Who we are
Our website address is: https://britbrickconstruction.co.uk.
BritBrick Construction takes the privacy of its clients, suppliers, and employees seriously and is committed to protecting their personal information. We are dedicated to preserving the privacy of all visitors to our website at britbrickconstruction.co.uk.
We need to inform you about the data we process, how we use it, and the reasons behind it. Please read our privacy policy below to understand how we handle and safeguard the information you provide to BritBrick Construction.
By registering on this site and providing us with your information, you consent to its collection and use in accordance with the terms outlined in this policy.
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.
Cookies
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.
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.
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.
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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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 your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
What data is being collected?
To safeguard your privacy and honor the personal information you share with us, we collect the following data through data entry fields on our website:
- Your name, job title, company, email address, and telephone number when you complete an enquiry form.
- Your name, job title, company, address, email address, and telephone number when you complete a feedback form.
- Your CV if you submit it through our website.
- Your email address when you subscribe for updates.
If you wish to stop receiving communications from us at any time, please contact us via email.
We collect your data only for legitimate and lawful purposes, ensuring that personal information is obtained with your knowledge and consent. Any personal details you choose to provide are securely stored on our UK-based servers. We commit to handling and processing all your personal data in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018, the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other relevant privacy laws.
Our legal basis for collecting the data
We may collect, store, and use your personal information listed above for the following purposes:
- To respond to your queries and provide you with services that you request.
- Where you have given us your consent, to contact you (including by SMS and email) with products and services which we think may interest you.
- Where you have provided us with an email address, to send you updates on Brit Brick Construction and our subsidiaries.
- Where you have sent us your CV, regarding recruitment within the Company.
- Where you have given us your consent, to disclose your personal information to carefully chosen third parties so that they may contact you (including by SMS and email) with products and services which they think may interest you.
We may share your personal information with affiliated companies, as well as with our trusted partners to provide you with the best service. We will not disclose, sell, or rent your personal information to any other third party unless you have consented to this. If you do consent but later change your mind, you may contact us, and we will cease any such activity.
However, if a third party acquires all (or substantially all) of our business and/or assets, we may disclose your personal information to that third party in connection with the acquisition. We may also disclose the personal information you provide us with to third parties in order to comply with any legal obligation or any order of a law enforcement authority. We may use the information you provide to assist us with database profiling aimed at improving the quality of this web service and the content we produce for you.
We will not keep your data for longer than is lawfully required, and such data will be maintained in accordance with our internal retention procedures determined in accordance with regulatory obligations and good practice.
This site utilizes 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. We may use QUIC.cloud services to process & cache your data temporarily.