Privacy Policy and Cookies
Our privacy policy gives details of how we process any personal data collected or received by us from you. By contacting us about our services, you are agreeing to the contents in this policy.
About us
Greenman Solar Limited is a company registered in England and Wales (registered number 07491693), with our registered office at Aspect House, 4 Ulley Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent TN24 9HT (referred to as “the company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information, which is provided or collected by Greenman Solar Limited.
What information do we collect and how we collect it?
We may collect personal information about you when you contact us, using our website, social media platforms, telephone or in writing. We also gather data about the use of our website and social media platforms, such as most visited pages or number of ‘likes’ etc.
How we use the information collected
We’ll use the information provided or collected in the following ways:
- Give you quotes and information about the services we offer, contacting you by email, phone, text message, other forms of electronic and written communication or by visiting you in person.
- Help run, maintain, and improve the website, social media activities, and the products and services we offer.
- Understand and analyse who and how our website and social media platforms are used.
- To communicate with you, with updates relating to your enquiry and other information about our products and services (which you can unsubscribe from if you wish – email info@greenmansolar.com if you don’t want to receive emails from us).
We do not sell your personal data to third parties.
We only share your details with companies that are relevant to your installation or service requested – examples include but not limited too; scaffolding companies, Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), Distribution Network Operators (DNO).
There are situations where we may need to disclose your information to third parties where we are legally obliged to do so or in order to apply or enforce your legal rights.
If you enter into a contract with us, we use installation images and system data for marketing purposes – we will not disclose your name or exact location.
How we store your information and how long it is kept
The majority of the data you provide us with will be stored in the UK, in a secure physical or electronic form. However, we do use other services for example email capability and social media platforms, that may mean your data is stored outside the European Economic area – where this is the case, we’ll take all reasonable steps to make sure your data is treated securely and in accordance with our data protection policy.\
The security of your information is important to us, and we’ll endeavour to make sure all data is kept secure; however, we cannot guarantee its absolute security in storage or transmission over the internet.
We keep our records for as long as required in accordance with the legal requirements, where information is no longer required, we will dispose of it in a safe and secure manner.
We may update this policy at any time, any major changes will be announced on the website. If you wish to request a copy of the information we hold about you at any time, you can write to us at our registered office address and ask for a copy – we’ll obviously need reasonable proof of you ID to provide further information. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can email us at: info@greenmansolar.com
Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our Service. The technologies We use may include:
Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your Device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept Cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our service may use Cookies.
Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies on the Free Privacy Policy website article.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
Necessary / Essential Cookies Type:
- Session Cookies Administered by: Us.
- Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies Type:
- Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us.
- Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
Functionality Cookies Type:
- Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us.
- Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.
For more information about the cookies, we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.