Introduction
The following website has is provided for information about Assured Residential and their services. The below information sets out how Assured Residential uses and protects the data collected via our web-site. When using this site, you are legally bound to the following privacy policy, so please read carefully. Privacy protection is something that Assured Residential are fully committed to.
What information do we collect?
We have several services that require the supply of personal information. For example, when contacting us, we will ask for contact details such as your name, email address, and telephone number. When registering for our monthly newsletter, we will require personal information including your name and email address.
What do we do with the information we gather?
All of the information collected from the website is retained by Assured Residential. We do not divulge any information to third parties outside of the company without prior consent from the website visitor.
Securing Your Data
Assured Residential are committed to ensuring that your personal information is secure. We follow strict policies and adhere to high standards of security when gathering personal information. Various firewall applications have been installed on our website to protect your personal information from being stolen, destroyed or divulged to third parties unless you have given us permission for the latter.
What we collect?
Through the use of contact forms, call back requests and newsletter sign-ups, we may collect, but are not limited to, the following information: Name and job title, website details, contact information including email address and phone number, demographic information such as postcode, preferences, and interests, other information relevant to customer surveys and offers.
What do we do with the information?
To understand your needs and provide you with a better service, we will require the information as mentioned above. We may use the information for the following reasons: Internal record keeping, the improvement of our products and services, using the email address which you have provided, we will periodically send you promotional emails regarding new products, special, offers or other information that may be of interest to you, to customise the website according to your interests.
How do we use cookies?
Cookies are files which can be placed on your computer’s hard drive, once permission is given. There are numerous benefits to having cookies placed on your hard-drive. If you have accepted, cookies are used to identify when you visit a particular site, as well as analyse web traffic. Cookies also facilitate a more personal web experience, allowing web applications to gather information about your personal preferences, and respond to you as an individual.
Please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org for more information on cookies.
At Assured Residential, traffic log cookies are used to identify the pages that are being used. From the data provided by these cookies, we can analyse web page traffic and tailor our website to our customer’s needs. This information is used for the purpose of statistical analysis. You have the choice of whether or not to accept cookies. For your information, the majority of web browsers accept cookies. You can decline cookies within your web browser settings if necessary. However, doing so will not give you full functionality of the website. If you accept cookies, we can monitor which pages our visitors find useful. This provides us information to be used for a better user experience. We do not have access to your computer or any other information about you through the use of cookies.
Cookies
This website uses the following cookies:
Google Analytics: This cookie allows us to see information on user website activities including, but not limited to page views, source and time spent on website. The information is depersonalised and is displayed as numbers, meaning it cannot be tracked back to individuals. This helps to protect your privacy. Using Google Analytics we can see what content is popular on our website, and strive to give you more of the things you enjoy reading and watching.
Call Tracking: This is used to set dynamic phone numbers which help us identify how you found the Assured Residential website when you call us. This allows us to identify the source that you used to find the Assured Residential website and helps us control our advertising methods in the future.
Google AdWords: Using Google AdWords code we are able to see which pages helped lead to contact form submissions. Allowing us to make better use of our paid search budget.
Facebook Advertising: We use Facebook advertising conversion tracking and re-targeting pixels, which allows us to collect or receive information from your website and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target advertising.
DoubleClick: We use remarketing codes to log when users view specific pages, allowing us to provide targeted advertising in the future.
Social sharing cookies
On our blog we use social sharing buttons for services including, but not limited to, Twitter, LinkedIn, StumbleUpon, Share This, Google+ and Facebook. These allow you to share pages with your friends via those networks. While you will be asked to log in to use these services, this process is handled directly by the social sharing providers and their databases and servers. These sites may also monitor your usage of these buttons, through the use of external tracking codes that are required to run the buttons on this website.
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Email codes
If you have opted in to receive our newsletters, then this may include tracking codes that help us understand who, as well as how many people have opened or clicked on each email. This data helps us to create better emails in the future and provide you with a better service. This data is stored on the servers of our email partners and covered under their security measures.
Links to other websites
This 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 the other websites. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while 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.
Links
Hyperlinks on this site may be shortened. The purpose of which is to hide long links for functionality and tracking purposes.
Associations
We do not receive physical products or cash directly in exchange for any reviews or posts. No one has ever paid or will ever pay us for reviews or posts, to avoid any conflict of interest. We only promote the products and services that we trust. We always aim to give honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on topics or products that we write about and promote.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways: If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may opt-out at any time by writing to or emailing us via the contact page 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 that may be relevant to your indicated needs. 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 would like a copy of the information held, then please write to us. If you believe that any information we are holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible at the address detailed below. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
How to opt out of cookies
To opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies, visit the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page. You can opt-out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings here. Opt out of DoubleClick’s use of cookies by visiting the DoubleClick opt-out page here. If you want to opt out of our emails, fill in the contact form on our website.
Variations to the Policy
We reserve the right to alter and change information provided in this document at our own discretion and therefore this document should be regularly referred to for updates and variations. If you have any questions regarding this policy, our contact details are as follows: