Privacy Policy

TechnoBobbins Privacy Policy

This website is operated by Techno Bobbins (hereafter (“We”)). We are not a company, and have no registered address - however we are committed to protecting and preserving the privacy of our visitors when visiting our site or communicating electronically with us.

This policy sets out how we process any personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us through our website. We confirm that we will keep your information secure and that we will comply fully with all applicable UK Data Protection legislation and regulations. Please read the following carefully to understand what happens to personal data that you choose to provide to us, or that we collect from you when you visit this site. By visiting [URL of school/Trust website] (our website) you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

Types of information we may collect from you

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information about individuals who visit and use our website:

Information you supply to us
You may supply us with information about you by e-mailing us, and/or by filling in the Contact Us form on our website. The information you give us may include your name, e-mail address and any other information that you opt to provide to us.

Information our website automatically collects about you
This website is built using the Google Sites platform. Use of Google's products is governed by their own Terms & Conditions. To quote from Google's own GDPR statement for Google Sites:

"You're not required to seek consent for a user’s activity on Google’s sites (we obtain that ourselves when users visit our sites). We're asking only that you seek consent for your uses of our ads products on your properties. We already require that certain consents are obtained from your users in the EEA and the UK, and we're updating those requirements in line with the GDPR. We encourage you to link to this user-facing page explaining how Google manages data in its ads products. Doing so will meet the requirement of our EU user consent policy to give your users information about Google’s uses of their personal data. "

With regard to each of your visits to our website and depending on your browser cookie and/or adblock settings, Google may automatically collect information including the following:

• technical information, including a truncated and anonymised version of your Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system and platform;

• information about your visit, including what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got to the site (including date and time); page response times, length of visit, what you click on, documents downloaded and download errors.

The above information is only used for periodic review of how the website is being utilised, and where from.

Cookies
We do not use any specific cookies, however as mentioned, Google uses cookies as part of it's advertising and analytics platform. As noted above, this is sometimes used to help us understand our site better, improve it if and where necessary. to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website.

How we may use the information we collect
We use the information in the following ways:

Information you supply to us
We will use this information:

• to review the information (query/feedback/request etc) you provide

• if necessary) contact you regarding your query

Information we automatically collect about you
We do not automatically collect any information about you.

As noted, Google Analytics and Adsense may collect information about you, for the purposes outlined above.
This information is collected anonymously and is not linked to information that identifies you as an individual. Find out how Google uses your data at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245 and https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9024351?hl=en-GB&utm_id=ad

Disclosure of your information
Any information you provide to us via our Contact Us form will be stored securely in Google Drive. Google will email us to confirm the form has been used, and we can then access the information using a secure web page (https/tls). All data submitted to us via our website, and reviewed by us over the internet, is encrypted. All data stored within Google Drive is protected by Two Factor Authentication.

Should we engage in a private email conversation with you as a result of your initial contact, we will use Google Mail ("GMail")

All access to GMail is via secure web pages (https/tls), and Gmail supports TLS encrypted email. We cannot guarantee if your email provider supports, implements or enforces TLS email transport, and as such we cannot guarantee the security of any details of content once email is used as a contact medium.

We do not rent, sell or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies.

We will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that your personal data is not disclosed to regional/national institutions and authorities, unless required by law or other regulations.

As noted, unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Third party links
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from third party websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Your rights – access to your personal data
You have the right to ensure that your personal data is being processed lawfully (“Subject Access Right”). Your subject access right can be exercised in accordance with data protection laws and regulations. Any subject access request must be made via our Contact Us form. We will provide your personal data to you within the statutory time frames. To enable us to trace any of your personal data that we may be holding, we may need to request further information from you. If you have a complaint about how we have used your information, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to us via our Contact Us form.

For more information
Information Commissioner’s Office website