Privacy Policy

Cosonas Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is for this website, Cosonas.com, and is served by Cosonas Ltd, Unit 3, 1 Mapple Path, Hackney, London E5 8FB. It governs the privacy of users who choose to use the site. It explains how we comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the DPA (Data Protection Act), and the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations).

This policy explains areas of this website that may affect your privacy and personal details, how we process, collect, manage, and store those details, and how your rights under the GDPR, DPA, and PECR are adhered to. Additionally, it covers the use of cookies, software, advertising, or commercial sponsorship from third parties. Further explanations may be provided for specific pages or features of this website to help you understand how we, this website, and its third parties (if any) interact with you and your computer/device. Our contact information is provided for any questions you may have.

The DPA & GDPR May 2018

We and this website comply with the DPA (Data Protection Act 1998) and already comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) which came into effect in May 2018. We will update this policy accordingly after the completion of the UK’s exit from the European Union.

Use of Cookies

This website uses cookies to enhance the user experience. As required by legislation, this website uses a cookie control system, allowing the user to give explicit permission or deny the use of/saving of cookies on their computer/device.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computer hard drive that track, save, and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server, to provide users with a tailored experience.

Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website onto their computer’s hard drive, they should take necessary steps within their web browser’s security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors or use the cookie control system if available upon their first visit.

Website Visitor Tracking

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website but will not store, save, or collect personal information.

Downloads & Media Files

Any downloadable documents, files, or media made available on this website are provided to users at their own risk. While all precautions have been undertaken to ensure only genuine downloads are available, users are advised to verify their authenticity using third-party antivirus software or similar applications. We accept no responsibility for third-party downloads and advise users to verify their authenticity using third-party antivirus software or similar applications.

Contact & Communication With Us

Users contacting us through this website do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until it is no longer required or has no use.

Where we have clearly stated and made you aware of the fact, and where you have given your express permission, we may use your details to send you products/services information through a mailing list system. This is done in accordance with the regulations named in this policy.

Email Mailing List & Marketing Messages

We operate an email mailing list program to inform subscribers about products, services, and/or news we supply/publish. Users can subscribe through an online automated process where they give their explicit permission. Subscriber personal details are collected, processed, managed, and stored in accordance with the regulations named in this policy. Subscribers can unsubscribe at any time through an automated online service, or if not available, through other means as detailed in the footer of sent marketing messages. The type and content of marketing messages subscribers receive, and whether they may contain third-party content, is clearly outlined at the point of subscription.

Email marketing messages may contain tracking beacons/tracked clickable links or similar server technologies to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of subscriber data relating to engagement, geographic, demographics, and already stored subscriber data.

Our EMS (email marketing service) provider is (MailerLite) and you can read their privacy policy in the resources section.

External Website Links & Third Parties

Although we only aim to include quality, safe, and relevant external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website.

Shortened URLs: URL shortening is a technique used on the web to shorten URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) to something substantially shorter. This technique is especially used in social media and looks like this (example: https://rb.gy/ofsz80. Users should take caution before clicking on shortened URL links and verify their authenticity before proceeding.

We cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite our best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk, and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

Social Media Policy & Usage

We adopt a social media Policy to ensure our business and our staff conduct themselves accordingly online. While we may have official profiles on social media platforms, users are advised to verify the authenticity of such profiles before engaging with or sharing information with them. We will never ask for user passwords or personal details on social media platforms. Users are advised to conduct themselves appropriately when engaging with us on social media.

There may be instances where our website features social sharing buttons, which help share web content directly from web pages to the respective social media platforms. You use social sharing buttons at your own discretion and accept that doing so may publish content to your social media profile feed or page.

 

Updated: 03.07.2024

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