John Tomlinson is committed to ensuring the best standards of practice in all his data collection activities. Visitors to John Tomlinson’s website can be assured that the protection of privacy and confidentiality are given the highest priority. All personal information is collected, held and used in strict compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Information Collected
John Tomlinson does not collect any personal information from visitors to his website other than information that is knowingly and voluntarily given. Anonymous information is collected, such as the number of visitors to the website in a given period, but it is purely statistical and cannot be used to identify an individual user. Cookies are not used to collect any other information from visitors to the website.

Visitors interested in John Tomlinson can provide contact details via a fill-in form. Visitors cannot be contacted unless such information is given. Visitors are also invited to give additional company information but a decision not to do so does not affect any subsequent negotiations or discussions.

Use of Information
The information collected will be used to contact you with further details of John Tomlinson’s services or to send details of future initiatives or events. It may also be used for research purposes.

You can inform John Tomlinson at any time if you no longer require such information to be sent.

Third Party Disclosure: From time to time John Tomlinson may pass your details to other carefully selected organisations. You can choose not to have your details disclosed to third parties by ‘clicking’ in the box provided at the bottom of the fill-in form.

Data Security
John Tomlinson takes appropriate measures to safeguard the information he holds from unauthorised access or improper use. Specifically, all personal information on its database is stored in an encrypted form. John Tomlinson has a strict internal security policy with which members of staff must comply as a condition of employment and no external access to the system is permitted. John Tomlinson continually reviews and up-dates security procedures as new technologies become available and new activities are introduced.

Any third parties to whom information is transferred are made aware of these security practices and are also required to take reasonable precautions to protect the transferred information.

Integrity of Data
John Tomlinson takes all reasonable measures to ensure that the information he holds is accurate. In particular he uses reliable collection methods and destroys or converts to an anonymous form any out-of-date data. Individuals may request details of all personal information held by John Tomlinson so as to contest inaccurate or incomplete data, verify the information and have it corrected it as appropriate.

Children
John Tomlinson’s website is not targeted at children but in any event personal information will not be collected from children under fourteen years without parental consent.

Enforcement
Any queries relating to John Tomlinson’s collection or use of personal information should be addressed to John Tomlinson, use the contact form here.