Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Pratt Naval Architecture is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy sets out how any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.  Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998, the data controller is Pratt Naval Architecture Limited, The Studio, 4 Frogs Lane, Church End, Shotley, Ipswich Suffolk IP9 1EP.


Information we may collect from you

We may collect and process the following data about you:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site www.prattnavalarchitecture.com (our website) This includes information provided when you complete our enquiry form.

If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.

Details of transactions in the course of carrying out your instructions, or responding to enquiries.

Details of your visits to our website including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, to enable us to measure the effectiveness of our website.


IP addresses and cookies

We do not employ cookies on our own website, Google Analytics may use them (see below) . You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies.

This website uses Google Analytics provided by Google Inc. to help assess the use of our website.  For more information on how Google Analytics collects and uses data please see https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en-GB&gl=uk


Storing your personal data

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Sending information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. We will use our best endeavours through procedures and security software to try to prevent unauthorised access to information you send us.


Uses made of the information

We use information held about you in the following ways:

To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.

To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.

We may also use your data to provide you with information about our services which may be of interest to you and we or they may contact you about these by post, telephone, or email.

If you are an existing client, we will only contact you by email with information about our services related to those which were the subject of a previous project for you.

If you are a new client, we will contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this.

We do not pass personal data to third parties unless you have consented and/or it is necessary in the course of work you have requested.

We will not pass your data on to third parties for marketing purposes.

If you do not want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties please advise on our enquiry form, or by email, post or telephone.


Disclosure of your information

We may disclose your personal information to third parties for the following reasons:

In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.

If Pratt Naval Architecture is acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.

If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms and conditions of business and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Pratt Naval Architecture, our clients, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of intellectual property protection.


Your rights

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by telling us on the enquiry form we use to collect your data.  You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting Pratt Naval Architecture.

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to external websites.  If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.  Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.


Access to information

The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.


Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.


Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to

Pratt Naval Architecture Limited, The Studio, 4 Frogs Lane, Church End, Shotley, Ipswich Suffolk IP9 1EP.