Cookies & Data Protection

This is the Cookie Policy for The Gardens of Easton Lodge Preservation Trust, accessible from https://www.eastonlodge.co.uk

What Are Cookies

As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, although if you do this it may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site’s functionality.

For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not, in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

The Cookies We Set

• Email newsletters related cookies

  This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.

• Surveys related cookies

  From time to time we offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.

• Forms related cookies

  When you submit data through a form, such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

• Site preferences cookies

  In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.

Third Party Cookies

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

• This site uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web, to help us understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things, such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit, so that we can continue to produce engaging content.

  For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

• From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site, whilst ensuring that we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.

More Information

If you are still looking for more information then you can contact us by email to:

• enquiries@eastonlodge.co.uk

This page informs you of The Gardens of Easton Lodge Preservation Trust’s policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of any personal data that we hold and the choices you have associated with that data.

The Trust is committed to a policy of protecting the personal data that it holds in order to carry out its work, while fully respecting the rights and privacy of individuals and complying with the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Trust understands that lawful and correct treatment of personal information is important to its successful operation, and to maintaining the confidence of those with whom it deals.

The Trust takes responsibility for ensuring that its service providers and volunteers, who have access to personal information held by the Trust, understand their responsibilities to read and comply with the Trust’s Data Protection policy.

The Trust is committed to responding quickly and sensitively to any request by individuals to see their personal data held by the Trust and/or to withdraw their consent to its use.

Information Collection And Use

Personal data

The Trust is committed to seeking written informed consent for all personal data collected from volunteers and friends; and to seeking oral consent from volunteers and visitors when photos are taken, making it clear that these photos may be used in Trust publicity information/materials.

The Trust stores personal data securely. It does not envisage sharing any personal data that it holds with any other agency and, if it were required to, it would first contact the relevant individuals.

Individuals have a right to request access to their personal data held by the Trust and the Trust will accept such a request in whatever form it is made and address any requests to correct or delete it from the records.

Website Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the website is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the web pages that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

• Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
• Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
• Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

• Google Analytics

  Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

  You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

  For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Links To Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We review our Privacy Policy routinely and are committed to updating this summary of our Privacy Policy to reflect any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email:

• enquiries@eastonlodge.co.uk