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WHAT IS THIS PRIVACY POLICY FOR?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This privacy policy is\r\nfor this website staging.hsmi.london and served by HSMI Ltd and governs the\r\nprivacy of its users who choose to use it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The policy sets out the\r\ndifferent areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations\r\n& requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore\r\nthe way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information\r\nwill also be detailed within this policy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

THE WEBSITE<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This website and its\r\nowners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps\r\nare taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting\r\nexperience. This website complies to all UK national laws and requirements for\r\nuser privacy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

USE OF COOKIES<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This website uses cookies\r\nto better the users experience while visiting the website. Where applicable\r\nthis website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first\r\nvisit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer\r\n\/ device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to\r\nobtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such\r\nas cookies on a user\u2019s computer \/ device.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Cookies are small files\r\nsaved to the user\u2019s computers hard drive that track, save and store information\r\nabout the user\u2019s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the\r\nwebsite, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience\r\nwithin this website.
\r\nUsers are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from\r\nthis website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps\r\nwithin their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this\r\nwebsite and its external serving vendors.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This website uses tracking\r\nsoftware to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This\r\nsoftware is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor\r\nusage. The software will save a cookie to your computers hard drive in order to\r\ntrack and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store,\r\nsave or collect personal information. You can read Google\u2019s privacy policy here\r\nfor further information [ http:\/\/www.google.com\/privacy.html ].
\r\nOther cookies may be stored to your computers hard drive by external vendors\r\nwhen this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such\r\ncookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire\r\nafter 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored,\r\nsaved or collected.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

CONTACT & COMMUNICATION<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Users contacting this\r\nwebsite and\/or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any such\r\npersonal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept\r\nprivate and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no\r\nuse, as detailed in the Data Protection Act 1998. Every effort has been made to\r\nensure a safe and secure form to email submission process but advise users\r\nusing such form to email processes that they do so at their own risk.
\r\nThis website and its owners use any information submitted to provide you with\r\nfurther information about the products \/ services they offer or to assist you\r\nin answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. This includes\r\nusing your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter program the website\r\noperates but only if this was made clear to you and your express permission was\r\ngranted when submitting any form to email process. Or whereby you the consumer\r\nhave previously purchased from or enquired about purchasing from the company a\r\nproduct or service that the email newsletter relates to. This is by no means an\r\nentire list of your user rights in regard to receiving e-mail marketing\r\nmaterial. Your details are not passed on to any third parties.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

EMAIL NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This website operates an\r\nemail newsletter program, used to inform subscribers about products and\r\nservices supplied by this website. Users can subscribe through an online\r\nautomated process should they wish to do so but do so at their own discretion.\r\nSome subscriptions may be manually processed through prior written agreement\r\nwith the user.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Subscriptions are taken\r\nin compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic\r\nCommunications Regulations 2003. All personal details relating to subscriptions\r\nare held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. No\r\npersonal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with companies \/\r\npeople outside of the company that operates this website. Under the Data Protection\r\nAct 1998 you may request a copy of personal information held about you by this\r\nwebsite\u2019s email newsletter program. A small fee will be payable. If you would\r\nlike a copy of the information held on you please write to the business address\r\nat the bottom of this policy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Email marketing campaigns\r\npublished by this website or its owners may contain tracking facilities within\r\nthe actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for\r\nfuture analysis and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include; the opening\r\nof emails, forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email\r\ncontent, times, dates and frequency of activity [this is by no far a\r\ncomprehensive list].
\r\nThis information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user\r\nwith more relevant content based around their activity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In compliance with UK\r\nSpam Laws and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003\r\nsubscribers are given the opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an\r\nautomated system. This process is detailed at the footer of each email\r\ncampaign. If an automated un-subscription system is unavailable clear\r\ninstructions on how to un-subscribe will by detailed instead.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

EXTERNAL LINKS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Although this website\r\nonly looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are\r\nadvised adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links\r\nmentioned throughout this website. (External links are clickable text \/ banner\r\n\/ image links to other websites)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The owners of this\r\nwebsite cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked\r\nwebsite despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on\r\nexternal links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held\r\nliable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links\r\nmentioned.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

ADVERTS AND SPONSORED LINKS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This website may contain\r\nsponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our\r\nadvertising partners, to whom may have detailed privacy policies relating\r\ndirectly to the adverts they serve.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Clicking on any such\r\nadverts will send you to the advertisers website through a referral program\r\nwhich may use cookies and will track the number of referrals sent from this\r\nwebsite. This may include the use of cookies which may in turn be saved on your\r\ncomputers hard drive. Users should therefore note they click on sponsored\r\nexternal links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held\r\nliable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links\r\nmentioned.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Communication, engagement\r\nand actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and\r\nits owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the\r\nprivacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Users are advised to use\r\nsocial media platforms wisely and communicate \/ engage upon them with due care\r\nand caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website\r\nnor its owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through\r\nsocial media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details\r\nto contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or\r\nemail.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This website may use\r\nsocial sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to\r\nthe social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such\r\nsocial sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the\r\nsocial media platform may track and save your request to share a web page\r\nrespectively through your social media platform account.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

SHORTENED LINKS IN SOCIAL MEDIA<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This website and its\r\nowners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to\r\nrelevant web pages. By default some social media platforms shorten lengthy urls\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

[web addresses]<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

(this is an example: http:\/\/bit.ly\/xyz).
\r\nUsers are advised to take caution and good judgement before clicking any\r\nshortened urls published on social media platforms by this website and its\r\nowners. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine urls are published many\r\nsocial media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website\r\nand its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by\r\nvisiting any shortened links.\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n