Privacy Policy & Cookies

Liability notice
Despite careful checking, we assume no liability for the content of external links. The content of linked pages is the exclusive responsibility of their operators.

Data privacy
Before using the webpage, read this explanation carefully, as we explain how we collect, manage and archive personal data. All access to our homepage and all access to files stored on our homepage is logged. Data is stored for internal system-related and statistical purposes only. Logging concerns: Name of stored data, date, time of storage, data volume transferred, report on successful access, web browser, IP address of accessing computer, search terms, (...)*
We process and log all personal data you send us using email requests (e.g. name, address, email, telephone number, etc.) to carry out your requested reply and continuous care of client relations. This data will be logged until you write us a written request asking us to remove it.
Further personal data is only recorded if this information is provided voluntarily, e.g. in line with an enquiry or registration or to sign a contract or by your browser settings. If we pass data on to external service providers, technical and administrative measures are taken to ensure that this data is passed on in accordance with the legal requirements for data protection.
You have the opportunity at any time to demand information about the data stored about you, about the origin of the [...] data, their recipients, the purpose for which they are stored as well as persons and offices to whom we regularly transmit your data. In addition, in accordance with the legal regulations you also have the right to amend, disable or delete your personal data. Contact us at info@ipswich-orthodontics.co.uk.
This data protection guideline is valid from 06/2013*. All future changes to our data protection guidelines will be published on this website. Please check it regularly for news or changes. If you have questions, comments or other inquiries about this data protection guideline, please contact us at the address mentioned in the legal note info@ipswich-orthodontics.co.uk.

Use of personal data for entry forms
Within the framework of entry forms, your address, first and last name, mailing address, email address and telephone number for getting in touch and making the booking, as well as for further maintenance of customer relationships, will be archived. 
If you have subscribed to a newsletter, we evaluate which contents are particularly interesting in order to optimise our services for recipients. Opening certain content, or clicking behaviour are recorded and evaluated in the newsletter as part of individual profiling. You can withdraw your consent to the receipt of the newsletter at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the newsletter. You will find the link to the unsubscribe page in each newsletter. 
All data collected using the relevant forms are archived until your express written request asking for its removal. 

Links
This website contains links to other website or social media sites. By clicking on a link that leads to third-party website you acknowledge that these website have their own privacy policies. Please check the privacy policies when using these website, as we assume no responsibility or liability whatsoever for third-party website.

Cookies
Information provided in accordance with Art. 13 of the Privacy Statement, prepared in accordance with the decision of the Data Protection Officer 08/05/2014.
We point out that we use cookies as part of your visits visit to our website for advertising and communication purposes and to avoid spam. Regarding the type of data and the duration of storage, please refer to the relevant sections in this Privacy Policy. 

What are cookies?
Cookies are small text strings, which register the locations of the user, his terminal (usually the browser). They are then stored, and transferred back to the same places at the next visit by the same user. To this end, the cookies are divided here as technical cookies and profiling cookies, depending on type of use, and in individual cookies or third-party cookies, depending on user usage. 

If you already visited the IPSWICH ORTHODONTIC CENTRE website, you will have alerted the cookies, which may or may not allow you access. After approval you can use our services, for which cookies are mandatory. Personal data will be stored using request forms. If you do not want this to happen, you should perform no request forms, because without storing your data we cannot efficiently manage the requests. 

Various kinds of cookies
Technical cookies:
technical cookies are "for the sole purpose of sending a message over an electronic communications network, or solely for the provider of an information society service which is explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, used as a service” (see. Art. 122 paragraph 1 of the Data Protection Code). The technical cookies differ from the navigation or use cookies (which guarantee the normal navigation and use of the website); Analytical cookies (similar to cookies used directly by technicians and the website operator to collect information, in general terms, the number of users, and how they visit the website and functional cookies (enabling the user to navigate on the basis of a number of selected criteria, such as the language in order to improve the service for the same user. 

Profiling cookies:
profiling cookies are used to advertise messages in line with the preferences of users on the selected network. Third Party Cookies. Due to the various users who install cookies on the PC and, depending on whether it is the same administrator of the website which visits the user or any other website that installs cookies for their own use, you can always distinguish between own cookies and third Party Cookies. 

Cookies to avoid spam:
So we can ensure that our forms are not abused for spam, we use a so called “Spam Shield” from the content management system. Since this is a CMS internal plug-in and serves to ensure security, this cookie is set without prior consent. 

The use of cookies on the website
Session cookie (local):
It is a technical cookie with a memory function of the actions carried out by the user within a web page. This will be deleted when leaving the webpage. Should there be an e-commerce website, this cookie is also used to store the products in the shopping basket. 

Google Analytics (by third parties):
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc, (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). The use includes the "Universal Analytics" operating mode. This facilitates the assignment of data, sessions and interactions across several devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus the analysis of a user's activities across devices.
Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to allow the website operator to analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, Google will reduce your IP address within Member States of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services related to website and Internet use. Our legitimate interest in data processing also lies in these purposes. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is § 15 para. 3 TMG and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user-identifiers (e.g. User-IDs) or advertising-identifiers are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month. For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or https://policies.google.com/?hl=en.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the Browser Add-on. Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website. To prevent Universal Analytics from collecting data across several devices, you must opt-out on all systems used. If you click here, the opt-out cookie will be set: Disable Google Analytics

How can cookies be disabled, deleted or blocked?
This website allows you to tick / check off individual cookies in the following ways. However, please be aware that in the case of deactivation, the full use of the website can no longer be guaranteed. 

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open the Mozilla Firefox browser
  2. Press on the so-called burger menu (hamburger icon with three parallel horizontal lines) top right
  3. Select "Options"
  4. Select the tab "Privacy"
  5. Select "Firefox will:" to use custom settings for history
  6. Uncheck "Accept cookies"
  7. Save your settings


Internet Explorer:

  1. Open Internet Explorer
  2. Click "Tools" and then "Internet Options" top right of your user interface
  3. Click on "Privacy" tab on top
  4. Adapt your desired settings with the controller – all cookies are blocked on top
  5. Save your settings


Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Press on the so-called burger menu (hamburger icon with three parallel horizontal lines) top right
  3. Choose "Settings"
  4. Click "Show Advanced Settings"
  5. Click the "Privacy" tab and open the "Content Settings"
  6. In the section “Cookies” you can choose the option “Block sites from setting any data”
  7. Save your settings


Safari:

  1. Open Safari
  2. Press the gray gear in the corner top right and click "Preferences"
  3. Click the "Privacy" tab 
  4. Set your preferences to “Always” next to “Block cookies”