Version Date: 21 MAY 2024
Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd Data Protection, Cookies and Privacy Policy
In Summary
Personal data supplied is subject to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679. Your data will be used by Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd in order to service your order and where necessary shared with our delivery partners in order to effect delivery of your order.
It will not be passed on to third parties apart from Royal Mail for delivery purposes, our insurance company if a claim is required. We will also ask you if you would like to receive our monthly email newsletter. If you agree, you will be added to our mailing list. We use a 3rd party data processor, SendGrid to send our newsletter.
This notice is given to you under Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation and covers the personal data that you have provided to us in relation to your order contract. Your personal data processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.

In Detail
Personal data supplied is subject to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679. Your data will be used by Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd in order to service your order and where necessary shared with our delivery partners in order to effect delivery of your order.
It will not be passed on to third parties apart from Royal Mail for delivery purposes, our insurance company if a claim is required. We will also ask you if you would like to receive our monthly email newsletter. If you agree, you will be added to our mailing list. We use a 3rd party data processor, SendGrid to send our newsletter.
This notice is given to you under Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation and covers the personal data that you have provided to us in relation to your order contract.

Introduction
Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd needs to gather and use certain information about individuals. These can include customers, suppliers, business contacts, employees and other people the organization has a relationship with or may need to contact. This policy describes how this personal data must be collected, handled and stored to meet the company’s data protection standards — and to comply with the law.
This data protection policy ensures Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd:
- Complies with data protection law and follow good practice
- Protects the rights of staff, customers and partners
- Is open about how it stores and processes individuals’ data
- Protects itself from the risks of a data breach
We will contact you via email in order to send out invoices, order details and updates.

Data protection law
The Data Protection Act 1998 describes how organizations, including Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd must collect, handle and store personal information.
These rules apply regardless of whether data is stored electronically, on paper or on other materials. To comply with the law, personal information must be collected and used fairly, stored safely and not disclosed unlawfully.
The Data Protection Act is underpinned by eight important principles.
These say that personal data must:
1. Be processed fairly and lawfully
2. Be obtained only for specific, lawful purposes
3. Be adequate, relevant and not excessive
4. Be accurate and kept up to date
5. Not be held for any longer than necessary
6. Processed in accordance with the rights of data subjects
7. Be protected in appropriate ways
8. Not be transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA), unless that country or territory also ensures an adequate level of protection People, risks and responsibilities

Policy scope
This policy applies to:
The head office of Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd
All staff and volunteers of Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd
All contractors, suppliers and other people working on behalf of Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd
It applies to all data that the company holds relating to identifiable individuals, even if that information technically falls outside of the Data Protection Act 1998.
This can include: Names of individuals, Postal addresses, Email addresses, Telephone numbers, plus any other information relating to individuals.

Data protection risks
This policy helps to protect Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd from some very real data security risks, including: Breaches of confidentiality. For instance, information being given out inappropriately. Failing to offer choice. For instance, all individuals should be free to choose how the company uses data relating to them. Reputational damage. For instance, the company could suffer if hackers successfully gained access to sensitive data.

Responsibilities
Everyone who works for or with Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd has some responsibility for ensuring data is collected, stored and handled appropriately. Each team that handles personal data must ensure that it is handled and processed in line with this policy and data protection principles.

Data use
Personal data is of no value to Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd unless the business can make use of it. However, it is when personal data is accessed and used that it can be at the greatest risk of loss, corruption or theft:
When working with personal data, employees should ensure the screens of their computers are always locked when left unattended.
Personal data should not be shared informally. In particular, it should never be sent by email, as this form of communication is not secure.
Data must be encrypted before being transferred electronically. The IT manager can explain how to send data to authorised external contacts.
Personal data should never be transferred outside of the European Economic Area.
Employees should not save copies of personal data to their own computers. Always access and update the central copy of any data.

Email Or Website Enquiries
If you send us an email or submit an enquiry form through our website www.bridgesailing.co.uk, you will be providing your personal contact details. We will store these details on our secure server and use them to keep you updated about the service you requested, contact you to obtain additional information ahead of a charter and to identify previous purchases in order to determine eligibility for any customer discount.
We cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted over the internet and you accept this when you submit your enquiry.

Links to other websites
Our website www.bridgesailing.co.uk may contain links to other websites of interest. 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.

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 analyses web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyses 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.
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.

For Our Marketing
We will also ask you if you would like to receive our monthly email newsletter. If you agree, you will be added to our mailing list. We use a 3rd party data processor, SendGrid to send our newsletter.
You have the right to change your mind and can withdraw consent at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link within each newsletter, or by contacting us on 07427170996 or admin@bridgesailing.co.uk to request removal. Customers who unsubscribe will still receive emails regarding their charter(s) and account.
We will not pass or sell your data to anyone else for their marketing, market research or commercial purposes.

Google AdWords
www.bridgesailing.co.uk uses the remarketing services to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an enquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.
You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page, and if you want to you can opt out of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings or permanently using a browser plugin.

Aggregated Statistics
www.bridgesailing.co.uk may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. Www.bridgesailing.co.uk may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Www.bridgesailing.co.uk does not disclose your personally identifying information.

Copyright notice
© Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd all rights reserved.
Unless otherwise specified, all material on this site is copyrighted and may not be used except as laid down in any other proprietary notice provided with the relevant material. The material contained on this site may not be downloaded or copied without written permission from the relevant copyright owner. All brand names and trademarks are owned by their respective owners.

Changes to this privacy policy
Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your acceptance of these terms
By using www.bridgesailing.co.uk website, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of www.bridgesailing.co.uk website, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at:

Bridge Global Trade and Development Ltd

Tel: 074 2717 0996
Email: admin@bridgesailing.co.uk