Privacy: using our website

Browsing our website

Every time you connect to the site we store a log of your visit that shows the unique identifier of your machine. This tells us what you have looked at, whether the page request was successful or not, and which browser your machine used to view the pages. This data is used for statistical purposes as well as to help customise the user experience and how we interact with you. This helps us to understand which areas of the site are of particular interest, which pages are not being requested, and how many people are visiting the site. We may use this information to block IP addresses where there is a breach of our Terms and Conditions for the website.

Third party websites

Please note we host links to other websites. We are not responsible for their privacy policies or practices, and recommend you check their privacy notices when visiting them.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, or how we manage your personal data please contact us: 

gdpr@computertalk.co.uk

To update your contact details and preferences click here.

Cookies

A cookie is information sent by a web server to a web browser, and is stored by the browser. This 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 use session cookies to follow your navigation of our website. These are automatically deleted from your computer when you close your browser.

We use persistent cookies so our website will recognise you when you visit the website again. Persistent cookies remain stored on your computer until you delete them, or they reach a specified expiry date.

Most browsers give you the option to reject all cookies. In IE you can refuse all cookies by clicking 'Tools', 'Internet Options', 'Privacy', and selecting 'Block all cookies' using the sliding selector.