Our Privacy Policy
This privacy policy sets out how Horus Security Consultancy Ltd (Horus) uses and protects any information that you give Horus Security Consultancy Ltd when you use this website.
GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR) INTRODUCTION
CONTACT DETAILS
Should you wish to know more about Horus’ use of personal data, you can do so by emailing: gdpr@horus-security.co.uk
WHAT WE COLLECT
We may collect the following information as a result of you vising our website:
- Name and job title
- Contact information including email address
- Demographic information such as post code, preferences and interests
- Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
- Other information relating to career opportunities
- Statistical information relating to page views for traffic monitoring (see ‘How we use cookies’)
WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER
As a result of you accessing our website, we have a legitimate interest in obtaining this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve of our products and services.
- We may periodically send promotional email about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail.
- We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Information obtained by Horus as a result of you accessing our website is routinely deleted.
INSIGHT/INVESTIGATION PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Horus in providing its Insight and investigation products and services, collects information through open source monitoring unconnected with this website. The information we collect using this method may include name, job title, contact information including email address, demographic information such as post code, preferences and interests and any other open-source information that is freely available. Horus does not undertake any automated processing of your personal data. Nor does it use your personal data to construct any form of personal profile.
We have a legitimate interest in carrying out these activities to keep the employees and operations of our clients secure. Any information obtained for this purpose is only held for as long as is necessary.
In specific instances your personal data obtained in this way may be shared with our clients in order to fulfil their legitimate interest in protecting their operations and employees.
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. However, no company, can fully eliminate security risks associated with the transmission of personal information through online transactions, and you do so at your own risk.
We have a legitimate interest in carrying out these activities to keep the employees and operations of our clients secure. Any information obtained for this purpose is only held for as long as is necessary.
In specific instances your personal data obtained in this way may be shared with our clients in order to fulfil their legitimate interest in protecting their operations and employees.
HOW WE USE COOKIES
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies can allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used and how often unique traffic hits our webpage. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
There are specific cookies to be aware of:
- Hosting provider- This cookie is used by our hosting provider to track your use of the website and to allow some of the site’s feature: ss_lastvisit
- Google Analytics – These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from, and the pages they visited. For more information on Google’s Privacy policy please follow this link: https://policies.google.com/privacy
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. 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.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. 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.