Privacy
Minoli is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of users of this website, and we do all that we can to protect user information.
Data Protection
Any information you provide will be held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Your personal details will not be disclosed to third parties.
This website is hosted by Electric Studio on our their server provided by Linode.com in London.
Our data compliance officer is Ms K Marsh (Minoli & Co LTD Company Secretary), and our registered address is:
Minoli & Co LTD
Minoli
Transport Way
Oxford
OX4 6LX
Information we collect from visitors
We collect information from visitors relating to:
- contact forms submitted to us
- feedback submitted to us
- site usage tracking
1. Contact
If you provide your contact details through a contact form or email address we will only use this information for the purposes intended. You will not receive any subsequent unsolicited communication.
2. Feedback
If you provide feedback about the website through a contact form or email address we will only use this information for the purposes intended. You will not receive any subsequent unsolicited communication.
3. Site usage tracking – Cookies
To make this site simpler, small data files are placed on your computer. These are known as cookies. Most big websites do this too.
They improve things by:
- remembering settings, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
- remembering information you’ve given (eg your postcode) so you don’t need to keep entering it
- measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs
Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you. Indeed, you can manage and/or delete these small files as you wish.
We use the following cookies:
- _gat_UA*
When does it expire?
1 minute
Description
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. This cookie does not store any user information, it’s just used to limit the number of requests that have to be made to doubleclick.net. - _gid
When does it expire?
24 hours
Description
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
- w3tc_referrer
When does it expire?
A session cookie, deleted when you close your web browser.
Description
This cookie is set by the W3 Total Cache plug-in for sites based on the WordPress content management system. It is being used for performance optimisation. - wordpress_test_cookie
When does it expire?
A session cookie, deleted when you close your web browser.
Description
WordPress sets this cookie when you navigate to the login page. The cookie is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow, or reject cookies. - _ga
When does it expire?
2 years
Description
WordPress sets this cookie when you navigate to the login page. The cookie is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow, or reject cookies.
- escn-notice
When does it expire?
2 years
Description
This cookie is set by the Electric Studio Cookie Notice plug-in for sites based on the WordPress content management system. It is being used to show or hide our cookie notice.
To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit AboutCookies.org.
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure it’s meeting its users’ needs and to understand how we could do it better. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. Google Analytics does not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.
There are also cookies that store basic data on your interactions with WordPress, the CMS running this website.
4. Blocking cookies
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies, for example:
- In Internet Explorer (version 11) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy” and then “Advanced”.
- In Firefox (version 47) you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, “Privacy”, selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, and unticking “Accept cookies from sites”.
- In Chrome (version 52), you can block all cookies by accessing the “Customise and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Content settings”, and then selecting “Block sites from setting. any data” under the “Cookies” heading.
Blocking all cookies can have a negative impact on the usability of a website.
If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.