Privacy Policy
Information and the use we make of it in the course of our business. You can visit this site without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. Billington's is officially registered under the 1998 Data Protection Act with registration number Z6290518.
What Information We Gather and Track.
There are times when we may need information from you. This generally involves filling out a form so that we can either contact you about a service that we offer or so we can send you regular news updates on our products and services.
What We Do With the Information We Gather and Track:
The information gathered from any forms that you complete will be used as follows:
a) To provide you with information about products, services, news and events
b) To gather broad demographic information about user trends
c) To provide colleagues (via the send to a colleague functionality) with links direct to Billington's information that may be of interest to them
Billington's uses various methods to collect certain other kinds of information including "cookies", "refers"; "IP addresses" and "environment variables".
Here is how we use these methods:
A "cookie" is an element of data that a Website can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. It can then be used to provide you with tailored information. Cookies are used to better personalize the content that you and other users will see. We may use the information to research and understand how our users habits are similar or different so that we can enhance your experience on our site. We do not match cookie data to any personal identification.
You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it.
Cookie
A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are.
A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.
On this website we use Session Cookies which are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site. We do not use permanent cookies.
Cookies can help a website to arrange content to match your preferred interests more quickly and enhance your experience. Cookies cannot be used by themselves to identify you.
By continuing to use this site you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
Disabling/Enabling Cookies
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. However, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of our site if cookies are disabled.
Find out how to disable/enable cookies
A "referrer" is the information passed along by a web browser that references the Web URL you linked from, and it is automatically gathered by our Web server. This information is used by Billington's to identify broad demographic trends that may be used to provide information tailored to your interests.
IP addresses are automatically gathered by our Web server. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer so that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to you. You will not be personally identified from this information.
Environment variables we gather include time, type of Web browser being used, the operating system/platform, and CPU speed. This information is used only for broad demographic information. This information is used by us in identifying broad demographic trends and may be used to provide information tailored to your interests.
Additionally, the Billington's web site contains links to other sites, however, Billington's is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.
What We Do with any Information Gathered
Billington's will never sell or share personal information collected from the Billington's web site with third parties.
Contacting Us about Privacy
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please send an e-mail to: enquiries@billingtons.co.uk