Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Media Translation uses and protects any information that you give Media Translation when you use this website.

Media Translation is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Media Translation may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

Use of Cookies
This website uses cookies. A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent to your computer’s hard drive by the website so that the website can store some information about your visit. This information may include information about your computer such as the computer’s IP address and browser type and, if you arrived at our site via a link from third party site, the address of the linking page.

The IP address helps Google make sense of the data and it is never linked by us to personal data. We only use information gathered by cookies in aggregate. For example, learning that 60% of people viewed the About page or that 50 people arrived at the website after clicking on one of our Tweets.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

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.

What this website collects

Cookies
Cookies have names, here’s a list of the cookies we use and what they do:

Google Analytics, aggregate tracking to see how well our website works:
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Google Maps, to use your Google Maps account preferences:
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Our Cookie Notice software uses a small cookie that tells us you have accepted our cookie notice. This is used to ensure you don’t get prompted when you revisit within a month.
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Contact Form

We collect a minimum of personal data from our contact form. We may collect the following personal information:

Your name if you submit it
Your phone number and email address if you submit them

Submitted contact form information is not stored on the website.

We do not link this personal data with any other website data.

This website does not collect sensitive personal data.


Aggregate Tracking

Our website uses web analytics services provided by Google, Inc which uses cookies to help us to analyse how users use the site. This tracks how people reached the website, how many people use the website, and which pages are looked at most.

Google as a data processor. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our sites (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored on Google servers in the United States and/or United Kingdom. Google will use this information to evaluate our websites and compile reports on website activity for. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on their behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You can read Google’s Privacy Policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy. If you wish to refuse the use of cookies by Google please visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout . You may also refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser.

Map Data

This website uses Google Maps to show you our business location. You can read Google’s Privacy Policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

What we do with the information we gather

We use this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and for the following reasons:

If you have used the contact form, we will use the information provided to contact you about your message.

We use the tracking information from Google to improve our website content and structure. For example, if the data shows that a given page is not being read much, perhaps it needs rewritten or linked to more clearly.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. To prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.  Media Translation stores all data on password-protected drives and servers pursuant to GDPR  requirements.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

Please be aware you have the following rights regards the collection or use of your personal information:

Right to Access

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you. If you would like a copy of any information held on you, please email info@media-translation.com

Right to Rectification

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, we will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect. Please email info@media-translation.com

Right to Deletion

You will only receive email marketing messages if you have explicitly agreed to receive them. Every marketing message should include an unsubscribe link which will quickly remove you from the service. If you wish us to remove you manually please email info@media-translation.com

You may also request deletion of any personal information which we hold about you. If you would like such information deleted, please email info@media-translation.com

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we are required by law to do so.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://media-translation.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.