Privacy & cookies

1. The information we collect and how we use it

The personal information we collect about you is made up from the information you give to us during your use of our website and services, such as when you submit a message or query via the website.  This may include such information as your name, email address, contact telephone number and other information contained in your message or query such as information about the sectors in which you are interested and your geographic regions of interest.

We gather this information for the following main purposes: to allow us to process your queries; to provide you with information requested by you; for administrative or operational reasons relating to the website or our services; for marketing purposes (please see below for further details); for internal analysis and research; to comply with legal and regulatory requirements; and to help detect and deal with crime and unsavoury behaviour.

We will not market our (or others’) goods or services to you, nor give your information to third parties to allow them to market their goods or services to you, without your express consent.

If you have consented to us providing you with information on our (or others’) goods or services from time to time then you can change your mind at any time by sending an email to info@marcol.com and we will amend your preferences accordingly.  If you have consented to receive such information from a third party direct you will need to unsubscribe directly with that third party.

We may also use and disclose information in aggregate (so that no individuals are identified) for marketing and strategic development purposes.

We use agents and service providers (some of which may be located outside Europe) to collect, hold and process on our behalf your personal information for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. These agents and service providers act on our instructions and will only use your information as we tell them to.

2. How we use cookies

The website uses cookies, small pieces of information that are stored by the browser on your computer’s hard drive. 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 analyse data about webpage 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 experience, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. None of your personal details are held in these cookies.

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.

Please see the cookies section below for further information.

3. How we protect your information

The internet is not a secure medium. However we have put in place various security procedures as set out in this policy. MARCOL takes the security and privacy of its customers’ personal information extremely seriously. We have strict internal procedures which cover the storage, access and disclosure of your information.

4. Sale of business

In the event that this business is sold or integrated with another business your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchaser and their advisers and will be passed onto the new owners of the business.

5. Your consent

By submitting your information you consent to the use of that information as set out in this Policy.

6. Changes to this Privacy Policy

If we change our Privacy Policy we will post the changes on this page, and may place notices on other pages of the website. We recommend that you refer back to this Privacy Policy on a regular basis. If you have provided your email address, we may also email you should we make any changes. Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any such changes.

7. How to contact MARCOL

We welcome your views about our website and our Privacy Policy. If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments please send an email to info@marcol.com.

Cookies

1. About this cookie policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.

Your consent applies to the following domains: marcol.com

2.What are cookies ?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyse what works and where it needs improvement.

3. How do we use cookies ?

As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

4. What types of cookies do we use ?

Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket and checkout securely.

Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit etc. These data help us understand and analyse how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.

Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns.
The information stored in these cookies may also be used by the third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.

Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms.

Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.

5. How can I control the cookie preferences ?

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.