Cookie Policy

Introduction

This Cookie Policy sets out the way Netmatters Ltd. use Cookies to give you a good experience while using our website.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of anyone who interacts with us and will treat your Personal Data with care.

Please read this Cookie Policy carefully to understand how we use Cookies and allow you to select what Cookies you want us to give you.

We may update this policy from time to time. The date this policy was last updated is shown at the end of this document.

As a Data controller, we fully comply with the Data Protection Act 2018, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 and the General Data Protection Regulations (EC Directive) 2016 (UK GDPR 2018).

We are registered on the ICO Data Protection Register under registration number ZA193782 and at Companies House (England & Wales) Company number 06742078. Our registered address is 11 Penfold Drive, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0WZ.


Who We Are

In this policy references to Netmatters Ltd. “we” “us” “our” are to Netmatters Ltd. 11 Penfold Drive Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0WZ.

The Data Controller is Netmatters Ltd.

Our Data Protection Officer is Keith Hebborn, Hebborn Consultancy Ltd. Tedder House, Tedder Close Watton Norfolk IP25 6HU.

dpo@netmatters.co.uk


Privacy Policy

Information on how we process your personal information can be found on our Privacy Policy, which is available on our website or can be accessed by clicking this link.


Cookies

Our website uses Cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site. When you first visit our website you will have been given the choice to opt into certain Cookies by showing you a banner bearing this message;


“…Our website uses Cookies. This helps us provide you with a good experience on our website. To see what Cookies we use and what they do, and to opt-in on non-essential Cookies click "more info". For a detailed explanation, click on "Privacy Policy" (section 11) otherwise click "I understand" to enter…”

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer once you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

It is important to know that Cookies are NOT viruses. Cookies use a plain text format. They are not compiled of pieces of code so they cannot be executed nor are they self-executing. Accordingly, they cannot make copies of themselves and spread to other networks to execute and replicate again. Since they cannot perform these functions, they fall outside the standard virus definition.

We use the following Cookies:-
Strictly Necessary Cookies. These are Cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, Cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, such as account login, member benefits portal etc.

Analytical/Performance Cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

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.

Targeting Cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose


How We Use Your Information

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We use session cookies to record non-sensitive information about your visit to our website and how you navigate your way around this so that you are able to return to previous pages or sections of a page you may have scrolled to. The information we record through this cookie can NOT be used to identify you personally and once your visit to our website has ended, this is automatically erased.
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We make use of Google Analytics, a third party tool which allows us to understand where our visitors are originating from (Google, Facebook, Email, etc) and to also understand how our visitors interact with different sections of our website (return visits, pages viewed, time spent on the site, buttons clicked, forms completed, etc). The information collected through these cookies is only used to draw conclusions based on number counts and can NOT be used to identify you personally. They will only remain active on your computer for a maximum of 90 days, after which period this is automatically erased. Read Google's overview of privacy and safeguarding data
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We use cookies generated by LinkedIn, a third-party social network, as a way of counting the number of visits our advertising campaigns generate and also to monitor what content of ours gets shared through this social network. The information collected by these cookies can NOT be used to identify you personally and once your visit to our website has ended, they are automatically erased after 1 day, 6 months and 1 year respectively.
Facebook_frWe use cookies generated by Facebook, a third-party social network, as a way of counting the number of visits our advertising campaigns generate and also to monitor what content of ours gets shared through this social network. The information collected by these cookies can NOT be used to identify you personally and once your visit to our website has ended, they are automatically erased.
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We use cookies generated by AddThis, a third-party social content-sharing platform, as a way of providing our visitors with a simple mechanism to share our content and to also allow us to monitor what content of ours gets shared through this social sharing tool. The information collected by these cookies can NOT be used to identify you personally and once your visit to our website has ended, they are automatically erased.

For more general information about Cookies, please visit www.aboutCookies.org or www.allaboutCookies.org


How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about how we collect, store, and use personal information, or if you have any other privacy-related questions, please contact us by any of the following means:

Phone us at: 01603 704020

Email us at: dpo@Netmatters.com

Write to us at Data Protection Officer, Netmatters Ltd. 11 Penfold Drive, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0WZ