Privacy policy
Revision Update July 2019
Meta Eagle Limited (“We” “Us” “Our”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and maintaining the security of any Personal Information received from you. We strictly adhere to the requirements of relevant UK legislation.
This notice, together with our terms of business, set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) is a new regulation which replaces the Data Protection Regulation (Directive 95/46/EC) The Regulation aims to harmonise data protection legislation across EU member states, enhancing privacy rights for individuals and providing a strict framework within which commercial organisations can legally operate.
Even though the UK has expressed its intention to leave the EU, the Government intends for the GDPR to continue in UK law post Brexit and has also introduced a Data Protection Bill to replace the current Data Protection Act in due course.
Your new rights under the GDPR are set out in this notice.
Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
For the purposes of data protection legislation in force from time to time the data controller is Meta Eagle Limited, 50-54 St Paul’s Square, Birmingham, B3 1QS
Our nominated Data Protection Manager is Lee Robinson. Any correspondence regarding the below policies or suspicion of one of these policies being breached should be submitted in writing to ‘data.controller@metaeagle.co.uk’
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- Name, company name and job title
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
What we do with the information we gather
This website uses Google Analytics to help analyse how visitors use this site. It stores cookies on your computer which are used to improve our website and provide more personalised services to you, both on this website and through other media.
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.
Ocassionally, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, or post. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
How we use cookies
The Meta Eagle website uses “cookies,” which are small files that it places on your hard drive for identification purposes. A cookie is a piece of data that a website can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your computer or mobile device as an anonymous tag that identifies your computer but not you. Cookies are used to better serve you when you return to the Meta Eagle Website. You should note that cookies cannot read data off of your hard drive.
There are different types of cookies which are used to do different things. These include allowing you to navigate between pages on a website, engaging with the website chat client, other cookies measure the number of visits and the most popular pages users visit on a particular website. Some cookies are session cookies which expire when you have finished your visit to a website and others are persistent cookies which will remain on your browser for a period of time.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. They enable us to give you special offers based on the history of your interactions with us and enable us to give you easier access to our content.
A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Google Analytics:
Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc.
Google Analytics sets a cookie in order to evaluate your use of this website and compile reports for us on overall activity on users that visit the Meta Eagle Website
Therefore, you acknowledge and agree that you are also bound by the Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms of Service (including the Google Privacy Policy). When using our website
Marketing
For our existing contract customers we may contact you in reference to news, events, services and products based on a legitimate business interest. You can unsubscribe from such communication using the link at the bottom of the correspondence or emailing ‘marketing@metaeagle.co.uk’
For prospect customers, who have shown interest in our company or individuals and companies we have met at networking events, we may contact you in regards to products and services we feel may be of benefit to. You can unsubscribe from such communication using the link at the bottom of the correspondence or emailing ‘marketing@metaeagle.co.uk’
If you subscribe to our newsletter either via our website ‘www.metaeagle.co.uk’ or request we add you manually, we may contact you in regards to products and services we feel may be of benefit. You can unsubscribe from such communication using the link at the bottom of the correspondence or emailing ‘marketing@metaeagle.co.uk’
Our marketing database we use is an outsourced CRM system – where we will only hold the following information:
Name,
Company,
Company Address
Email Address
Company Contact Number
Retention of Information
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to provide the Services you have requested and thereafter for a variety of legitimate legal or business purposes.
These might include retention periods:
When mandated by law, contract or similar obligations applicable to our business operations
For preserving, resolving, defending or enforcing our legal and contractual rights; OR
Needed to maintain adequate and accurate business and financial records
Where we are permitted to send you direct marketing communications we may retain your contact information necessary for this purpose, (provided that you have consented to receiving them) for as long as you do not unsubscribe from receiving the same from us.
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.
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
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. 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 on you please write to Meta Eagle as per our registered address above or contact data.controller@metaeagle.co.uk
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us at data.controller@metaeagle.co.uk. We will promptly correct any information required
If you beleive that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us at 'data.controller@metaeagle.co.uk' We will promptly correct any information as required