Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Welcome to Resin Driveways Repair and Maintenance. Our website is http://resindrivewaysrepairandmaintenance.co.uk. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy in accordance with UK data protection laws.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why

Comments

When you leave a comment on our website, we collect the information you provide in the comments form. In addition, we automatically collect your IP address and browser user agent string to help us detect spam.

Gravatar: An anonymised string (hash) of your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. Please review the Gravatar privacy policy for further details. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture associated with your Gravatar may be displayed publicly alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to our website, please avoid including location data (EXIF GPS) embedded within the images. Visitors can download these images and extract any embedded location data.

Contact Forms

When you use our contact forms, we collect the personal data you provide, such as your name, email address, phone number, and any additional details. This information is used solely to respond to your enquiries and provide our services.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to enhance your experience:

Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies last for one year.
Login Cookies: If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Persistent Cookies: When you log in, cookies are set to store your login details and screen preferences. These cookies have varying lifespans (e.g., two days for login cookies, one year for screen options cookies, and two weeks if you select “Remember Me”). Logging out will remove these cookies.
Editor Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, a cookie is saved in your browser indicating the post ID you just edited. This cookie expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.) from third-party websites. These external sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with the embedded content. Please refer to the respective third-party privacy policies for more details.

How We Use and Share Your Data

Use of Your Data

Comment Data: Your comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so that we can recognise and automatically approve any follow-up comments.
User Profile Data: For registered users, we store personal data provided in your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except your username). Administrators may also access and edit this information.

Sharing Your Data

We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties except as required by law or for administrative purposes (e.g., to prevent spam using automated services).

Data Retention

Comments: Comments and related metadata are retained indefinitely.
User Data: For users who register on our website, your personal data is kept for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with our services. You have the right to request access, modification, or deletion of your data (subject to certain legal obligations).

Your Rights Over Your Data

Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:

Request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
Request that we erase your personal data, except where we are required to retain it for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Access and correct your data at any time.
Withdraw your consent to data processing (where applicable).

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.

Data Security and Breach Procedures

We take data security seriously. We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard your data. In the unlikely event of a data breach, we have procedures in place to notify you and the relevant supervisory authority as required by law.

Third Parties and Automated Decision Making

Some of our website’s functionality may involve third-party services that process your data. These may include spam detection services, analytics providers, or content embedding services. We ensure that any such third parties are compliant with UK data protection standards.

We do not engage in automated decision-making or profiling that significantly affects you.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about how we handle your data, or if you wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at:

Resin Driveways Repair and Maintenance
Email: contact@resindrivewaysrepairandmaintenance.co.uk
Phone: 0800 970 2190

Additional Information

For further details on our data protection practices, please review our full Privacy Policy on our website or contact us directly.

This revised privacy information reflects our commitment to complying with UK data protection laws and ensuring your privacy is protected.