Our privacy policy has been updated as of 25 May 2018 in response to the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Mennta Energy Solutions, ("Mennta Energy Solutions", "we", or "us") shares your concern about the protection of your personal information online.

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.

Privacy Policy

(1) What information do we collect?
We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:
(a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including [your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views]);]
(b) information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services. Credit card information is not stored past your course date.
[(c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us
[(d) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters
(e) any other information that you choose to send to us;

(2) Cookies
A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.

We [may] use [both] ["session" cookies] [and "persistent" cookies] on the website. [We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website. [We will use the persistent cookies to: enable our website to recognise you when you visit.

[Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser.] [Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.]

[We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website.

Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third party cookies. Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites [, including this one].]

Please see below for more information Cookies.

(3) Using your personal data
Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.

We may use your personal information to:
(a) administer the website;]
(b) improve your browsing experience by personalising the website;]
(c) enable your use of the services available on the website;]
(d) send to you goods purchased via the website, and supply to you services purchased via the website;]
(e) send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you;]
(f) send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;]
(g) send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;]
(h) send to you [our newsletter and other] marketing communications relating to our business [or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties] which we think may be of interest to you by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications) ;]
(i) provide third parties with statistical information about our users - but this information will not be used to identify any individual user;]
(j) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website; and]
(k) OTHER USES.]
[Where you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license you grant to us.]
[We will not provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.]

(4) Disclosures
We may disclose information about you to [any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors] insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy.

In addition, we may disclose information about you:
(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
(b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and
(d) to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling.]
Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

(5) International data transfers
Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy.

(6) Security of your personal data
We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure (password- and firewall- protected) cloud-based servers. All electronic transactions you make to or receive from us will be encrypted [using SSL technology].]

Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

[You are responsible for keeping your password and user details confidential. We will not ask you for your password.]

(7) Policy amendments
We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

[We will also notify you of changes to our privacy policy by email.]

(8) Your rights
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you.

You may instruct us not to process your personal data and/or exercise your right to be forgotten.

(9) Third party websites
The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.

(10) Updating information
Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

(11) Data controller
The Data Protection Officer (DPO) for Mennta Energy Solutions is Beth Clark
Email address: dataprotection@mennta.com.
Postal address: John Eccles House, Robert Robinson Avenue, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4GP
Tel: (+44) 1865 254529
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint, the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.

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