Privacy Policy

Our details

The data controller in respect of our website is Optilec Limited. For details of how to contact the data controller, please see our contact page.


Your Personal Data

Here at Optilec, we take your privacy seriously and will only use your personal information to respond to any questions you may have and to provide the products and services you have requested from us. Your personal information will never be shared with third parties for marketing purposes and will not be used by us for marketing purposes without your explicit consent.


Data Collected on This Website


Contact form

When you contact us using our contact form, you will be voluntarily providing us with your personal information. The information you enter in the contact form is encrypted, as you can see from the padlock icon in the address bar of your browser, and is sent to us by email.

While we have implemented encryption to ensure secure transmission of your personal information, Internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed. For this reason, you are always welcome to contact us via alternative means, such as by telephone.


Typeform

We use Typeform to power our contact form. Data entered into the contact form is only accessed by Optilec. Data is retained only for the purposes of delivering the message to Optilec so that we are able to get back in touch with you. It will not be shared with third parties for marketing purposes. More information on Typeform information and policies are available here; information relating to Typeform responses can be found at the bottom of this article.


Web server logs and security

When you visit this website, information about your device, operating system and browser, and your IP address are automatically saved in log files. This serves a number of purposes, including helping to keep the website secure and helping to diagnose any problems that might arise.


Cookies

A cookie is a tiny data file that is used to store information. Most websites use cookies for a number of purposes, including providing essential functionality (e.g. a shopping cart), providing useful information about the way in which the website is being used (e.g. analytics), and many other functions such as enhanced security.

By continuing to use this website, you accept that we use the following cookies:


Google Fonts

We use Google Fonts API to provide the font faces we use on this website. When you use our website, some data, including your IP address, will be transferred to and stored on Google’s servers in the USA. This data is used solely for the purpose of providing the service, and is not associated with other data Google may hold on you. The use of Google Maps API and Google Fonts API, as well as the relevant data transfer and processing is governed by Google Inc.’s data protection policy.


Cookie Script

When you click to acknowledge on our cookie consent pop-up banner, a cookie called ‘cookieconsent_status’ is set so that you will not be asked to reconfirm your acceptance for a period of time.

We do not use cookies to gather personal data such as names or email addresses.


How to control cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish; further information can be found here and here. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.


Your rights

In accordance with UK and European law under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have numerous rights in regards to the personal data we hold about you, including:

  • Right to confirmation – you have the right to know if we hold personal data that concerns you
  • Right to access – you have the right to view and to obtain a copy of any personal data we hold that concerns you
  • Right to rectification – you have the right to the correction of any inaccuracies within the personal data we hold that concerns you
  • Right to erasure – you have the right to have your personal data removed from our systems

Should you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact me using the contact page on this website. You can find out more about your rights under the GDPR here.