GDPR Policy

Privacy Policy

The FPUA respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it. The FPUA provides this Privacy Policy to inform you of our policy and practices and to tell you of the way your information is collected and used.

This Privacy Policy applies to www.fpua.co.uk and data we receive from you via this site or by any other means. The FPUA ensures that any data received will be processed in accordance with the eight principles of the Data Protection Act 1998 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the policy set out below.

The FPUA is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified then you can be assured that it is relevant to our relationship with you, will be used appropriately and only in accordance with this privacy statement.

Personal Information that we collect

On our site you are able to:

Make information requests
Apply for Membership
Apply for events
Sign up to meetings

The personal information you provide to us may include name, address, telephone, e-mail address, User IDs and passwords.

Data Collection and Purpose Specification

We collect your personal data to help us understand your needs and interests and provide you with better services. Specifically, we use your information to communicate with you, to update you on our services and better understand who uses our site and why. Occasionally, we may also use your information to contact you about your company and the FPUA.

Unless we have your consent, we will ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to other organisations, institutions and authorities unless required for the provision of the Associations remit or required by law. We will not sell, rent or lease your personal data to others.

If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, other than for which it was originally supplied, we will ask you first.

Links to other Websites

The website may contain links to other websites which may be owned and operated by third parties. If you choose to use the services provided by those websites, you may be asked by those sites to provide certain personal information. The FPUA is not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites although its name or logo may appear on those websites. Please read the privacy statements of each and every website that you visit.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. To prevent unauthorised access or disclosure of information we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.

Record keeping / Disposal of Data

We will hold your data and information securely and for no longer than is necessary as defined by statutory obligations. Data (in all forms) will be safely stored / backed up then deleted if your company terminates membership.

Your personal information

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to The Secretary, Felixstowe Port Users Association, The Chapel, Maybush Lane, Felixstowe IP11 7LL.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

The FPUA may change this policy from time to time by updating this page and publishing it on our web site, www.fpua.co.uk .You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. 

Cookie Policy

 Our websites uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our websites. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our websites and also allows us to improve our sites. By continuing to browse our sites, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

 What are Cookies?

 A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

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.

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

Forms related cookies. When you submit data to 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.

 Our website is built using a divi theme on the WordPress platform, for full details please contact www.wordpress.org.

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.

Analytical cookies

 This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to 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 we can continue to produce engaging content.

 They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to track navigation around our website. More information is available at https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage.

 Social Media

 We use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; Facebook & Instagram will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

Can I block Cookies?

 You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.orgTo opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

 More Information

 Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. 

 However we may include cookies through improving the website or via third parties that we have not documented here so  if you are still looking for more information then please contact us at info@fpua.co.uk

Disclaimer

This website provides general information only. Nothing on the site amounts to legal or other professional advice. While we make every effort to keep the contents accurate and up to date we are not responsible or liable for any use to which the content is put.

The FPUA is not responsible for the content of external sites which link to this site or are linked from it. The inclusion of links does not imply that we endorse, recommend or approve any material or services on or offered by the linked sites.

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