PRIVACY POLICY & COOKIES
Personal Information means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, a home or other physical address, an e-mail address or other contact information, whether at work or at home. In general, you can visit our web pages without telling us who you are or revealing any Personal Information about yourself.
We strive to comply with all applicable laws around the globe that are designed to protect your privacy. Although legal requirements may vary from country to country, we intend to adhere to the principles set forth in this Online Privacy Policy even if, in connection with the above, we transfer your Personal Information from your country to countries that may not require an “adequate” level of protection for your Personal Information. In other words, our goal is to provide protection for your Personal Information no matter where that Personal Information is collected, transferred or retained. Cookies and other Tracking Technologies.
Some of our web pages utilise “cookies” and other tracking technologies. A “cookie” is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about web site activity. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by a web user. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.
You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie or you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter your original user ID and password to gain access to certain parts of the web site.
Tracking technologies may record information such as Internet domain and host names; Internet protocol (IP) addresses; browser software and operating system types; clickstream patterns; and dates and times that our site is accessed. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our web site and your web experience. We may also analyse information that does not contain Personal Information for trends and statistics.
To protect your privacy, we have adopted the following principles:
If you chose to have a relationship with PolarSeal, such as a contractual or other business relationship or partnership, we will naturally continue to contact you in connection with that business relationship.
Data Security
All servers are monitored 24/7, alerting key personnel within the company should a data breach occur. This allows us to easily notify users should anything happen to the server.We ensure that the server, and its packages, are fully up to data at all time, to provide the best possible security and performance. In addition to this, we have our own dedicated firewall that sits in front of the server to help protect against DDoS and other attacks.
Data Subject Rights
Right to Access
Right to Be Forgotten
Data Portability
Breach Notification
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Tracking technologies may record information such as internet domain and host names; internet protocol (IP) addresses; browser software and operating system types; clickstream patterns; dates and times that out site is accessed. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allow us to improve our website and your web experience. We may also analyse information that does not contain personal information for trends and statistics.
To protect your privacy, we have adopted the following principles:
Notice
Choice
If you choose to have a relationship with PolarSeal, such as contractual or other business relationship or partnership, we will naturally continue to contact you in connection with that business relationship.
Security
Commitment
Your Consent
We are committed to protecting your right to privacy. PolarSeal respects your privacy and we will use our best efforts to ensure that the information you provide to us remains private. Information provided will only be stored on computers based in the UK.
For control of our business, our website logs IP addresses, which is the automatic number assigned to your computer when you surf the web. The IP address allows us to anonymously track visitors’ usage on our website. Your IP address is not connected to any personally identifiable or on-line contact information like a name and address, so you remain anonymous at all times.
USE OF COOKIES
Cookies set by Google Analytics
Cookie Name: _utma
Content: randomly generated number
Used for: identifying unique visitors
Expires: 2 years
Cookie Name: _utmb and _utmc
Content: randomly generated number
Used for: identifying the current session
Expires: 30 minutes
Cookie Name: _utmz
Typical content: randomly generated number + info on how the site was reached
Used for: tracking how visitors came to our website
Expires: 6 month
Cookie Name: _ga
Description: Used to distinguish users.
Expiration Time: 2 years.
Cookie Name: _gid
Description: Used to distinguish users.
Exiration Time: 24 hours
Cookie Name: _gat
Description: Used to throttle request rate.
Expiration Time: 1 minute.
Cookie Name: AMP_TOKEN
Description: Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service.
Expiration Time: 30 seconds to 1 year.
Cookie Name: _gac_
Description: Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and AdWords accounts, AdWords website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out.
Expiration Time: 90 days.
Cookies set by Google Analytics (ga.js)
Cookie Name: __utma
Description: Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
Default Expiration Time: 2 years from set/update.
Cookie Name: __utmt
Description: Used to throttle request rate.
Default Expiration Time: 10 minutes.
Cookie Name: __utmb
Description: Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
Default Expiration Time: 30 mins from set/update
Cookie Name: __utmc
Description: Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit.
Default Expiration Time: End of browser session.
Cookie Name: __utmz
Description: Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
Default Expiration Time: 6 months from set/update.
Cookie Name: __utmv
Description: Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
Default Expiration Time: 2 years from set/update.
Cookies set by www.polarseal.net
Name: acceptCookies
Content: None
Used for: Remembering if a user has accepted the use of Analytics cookies; if so, do not display the cookies notification bar on the website
Expires: 1 year
FIRST PARTY COOKIES:
Cookie Type | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry |
Polarseal.net | polarseal-_zldp | Used to report visitor interactions in our website. Allowing us to identify our website visitors and collect visitor details such as internet protocol address, browser type, browser language, referring URL, files accessed, time zone and operating system | 2 years |
Polarseal.net | polarseal-_zld
Pt_182d49fe
Pt_s_182d49f | Used to report visitor interactions in our website. Allowing us to identify our website visitors and collect visitor details such as internet protocol address, browser type, browser language, referring URL, files accessed, time zone and operating system | Session |
THIRD PARTY COOKIES:
Cookie Type | Cookie Name | Description | Expiry |
MailChimp | _AVESTA_ENVIRONMENT
mailchimp_landing_site
| Used to enhance the performance and functionality of the website. And to use some of its features such as the online landing page and allow subscribers to subscribe to our mailing list | Session |
Google-analytics.com | collect | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Session |
MailChimp | _AVESTA_ENVIRONMENT
mailchimp_landing_site
| Used to enhance the performance and functionality of the website. And to use some of its features such as the online landing page and allow subscribers to subscribe to our mailing list | Session |
Google-analytics.com | collect | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Session |
Salesiq.zohopublic.com | JSESSIONID
LS_CSRF_TOKEN
e3de1f7d42
| Used to report visitor interactions in our website. Allowing us to identify our website visitors and collect visitor details such as internet protocol, browser type, browser type, browser language, referring URL, files accessed, time zone and operating system. We use the information collected to improve advertising based on what is relevant to a user, to improve reporting on campaign performance, and to avoid showing ds the user has already seen. | Session |
livechatinc.com | _livechat _livechat_lastvisit 3rdparty Main_window_timestamp# recent_window _lc.visitor_id.9868865 _lc_vv notification (statud_ping) message_text | The live chat service on our website relies on this cookie | Session |
accounts.livechatinc.com | _lc_mcid _lc_mcst
| The live chat service on our website relies on this cookie | 3 years |
typekit.net | p.gif | Our font library which is built directly into our workflow. | Session |
Doubleclick.net
|
r/collect | DoubleClick uses cookies to improve advertising. Some common applications are to target advertising based on what’s relevant to a user, to improve reporting on campaign performance, and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen. | Session |
Browser Controls (how to turn cookies off):
You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Websites though your access to some functionality and areas of our Websites may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser. Internet browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your internet browser.
In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful.
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Otherwise you should use the ‘Help’ option in your internet browser for more details.
Polarseal does not use any other cookies on its website.
We may need to disclose your data to appropriate persons where required by law.
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware Polarseal is not responsible for the privacy policy of other web sites. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.
If we decide to change our privacy policy we will post any changes to this web site.
Polarseal reserves the right to change this statement at any time.