Who we are
Our website address is: https://violicom.co.uk.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Your name and email are required for submitting a message using the ‘Contact Us’ form on the ‘Contact’ page on this site. These identifiable data will be shared with Violicom and used for the purpose of answering your message. These details will not be passed to a third-party by Violicom.
Cookies
Introduction
This website uses HTTP cookies, known herein as ”cookies”.
When visiting this website, you are asked to consent to the use of cookies. If consent is not provided, only cookies that are strictly necessary for the running of this website will be enabled.
This cookies policy (“Notice”) is supplied by Violicom Medical Limited (“Violicom”) and may be referred to herein as “we”, “us” and “our.”
What are cookies?
Cookies are small files that contain blocks of data, in the form of a string of characters (that can include numbers, letters and symbols). Cookies are sent by a web server to a browser and are stored on your hard drive. Cookies do not damage your computer. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies are used in the running of websites, as they can be used to store data that can be accessed and used on every page of a website. They allow websites to keep track of online patterns, preferences, adjust content, and allow identification of returning users. Cookies make personalisation of your web experiences possible, e.g. ensuring you do not have to re-enter information each time you visit a website.
Cookies can be classified as ‘session’ or ‘persistent’. Session cookies expire when the browser is closed. Persistent cookies are stored by a browser and remain valid until its expiry date (a pre-defined length of time set by the web server), unless deleted by the user before this date.
Cookies may not contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal data that is stored about you may be linked to information stored as or obtained from cookies.
You can set your browser to notify you when a cookie is received from a website, which enables you to decide whether you want to accept it or not. However, if the cookie is not accepted, you may not be able to use all the functionalities of the websites you visit.
You can find more generic information about cookies at www.aboutcookies.org.
What cookies does our website use?
We may collect and process information about your visit to this website, such as the pages you visit, the website you came from and some of the searches you perform. Such information is used by us to help improve the contents of the site and to compile aggregated statistics about the use of this website for internal, market research purposes. To do this, our website may install cookies that collect and store anonymous data about your visit, including, but not limited to, your domain name, internet service provider, operating system, and the date and time of access.
We use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally. For example, if you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. In addition, a cookie is created when you accept or decline the use of cookies on our website. These are two examples of “necessary cookies” what are required for the running of the website and cannot be switched off. These cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
You may be able to decline these cookies through your browser, but necessary parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
Cookies used by our service providers
Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
We may use web beacons (also known as internet tags, action tags, single-pixel GIFs, clear GIFs, invisible GIFs and 1-by-1 GIFs) and cookies. We may deploy these tags/cookies through a third-party advertising partner or a web analytical service partner which may be located and store the respective information (including your Internet Protocol [IP] address) in a foreign country. These beacons/cookies may be placed on both online advertisements that bring users to this website and on different pages of this website. We use this technology to measure the visitors’ responses and effectiveness of advertising campaigns (including how many times a page is opened and which information is consulted) as well as to evaluate your use of our website. The third-party partner or the web analytical service partner may be able to collect data about visitors to our and other sites because of these internet beacons/cookies, may compose reports regarding our website’s activity for us and may provide further services which are related to the use of this website and the internet in general. They may provide such information to other parties if there is a legal requirement that they do so, or if they hire other parties to process information on their behalf.
We use Google Analytics on our website to optimise our web pages, where appropriate. “Google Analytics” is a service offered by Google Inc. (“Google”) that generates detailed statistics about a website’s traffic and traffic sources and can measure conversions and sales. Google Analytics uses cookies stored on your computer to help analyse how users use this website. Information generated by the cookies about your use of our website, including your IP address, will be anonymised by use of the appropriate settings prior to be transmitted to Google servers in the United States. For more information on how IP anonymisation works, please see https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052. The information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our website. You can find out more about Google’s use of information by visiting https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. Google’s privacy policy can be found and reviewed at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Managing cookies
You may prevent or stop the installation and storage of cookies by changing your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version; however, these can be under ‘Do Not Track’ or ‘Tracking Prevention’, as two examples, and can usually be found within your browser’s privacy settings. Alternatively, you can download and install the free ‘Opt-out Browser Add-on’ available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. You can also obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via your web browser support.
If you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to experience the full functionality of our website or the website may not work at all.
Cookie preferences
You can manage your preferences relating to the use of cookies on our website by visiting our website.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Plugins
This site utilises caching in order to facilitate a faster response time and better user experience. Caching potentially stores a duplicate copy of every web page that is on display on this site. All cache files are temporary, and are never accessed by any third party, except as necessary to obtain technical support from the cache plugin vendor. Cache files expire on a schedule set by the site administrator, but may easily be purged by the admin before their natural expiration, if necessary.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
Your data may be shared with third-parties that provide services for our website.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact Information
This website is owned and operated by Violicom Medical Limited (“Violicom”).
Violicom is registered in England under registration number 12871017, with registered offices at 1 Andromeda House Calleva Park, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom, RG7 8AP
You can contact us via email at violicom@violicom.co.uk or by telephone at +44 (0)7393 611248
If you have any queries in relation to this notice, please contact us at violicom@violicom.co.uk using the subject title: ‘Cookie Policy’.