Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Wide Sky Design uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website.

Wide Sky Design is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. If we ask you to provide information by which you can be identified when using this website then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

Wide Sky Design may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 27th November 2012. 

We do not directly collect any information however the subscription service for our newsletter “Into The Blue” may collect the following information:

name, company and email address

This information is required to complete your subscription to our newsletter “Into The Blue”.

We use Mailchimp to provide our newsletter service.

The Mailchimp privacy and security policies can be found at www.mailchimp.com/legal/privacy.

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at info@wide-sky.co.uk.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee of £10 will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to:

Wide Sky Design
The Basement
6 Broadway
Lace Market
Nottingham NG1 1PS

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Our web site may place small data files on your computer known as cookies, most websites do this.

Cookies can assist your experience by:

• remembering settings, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them
• remembering information you’ve given so you don’t need to keep entering it
• measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs

These cookies aren’t used to identify you personally; they just make the site work better for you.
You can manage and/or delete these small files as you wish.

We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, should you wish to do so, you can choose to reject or block the cookies by changing your browser settings – see the Help function within your browser for further details.  Please note that most browsers automatically accept cookies so if you do not wish cookies to be used you may need to actively delete or block the cookies.

You can also visit www.allaboutcookies.org for details on how to delete or reject cookies and for further information on cookies generally. For information on the use of cookies in mobile phone browsers and for details on how to reject or delete such cookies, please refer to your handset manual.

Note, however, that if you reject the use of cookies you will still be able to use our website but some of the functions may not work correctly.

For some of the functions within our websites we use third party services, for example, when you visit a page with videos embedded from or links to YouTube. These videos or links (and any other content from third party suppliers) may contain third party cookies and you may wish to consult the policies of these third party websites for information regarding their use of cookies.

This is the list of the third party cookies we use on our website. If you would like more information about these cookies, together with information on how to reject or delete the cookies, please see their individual privacy policies using the links provided.

Mailchimp newsletter
To keep the subscription running smoothly while users are viewing it.

Google maps
To store user preferences and information when viewing pages with Google maps on them.

Linkedin connections
To track LinkedIn share button activity.

Twitter
To enable our Twitter feed at the bottom of each page.

Google analytics
To understand what visitors want so we can improve the web site.

Google Analytics
http://www.google.com/policies/privacy

Google Maps
http://www.google.com/policies/privacy

YouTube
http://www.google.com/policies/privacy

Mailchimp
http://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy

LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=privacy_policy

Session cookies; web pages have no memories. Session cookies enable the website owners to keep track of the movement of users visiting the website from page to page so they do not get asked for the same information they have already given to the site. Session cookies are deleted when you close the browser.

Persistent cookies; during a visit these cookies are used to store information about the type of browser used and which additional browser software is installed. They also store the preferences selected when personalising the website, for example, preferred location, language or fonts. These preferences are remembered, through the use of the persistent cookies, so the next time you visit the site you will not have to set them again.