General
This is the website of Laird PLC, a company registered in England and Wales at 100 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5NQ with no. 00055513 ("Laird"). This website is published by Investis Limited ("Investis") on behalf of Laird. This policy outlines the personal information we collect, how we use and store the information collected, and your rights to verify and amend your information. Laird respects the privacy of every individual who visits our website.
"Our", "we" or "us" means Laird and/or Investis acting on behalf of Laird.
By using this website, you consent to the use of your personal information in accordance with this policy. If we change this policy, we will post the changes on this page and may place notices on other pages of the website, so that you may be aware, at all times, of the information we collect and how we use it. If you do not agree to such changes you should contact us as detailed at "Contact us", below.
Information that you provide
At various points throughout the site, we will ask you to provide personal information so that we can provide services to you.
We may collect the personal information you provide to us (and the information we collect from you, as described below) in a file specific to you, and we may use your information to investigate or resolve problems or disputes, or to enforce our legal rights.
Other information that we collect
We may collect information on the type of web browser that you are using, the operating system that your computer uses, and the URL of the site you were on before you reached our website. We use this information to produce statistics about the users of our website, including the numbers of unique visitors to the site and what software they use. In turn, these statistics are used to channel effort into further developing our site to meet the needs of our users.
Whilst this website does not use cookies, we reserve the right to use cookies and other tracking technologies in the future.
Marketing
Laird will only use your personal information to provide you with details of products and services you have requested. We may use the following marketing methods to communicate with you: post, fax, telephone, email, SMS or via applications available on the Internet, such as pop-ups. If at any time you do not wish to receive such communications, then you may opt out by emailing or writing to us (see "Contact us", below).
Third parties
Neither Laird, nor Investis will rent or sell your personal information to any third party. Laird may share your personal information with its affiliates and joint ventures for use by those entities only in accordance with this policy. If we merge with or are acquired by another entity, some or all of your personal information may be disclosed to the new entity and/or its representatives and advisers and may be passed on to the new owners of the business. We may be obliged by law to disclose personal information about you to law enforcement agencies, government bodies or other third parties in respect of investigations of fraud, intellectual property infringement or other activity that is or may be illegal, in breach of a third party’s rights or for other regulatory purposes. Laird may disclose aggregated information about our users, including you, to third parties for the purposes of analysis by us or them. Credit card and bank account numbers will never be disclosed in this form. Where your personal information is collected on our behalf by third parties (such as for the purposes of surveys), we will ensure that they comply with this policy.
Transfer of your information overseas
We may process or store your personal information in countries outside of Europe, for example our web servers may be hosted in a different country in future. The laws protecting personal information in those countries may not be as stringent as those applicable within the European Economic Area, however we will continue to hold and transmit your personal information in a confidential and secure environment as explained in this policy.
Security
To safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information, we implement security measures in line with industry standard practices. Our web servers are housed behind a secure firewall that prevents access to our databases from unauthorised users. All of our servers are housed in a secure environment and is protected by physical security, together with limiting access to authorised staff only. Even though we maintain security measures in line with industry standard practices, neither Laird nor Investis can promise (and you should not expect) that your personal information or private communications will always remain private. For example (and without limiting the previous statement), third parties may unlawfully intercept your communications, or access our system or other networks which are connected to the Internet.
Access to your information
You should promptly notify Laird if personal information you have provided to us changes. If you wish to view, correct or otherwise amend any of the personal information we hold about you, please send an email to webmaster@laird-plc.com or write to us at 100 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5NQ. We will not charge you for correcting or amending your personal information, but we may charge you for viewing information held on you as permitted by UK legislation.
Contact us
If you require further information or have any questions regarding this policy, then please email us at webmaster@laird-plc.com or write to us at 100 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5NQ.
