This privacy policy sets out how VANGUARD TRANSPORT uses and protects any information that you give when you use this website.
VANGUARD TRANSPORT is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
VANGUARD TRANSPORT may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- name and job title
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes a unique identifier that is sent to your computer or mobile phone (referred to here as a “device”) browser from a website’s computer and is stored on your device’s hard drive. Most websites use cookies.
Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other websites. Many websites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to track online traffic flows.
Cookies cannot be used to identify you personally. A cookie in no way gives access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share.
- VANGUARD TRANSPORT’s websites use cookies because they enable us to:
- log information about your online preferences (e.g. page choices)
- measure how many people are using our services and information
- analyse how our services are used and enable us to improve them.
VANGUARD TRANSPORT does not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information.
Cookies are useful to you because you have access to all the features on a website, your preferences can be personalised, and you can keep track of which pages you have visited.
Cookies used by VANGUARD TRANSPORT
Google Analytics: VANGUARD TRANSPORT uses Google Analytics tracking software to gain meaningful reports about our website visitors. Google Analytics cookies do not collect personal data. For more information read Google’s website about Cookies Set by Google Analytics.
Comment box: If you submit a comment via one of the comment boxes on our websites, the website software WordPress sets cookies recording the information that you have entered (name, email address, URL). http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Cookies This is for convenience, so that you won’t need to re-type the information again to leave another comment. The commenter cookies are set to expire a little under one year from the time they’re set.
YouTube cookies: VANGUARD TRANSPORT embeds YouTube videos using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. To find out more please visit YouTube’s embedding videos information page.
Managing your cookies. If you wish to restrict, block, or delete cookies which are set by websites, you can do this through your computer browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari) settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.
You can install a browser plugin to opt out of the DoubleClick Advertising cookie (placed by Google Analytics) here, or you can opt out of all all Google Analytics cookies by installing a browser add-on here.
Useful Links
- www.aboutcookies.org – details on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more general information about cookies.
- Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – EU Cookie Directive.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at info@vanguardtransport.co.uk
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.