We are committed to respecting your privacy. This policy sets out the basis on which TGA Consulting Engineers may collect, store and process any personal data as a result of your use of this website. By visiting www.tgace.co.uk you are accepting and consenting to the practises described below.
We may collect information you give us by emailing through our website for example when you sign up to our mailing list or apply for a job and information we automatically collect about you when you visit the website using cookies as explained in detail below.
How We Use Information
To provide you with information about other projects and services that are similar to those that you have already used or enquired about.
In respect of information provided to assess your eligibility for a job vacancy.
To ensure content from our site is presented in the most effective manner.
To administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes.
To improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
To allow you to participate in interactive features, when you choose to do so.
To keep our site safe and secure.
For further information see the Cookies section of this policy.
All information you provide to us is stored securely. Unfortunately, the transmission of 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. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
Our use of cookies
We use cookies (little bits of information stored on your computer) on our website to help improve our service and give a better experience. By using this site you are allowing us to store these cookies, and below you can find out how and why we use them as well as information on how you can disable them.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file which allows internet applications to respond to you as an individual during your visit to a website. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by remembering information about your preferences during your visit. This improves the way the website works for you when you go to it.
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. It is entirely ‘passive’ and does not contain software programmes, a virus or spyware. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. A cookie typically contains the name of the website it belongs to and the lifespan of the cookie.
What cookies do we use?
We use cookies in several places. We’ve listed them below with details of why we use them and how long they will last.
- Analytical Performance Cookies
Our website uses Google Analytics so that we can measure what pages on our website are being used and by how many people. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We never store any personal data such as your name or address so the information we collect can never be used to identify you. Google does not share your analytics information with anyone else.
The following cookies are set by Google Analytics:
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Name |
Expires |
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_utma |
2 years |
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eu_opt_in |
5 years |
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_utmb |
30 minutes |
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_utmc |
At browser close |
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_utmz |
6 months |
- Session Cookies
Session cookies are used for remembering user selections during their visit to your site. A typical scenario may be to remember information entered in a form when navigating to different pages. This cookie expires when you close your browser.
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Name |
Expires |
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Phpsession |
At browser close |
Removing cookies
All recent versions of popular browsers give users some control over cookies. You can set your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies or accept/reject cookies for certain websites.
The website aboutcookies.org offers comprehensive information on how you can control cookies in all of the popular browsers
Links to other websites
Our website offers you links to other websites of interest. You should know that once you leave our website we have no control over that other site. We cannot be responsible for the privacy of any information you provide to other sites and they are not covered by this privacy statement.
Check the privacy statement of all sites you visit to ensure that you keep your information secure.