1 Privacy Policy

Greenwich Instruments Limited respect your privacy and is committed to protecting it. It provides this Privacy Policy to inform you of its Privacy Policy and practices and of the choices you can make about the way your information is collected online and how that information is used. We've structured our website (http://www.greenwichinst.co.uk) so that you can visit it without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information. We make this notice readily available on our home page and at the bottom of every web page on this site.

This policy explains:

Sites covered by this privacy policy
Types of information we collect
Children's Privacy
How we use your information
Cookies
Web Beacons
Changes to this Policy
Contacting us

1.1 Sites covered by this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to this website (www.greenwichinst.co.uk).

Links to non Greenwich Instruments Ltd websites

Our website may provide links to third-party websites for your convenience and information. If you access those links, you will leave the Greenwich Instruments Ltd website. Greenwich Instruments Ltd do not control those sites or their privacy practices, which may differ from Greenwich Instruments Ltd's website. We do not endorse or make any representations about third-party websites. The personal data you choose to give to unrelated third parties is not covered by the Greenwich Instruments Ltd Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any organisation before submitting your personal information.

1.2 Types of information we collect

This Privacy Policy covers personal information, non-personal data collection and aggregate reporting.

Personal information is information that is associated with your name or personal identity. Except when you submit an enquiry via email or an order, Greenwich Instruments Ltd do not collect personal information.

Non-personal information is data about usage and service operation that is not associated with a specific personal identity. Greenwich Instruments Ltd collect and analyse non-personal information to evaluate how visitors use the Greenwich Instruments Ltd website. Non-personal data we collect may include the pages visited on the Greenwich Instruments website, unique URLs visited within Greenwich Instruments website, browser type and IP address. Most non-personal data is collected via cookies or other analysis technologies. Greenwich Instruments Ltd web pages use cookies, web beacons and other technologies for data analysis and personalisation services.

1.3 Children's Privacy

Greenwich Instruments Ltd are committed to protecting the privacy needs of children and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children's online activities and interests. Greenwich Instruments Ltd support the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA), which is an international, nonprofit organisation of Internet leaders working to develop a safer Internet. The centrepiece of the organization is the descriptive vocabulary, often referred to as "the ICRA questionnaire". Content providers check which of the elements in the questionnaire are present or absent from their websites. This then generates a small file containing the labels that is then linked to the content on one or more domains.

1.4 How we use your information

Non-personal data is aggregated for reporting about Greenwich Instruments website usability, performance and effectiveness. It is used to improve the visitor experience, usability and site content.

1.5 Cookies

A "cookie" is a small data file transferred by a website to your computer hard drive. Accepting the cookies used on our site does not give us access to your personal information Cookies are typically classified as either "session" cookies or "permanent" cookies.

"Session" cookies do not stay on your computer after you leave our website or close your browser. The aggregate information collected permits us to analyse traffic patterns on our site. This can enable us over time to provide a better experience on our site by improving content or personalization and making our site easier to use.

"Permanent" cookies are those that remain on your computer. Greenwich Instruments Ltd do not utilise permanent cookies.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies by default, but you can usually refuse cookies or selectively accept certain cookies by adjusting the preferences in your browser. If you turn off cookies, there may be some features of our site that will not be available to you and some web pages may not display properly. You can find information on popular browsers and how to adjust your cookie preferences at the following website www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm.

1.6 Web Beacons

Some Greenwich Instruments' web pages and HTML-formatted e-mail newsletters use web beacons in conjunction with cookies to compile aggregate statistics about website usage. A web beacon is an electronic image, called a single-pixel (1x1) or clear GIF. Web beacons can recognise certain types of information on a visitor's computer, such as a visitor's cookie number, time and date of a page view and a description of the page where the web beacon is placed. You may render some web beacons unusable by rejecting their associated cookies.

1.7 Changes to this Policy

If there are updates to the terms of Greenwich Instruments Ltd Online Privacy Policy, we will post those changes and update the revision date in this document, so you will always know what information we collect online, how we use it, and what choices you have.

1.8 Contacting us

We value your opinions. If you have comments or questions about our privacy policy, please email them to gil@greenwichinst.co.uk.