longer a justification for it
  • ask that the processing of your personal data be restricted in certain circumstances

If you have any of these requests, contact the privacy team.

Links to and from other websites

This website contains links to other websites. This privacy policy applies only to jominns.com.

Following a link to another website

If you go to another website from this one, read the privacy policy on that website to find out what it does with your information.

Following a link from another website

If you come to this website from another website, we may receive information from the other website. We do not use this data. You should read the privacy policy of the website you came from to find out more about this.

Changes to this policy

We may change this privacy policy. In that case, the last-updated date at the bottom of this page will also change. Any changes to this privacy policy will apply to you and your data immediately. If these changes affect how your personal data is processed, we will take reasonable steps to let you know.

Contact us or make a complaint

Contact the privacy team if you:

  • have a question about anything in this privacy notice
  • think that your personal data has been misused or mishandled

privacy@jominns.com

You can also make a complaint to the Information Commissioner, who is an independent regulator.

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

Last updated: 16 July 2019