Background

This website rtls.uk.com (“Our Site”) utilises Cookies and analogous technologies to distinguish you from other users. By using Cookies, We can give you with an enhanced experience and improve Our Site through better awareness of how you use it. Please study this Cookie Policy closely and ensure that you understand its contents. Your acceptance of Our Cookie Policy is taken to occur if you continue using Our Site or when you clock the “Accept” button or when you have chosen your preferred Cookie options – information on disabling cookies can be located via our cookie ‘Find out more’ pop up. If you do not agree to Our Cookie Policy, please discontinue from using Our Site immediately.

  1. Interpretation
  2. In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise dictates, the following words or phrases have the following meanings:
“Cookie” means a small file stored on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit specific parts of Our Site and/or when you use specific features of Our Site;
“Cookie Law” means the relevant sections of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 [and of EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)
“We/Us/Our” means RTLS Communications Ltd, a limited company registered in England under, whose registered address is 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom and whose main trading address is 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ United Kingdom
  1. Our Information
  2. Our Site is owned and operated by RTLS Communications Ltd, a limited company registered in England, whose registered address is 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ United Kingdom. Our VAT number is GB197794236

Our Data Protection Officer is D Speechley, and can be contacted by email at dspeechley@rtls.uk.com, by telephone on 0800 6129 549, or by post at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ United Kingdom.

  1. Cookies on Our Website
  2. Our Site may store and access specific first party Cookies on your computer, smartphone or device. First party Cookies are those stored directly by Us and are utilised only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and enhance your experience of Our Site and to supply and improve our products and services. We have carefully selected these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is safeguarded and respected at all times.
  3. By using Our Site, you may also receive specific third party Cookies on your computer or device. Third party Cookies are those stored by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. Third party Cookies are used on Our Site for Google & Campaign Monitoring Software. For more details, please read section 4 below.
  4. All Cookies deployed by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We may use some or all of the following varieties of Cookie
    1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
      A Cookie falls into this category if it is fundamentally necessary to the operation of Our Site, supporting functions such as logging in, your shopping basket, and payment processing.
    2. Analytics Cookies
      It is vital for Us to understand how you use Our Site, for instance, how efficiently you can navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies allow us to gather this information, enabling Us to enhance Our Site and your experience of it.
    3. Functionality
      Cookies allow Us to offer additional functions to you on Our Site such as personalisation and storing your saved preferences. Some functionality Cookies may also be strictly necessary Cookies, but not all necessarily are included into that group.
    4. Targeting Cookies
      It is vital for Us to have a strong understanding around when and how often you visit Our Site, and which sections of it you have used (including which site ages you have visited and which links you have visited). As with analytics Cookies, this dad assists us in better understanding you and, thus, to make Our Site and advertising more tailored to your interests. Some data collected by targeting Cookies may also be shared with third parties.
    5. Third Party Cookies
      Third party Cookies are not deployed by Us; rather, they are deployed by third parties that provide services to Us and/or to you. Third party Cookies may be utilised by advertising services to furnish targeted advertising to you on Our Site, or by third parties providing analytics services to Us (these Cookies will operate in the same way as analytics Cookies described above).
    6. Persistent Cookies
      Any of the categories of Cookie previously described may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those which stay on your computer or device for a predetermined timespan and are activated on each occasion you visit Our Site.
    7. Session Cookies
      Any of the preceding types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only stay on your computer or device from the moment at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are removed when you close your browser.
  5. Cookies on Our Site are temporary and will expire as shown in the table below.
  6. For more details of the personal information that We gather and use, the procedures we have in place to safeguard personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
  7. For more specific information about the Cookies that We operate, please refer to the table below.
  8. Cookies used by Our Site?
    1. The first party Cookies listed below may be operated on your computer or device:
Name of Cookie Purpose & Type Strictly Necessary
wordpress WordPress cookie for a logged in user. yes
wordpress_logged_in WordPress cookie for a logged in user. yes
wordpress_test WordPress cookie for a logged in user. yes
wordpress_test_cookie WordPress test cookie. yes
wp-settings- WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. yes
wp-settings-time- WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. yes
PHPSESSID To identify your unique session on the website yes
SESS To ensure that you are recognised when you move from page to page within the site and that any information you have entered is remembered. yes
  1. Our Site accesses analytics services supplied by Google Analytics. Website analytics concerns a set of tools used to gather and assess anonymous usage data, allowing Us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, allows Us to improve Our Site and the products and or services supplied through it. You need not consent to Our use of these Cookies, however whilst Our use of them does not pose any danger to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does allow Us to regularly improve Our Site, making it a better and more enhanced experience for you.
  2. The analytics service(s) deployed by Our Site use(s) analytics Cookies to gather the required information.
  3. The analytics service(s) deployed by Our Site use(s) the following analytics Cookies:
Name of Cookie Purpose & Type Provider Strictly Necessary
_ga First Google Used to distinguish users.
_gid First Google Used to distinguish users.
_gat First Google Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_.
AMP_TOKEN First Google Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service.
_gac_ First Google Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and AdWords accounts, AdWords website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out.
__utma First Google Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmt First Google Used to throttle request rate.

 

  1. Consent and Control
  2. Before Cookies are deployed on your computer or device, a “This site uses cookies” pop-up will be displayed requesting your agreement to use those Cookies. By giving your consent to the operation of Cookies you are allowing Us to offer the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, withhold consent to the placing of Cookies unless those Cookies are strictly necessary; however certain functions of Our Site may not operate fully or as intended. You will be given the chance to allow and/or deny different categories of Cookie that We use.

 

Further to the controls that We provide, you can elect to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. The majority of internet browsers also allow you to select whether you wish to disable all Cookies or simply third party Cookies. By default, the majority of internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be modified. For further details, please check the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that was provided with your device.

The links below give instructions on how to control Cookies in all mainstream browsers:

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB

Microsoft Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/278835

Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/microsoft-edge (Please note that there are no specific instructions at this time, but Microsoft support will be able to assist)

Safari (macOS): https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=en_GB&locale=en_GB

Safari (iOS): https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox/protect-your-privacy/cookies

Android: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en (Please refer to your device’s documentation for manufacturers’ own browsers)

  1. Alterations to this Cookie Policy
  2. We may change this Cookie Policy at any time. If We do so, details of the modifications will be highlighted at the top of this page.  Any such changes will become binding on you on your first visit to Our Site after the amendments have been made.  You are therefore encouraged to check this page from time to time.
  3. In the event of any inconsistency between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall take priority unless it is expressly stated the the contrary.
  4. Further Information
  1. If you would like to know more about how We use Cookies, please communicate with us at dspeechley@rtls.uk.com, by telephone on (0800 6129 549), or by post at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ United Kingdom.

For more information about privacy please visit the following: rtls.uk.com/privacy-policy