Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 24 June 2025

Assured Digital is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data responsibly. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and store your information when you visit our website.


1. Who We Are

Assured Digital
3B Lockheed Court
Preston Farm
Stockton on Tees
United Kingdom

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us at:
Email: hello@assured-digital.com


2. What Data We Collect

We only collect the minimum personal data necessary to provide our services effectively.

a) Google Analytics
When you visit our site, we use Google Analytics to collect anonymised information such as:

  • Pages visited
  • Time spent on pages
  • Device and browser type
  • General location (based on IP address)

This data is processed in a way that does not directly identify anyone. It helps us improve user experience and website performance.

b) Contact Form Submissions
If you contact us through our website, we collect the following details:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • Your message content
  • Any additional information you choose to provide

This data is used solely for responding to your enquiry.


3. How We Use Your Data

We process your data for the following purposes:

  • To respond to enquiries submitted via our contact form
  • To monitor and improve website performance
  • To ensure the security and functionality of our website

We do not use your data for unsolicited marketing and we do not share your personal information with third parties unless required by law.


4. Legal Basis for Processing

We rely on the following lawful bases:

  • Consent – when you choose to submit your information through our contact form.
  • Legitimate Interests – for anonymised analytics to improve our website.


5. How We Store Your Data

  • Contact form submissions are stored securely and access is limited to authorised personnel.
  • Analytics data is stored by Google and subject to their own privacy terms and policies.

We retain contact form submissions only as long as necessary to deal with your enquiry or meet legal obligations.


6. Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:

  • Access your personal data
  • Correct inaccurate data
  • Request deletion of your data
  • Object to or restrict certain data uses
  • Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@assured-digital.com.


7. Cookies

We use cookies only for functionality and anonymous analytics. For more information, please see our [Cookie Policy] (or include it here if you don’t have a separate one).


8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any significant changes will be posted here. Please check back periodically to stay informed.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Registered Business: 3B Lockheed Court, Preston Farm Stockton on Tees, UK.

Contact

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